Jun 25 2008
“Bulls Avoiding Homecoming for Rose, We shall see.”
If you have been under a rock and have not known the Chicago Bulls are on the clock for the number one pick in the 2008 NBA Draft. With that in mind everyone is expecting the bulls take the Memphis freshman that help lead his team to a Division I National Championship game only to lose to the Kansas Jayhawks. All signs are pointing to “yes to Rose and “no” to Michael Beasley.
This tough choice was made a bit clearer when the size of Beasley had been overestimated by scouts at 6′10″ when he only measure 6′7″ at workouts. Although not a huge difference, but for the Bulls that may be enough. The NBA is now a guard league and Rose is expected to be another star guard that would be playing for his home team.
Derrick Rose is a Chicago native playing high school basketball at Simeon High School. There he was a high school star with big potential to become a future NBA player. Derrick probably considered going pro after high school but because of the new rule in the NBA that, a player must complete at least one year of college ball before being drafted, he had to play for the Memphis Tigers. In a way this also turned good for the Bulls because they being at the #9 spot a year ago would not have had a shot at Rose because he was already heavily recruited to become a top five pick before graduating high school.
When and if the Bulls do decide take Derrick Rose what will happen to Kirk Heinrick. I say if you can try to keep him because he does give you quality defense up till last year. However, if you can possibly build more with a possible trade then go for it, because Heinrick still has value even for a lesser known team looking to strengthen their point guard situation.
We shall see if this becomes true in the next couple days and the Bulls take Derrick Rose as the number one pick. However if he is not selected there might be some questions, criticism and disappointment from all wanting a homecoming. Even Rose himself has stated “he would love to play for his home town and would be a dream for him that came true.”
If the bulls take Rose, they still have to find some inside scoring from somewhere. I personally think the bulls are amuch better team than they showed this year and if they can find a post presenc eon the offensive end they could leap frog Cleveland and Orlando in the East. I don’t knwo why , but takign Rose seesm like a rebuilding move not a add another piece of the puzzle. Do they keep Gordon if they draft Rose?