We have the #1 pick. A turn of good luck. I am pretty excited with either guy because it still feels like a dream. We shouldn’t be in this great position but we are. We certainly don’t want to waste it, but I think if we get out of our funk we could be a 50 win team as is (and we don’t have the Wallace dead weight either). The pick is the icing on the cake more or less and either player could push us back into the position we were planning on being in before the blow up.

Like I tried to say earlier, I don’t think the lack of Tyrus action was completely a guard issue so much as a coaching/offense style issue, but that still isn’t enough to warrant dismissing Rose. I think Rose can make plays for Tyrus in transition. Tyrus/Rose should be a great fast break combo too with their speed. Add the with Rose’s build and ability take hits… I don’t know. We’ve desperately needed a guard who could finish these last few years. More than once I remember thinking, “why can’t any of our guards finish contested layups like other teams are able to?” and I think Rose has the build to do that and draw fouls. Think about Wade and how effective he can be taking hits and finishing three point plays at the foul line.

Can we live without those things? Maybe. We’ve been chugging along ok-ish until last year getting a somewhat one dimensional offense from our guards. On the other hand, we’ve invested in Thomas and Noah and have Gooden as well. Beasely might be a 20-10 guy, but I already think we are pretty strong with the guys we have, two are quite young still, and can expect at least one of the three to pull a 20-10 game IMO with solid games from the other two. If we could add a guard like Rose who can have a different skill set then what we’ve had for years now with our guards it would give us a diversified offense where we’ve been needing it for years and round us off as a team.