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.
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Draft-Blogging: No Surprise At Numero Uno
The Bulls did, well, the only thing and took Windy City native Derrick Rose with number one. Let’s see what Pat Riley does with the second pick
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Daily Fix: What To Do When It’s A One-Man Draft
What does that mean if you’re an NBA GM on Thursday?
It should mean that, unless you’re Chicago picking first and doing the no-brainer by taking Rose, you draft the best basketball player on the board when it’s time for your pick. And, I don’t mean the guy with the most potential or tools, but the player with the best hoops IQ that’s most ready to contribute now. Sure, as Andy Katz points out, there are tons of talented frosh that are draft-eligible. And many of them will go in the first round. But, if the GMs and scouts are right, the best of them will end up being solid NBA players. Why waste a three-year contract just to find out that a kid will end up being a career backup or complementary player? Why not take the player that’s proven himself over a college career that lasted more than one season?
Daily Fix: Flunking The Lottery
Given the mess at MSG, even with Munster-looking Donnie Walsh and Mike D’Antoni on the job, it really shouldn’t be that much of a surprise that the New York Knickerbockers shit the bed when it came to the NBA draft lottery. With a 137 out of a 1,000 chance of snaring the first pick, New York ended up the 6th overall pick, which wouldn’t be so bad but for the fact that the Knicks finished in the bottom four of the league last year and have pretty much nothing to show for it.
This is one of those NBA drafts where just about everybody agrees on who the top two players are, in this case it’s exhilarating point guard Derrick Rose and studly forward Michael Beasley, but the rest of the draft, while filled with talent and potential, is void of consensus.
