DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ There will be no public ring ceremony for the gutted champions from Chicago.

The new-look Bulls, the dismantled ones, won’t be holding such a celebration Feb. 9 when they meet Atlanta in their first game at the United Center. Instead, they’ll unfurl their sixth championship banner as a salute to last season.

``I’m not bummed at all. Even though we don’t have our same guys here, I’m not shocked,″ veteran guard Ron Harper said Wednesday.

General manager Jerry Krause, who has been booed at past ring ceremonies, on Wednesday handed out 1997-98 championship rings to the seven remaining players from last year’s team _ Harper, Toni Kukoc, Randy Brown, Dickey Simpkins, Bill Wennington, Rusty LaRue and Keith Booth _ and to assistant coaches Frank Hamblen, Tex Winter and Bill Cartwright.

``It wasn’t the same with everybody being gone, but we had it (an informal ceremony) in our little nest up stairs,″ Brown said.

Michael Jordan, the man most responsible for the six titles, already had his latest ring. He received it three weeks ago from chairman Jerry Reinsdorf as part of his retirement news conference.

Former Bulls Steve Kerr, Scottie Pippen, Jud Buechler, Joe Kleine and Luc Longley, who have joined other teams since last season, will get theirs at later dates.

``We’re going to have individual ceremonies for guys who aren’t here,″ Krause said. ``We will make presentations to Steve, Scottie, Joe, Jud and Luc when they are in here, or we will go and make presentations to them at their places where they are employed now.″

Kerr’s San Antonio Spurs and Buechler’s Detroit Pistons will make trips to the United Center. But Houston, which has Pippen, and Phoenix, with Longley and Kleine, will not.

The Bulls also announced they are planning a tribute to former coach Phil Jackson on April 4 when they host Vancouver.

The Bulls trimmed their roster to 15 Wednesday by waiving center Priest Lauderdale and forward Matt Steigenga.