Man some chicago fans are gettin angry with pax. This maybe too early
Here's some of the posts on basketballboards
I've been saying this all along, but Paxson had a no brainer decision, and he ended up ****ing up anyhow. The perimeter has been our strength, with Hinrich-Gordon-Deng-Nocioni leading us to the playoffs 3 of the past 4 years, with no front court help whatsoever (Malik Allen, Othella Harrington, Ben Wallace, PJ Brown, Tyrus Thomas, Joakim Noah)...the only real decent play we've had was every other game from Wallace, Chandler's defense and rebounding (although he completely sucked on offense), and Gooden's 18 games or so. Our frontcourt is hot garbage. You have one player, in Beasley who fills a need. Rose is just a luxury. You have one guy, Michael Beasley, who dominated ALL OF THE TIME, and one guy, Derrick Rose, who dominated for FIVE MINUTES IN A GAME HE LOSS. Michael Beasley was the best freshman (statistically speaking) in the history of the NCAA.
I still don't know how we did not come out of this draft with Michael Beasley. The damn lottery was the Michael Beasley lottery, to decide who gets to take Michael Beasley.
Not to mention, we just built a contender in Miami. Does Rose/Wade really scare anyone? Two guys with poor jumpshots, that both need to dominate the ball to be effective? They could be pretty decent...but lets go ship off the perfect complement for Wade down to Miami so he can go back to the NBA Finals as early as this year...great idea Pax! Now we not only have to go through Lebron, Dwight, the Celts Trio...but also Wade/Beasley...BRILLIANT!
Michael Beasley is going to be a superstar, and will probably be an allstar this year, and the next 12 years. We can only hope that Derrick Rose becomes something close to as good as Beasley.
Michael Beasley is an absolute monster. He's a perennial All-Star and a potential top-10 guy. He's enormously efficient, rebounds like a 7-footer and can knock down any shot out to 23'. He muscles inside, takes SFs off the dribble from the perimeter, runs the floor effortlessly, finishes with power and efficiency, and can grab a board and take it the length of the court ala Pippen. On top of all this is the fact that he has no problems dishing to teammates and takes pride in making the smart pass, and he can bring it defensively with his athleticism and his ability to anticipate. Tonight's Heat-Bulls match is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the value he'll add to his team. NBA front offices are developing anti-Beasley strategies as we speak.
As good as Rose is, he's nowhere near the complete talent that Beasley is -- and he isn't in the same area code in terms of overall effect on the game. I've seen almost every game each has played in college, and I've seen each play live (Mario Chalmers contained Rose in the NCAA Championship -- and it wasn't even Chalmers' best defensive game of the postseason...Rose only scored when Chalmers wasn't in the game tonight). As good as Kansas was this past year, and for all the resources they concentrated on Beasley, KU still couldn't contain him. Beasley was injured, barely played in the first half at Allen Fieldhouse and he still finished with a breathtaking 39/11...and he made it look like he barely broke a sweat. The extremely recent Big XII exploits of Kevin Durant look like an afterthought in comparison. And, quite frankly, Durant's numbers aren't nearly as impressive (to his credit, as if anyone needed a refresher, Durant was a monster as well and, until Beasley came to Kansas State, the most impressive freshman in NCAA history from a statistical point of view).
My questions for Pax:
1. When you already have a very good, experienced backcourt, and when your roster features a young, inexperienced frontcourt, HOW do you pass on one of the single best frontcourt talents the NCAA has ever seen?
2. Who has more immediate trading power -- Michael Beasley, or Hinrich/Gordon?
3. Did the media hype/pressure around Rose affect your decision?
4. The odds that Beasley becomes a superstar are better than the odds that Rose becomes a superstar. Moreover, the odds that Beasley becomes a superstar early in his career are better than the odds that Rose becomes a superstar midway through his career. Knowing this, how do you select Rose over Beasley?
people overreact with summer league games wait until at least training camp and preseason when the get the playbook down and have their real supporting cast.
I'm pretty sure Marreese Speights actually had 13 rebounds.
He's going to be a really good player, plus he fits Philly's system. He'll have to spend time backing up Dalembert and Brand though, hopefully he gets good minutes.