Bulls Should Draft Rose, But Beasley Is Fine

In the CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Rick Morrissey writes "the Bulls will do just fine either way at Thursday night's draft. They'll be a better team with Derrick Rose or Michael Beasley. Rose would be the better fit, but it's not as if Beasley is the guy who shows up at a Blue Man Group tryout with a microphone and his face painted plaid. There are no guarantees here, obviously. Beasley's background is a concern. No matter what he says about each person's "normal" being different, there is nothing normal about attending five high schools and one prep school in five states. And one year of relative stability in college does not ease the worries about him. General manager John Paxson talks about players' character a lot, but unless he can find a way to convince people Beasley was an Army brat and thus had to move around a lot, this is going to be an issue until the 19-year-old Beasley proves it isn't." (link)