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Gill is a versatile swingman

The Chicago Bulls today signed veteran free agent Kendall Gill. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not released.

“We are extremely happy to add Kendall (Gill) to our roster. He has an unbelievable workout regimen which has afforded him a lot of success over his 13 years in this league. He has played with quality teams and he is a veteran who will help us tremendously,” said Bulls Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations John Paxson.

A 6-5, 215-pound guard, Gill has appeared in 896 games in 13 NBA seasons, averaging 13.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 3.2 apg and 1.61 spg, shooting .437 from the field, .302 from 3-point range and .754 from the free throw line. He averaged double figures in scoring in each of his first 10 seasons in the NBA, including his career-high 21.8 ppg during the 1996-97 season with New Jersey. He has spent his career with five different teams before Chicago (Charlotte, Seattle, New Jersey, Miami and Minnesota) and helped all but one of those clubs to playoff appearances. In 27 playoff appearances, Gill has averaged 11.9 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.1 apg and 1.44 spg, shooting .408 from the field and .686 from the free throw line.

Last season, Gill was with the Minnesota Timberwolves and appeared in all 82 games, averaged 8.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg and 1.9 apg, shot .422 from the field, .322 from behind the arc and .764 from the free throw line. He also appeared in six playoffs games versus the L.A. Lakers.

Prior to Minnesota, Gill was with the Miami Heat for the 2001-02 campaign. In 65 games with the Heat, he averaged 5.7 ppg, 2.8 rpg and 1.5 apg, and shot .384 from the field.

Before joining the Heat, he spent five-and-a-half seasons with the New Jersey Nets after being traded from the Charlotte Hornets midway through the 1995-96 season. Gill’s best season with the Nets came in 1996-97, when he started 81 of his 82 appearances and put up career highs in points (21.8 ppg), rebounds (6.1 rpg) and minutes (39.0 mpg) and finished tied for ninth in the league in scoring.

Gill was drafted by the Hornets in the first round (fifth overall) of the 1990 NBA Draft. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team after he averaged 11.0 ppg, 3.7 apg, and 3.2 rpg and shot .450 from the field. He spent three seasons with the Hornets before he was dealt to the Seattle SuperSonics, where he played the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons, only to be traded back to Charlotte in the summer of 1995. The Hornets then traded Gill to the Nets during middle of the 1995-96 season.

During his college days at the University of Illinois, Gill led the Big Ten in scoring as a senior and was named to the All-Big Ten First Team and the UPI All-America First Team. As a junior, he led the Illini to the 1989 NCAA Final Four.