In terms of NBA Summer League scraps, Monday night’s game between Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls and the Michael Beasley-led Miami Heat, is about as a big and anticipated as a Summer League game can get. I don’t remember the last time, guys that went 1-2 in the NBA draft squared up with each other in a Summer League game. Yet, as enticing as watching Beasley and Rose go at it would be, that still wasn’t enough to get me to sit down in front of the tube and watch Monday’s game. And I’m guessing that goes for all but the most ardent and desperate of hoopheads. After all, come November, and continuing for the following six-plus months, we’ll get plenty o’chances to watch Rose and Beasley play in games that actually matter.

Considering that the Heat routed the Bulls 94-70, it seems pretty clear that I made the right decision. However, if I’m Chicago Bulls GM John Paxson, I’ve got to be wondering if I made the right decision in picking Joakim Noah last year and trading for Tyrus Thomas two years ago, despite the positive vibes Thomas is giving off. Both players were on the floor Monday night and seemed to do little to help their side.

Chicago can’t blame this loss on Rose since, as the write-up in the Chicago Sun-Times points out, he’s had only four days of practice under his belt, which would explain the Bulls inability to get much done on offense. Being that Miami won going away, it should come as no surprise that Beasley was more impressive than Rose.

Michael Beasley getting it done versus Derrick Rose and Chicago in his summer league debut