you can put on Garnett’s motivation to his teammates. But there is something to be said about your best player always putting in his best effort. We have many documented years of watching Pierce and Ray Allen not committing to defense. That they should both decide to turn their habits around in the same year as they are teamed with KG seems a bit too coincidental. I think that Rodman is another example of someone being held in check for the most part with Jordon on court.

The young bulls do hustle. It showed from the start (even as I saw them lose the first 9 games 4 years ago) 3 years is not a fluke. Last year held a lot of issues for this young team. I think it foolish to believe that they no longer have the same (or better) skills coming into next year. Adding another motivated AND frankly higher skilled player to the mix who not only works to make his team better, but can actually deliver (yes Rose) only means that this team will get back deep into the playoffs again.

Having said that and having watched the Celtics championship run this year, I don’t feel that our young bigs are strong enough/skilled enough just yet to keep up with the top defensive teams in a 7 game series. But I think with an inspirational top pick in Rose, we get this team (in particular Tyrus and Noah) into a more cohesive and effective group then we have yet seen.

Beasley just doesn’t seem like a team player to me. I don’t need another Ben Wallace attitude in the group holding this organization hostage because of his superior skills.

Rose may not be that outspoken (and I think that bodes well with our core of deng gordan and hinrich) but he has not shown himself to be a distraction either.

Winning solves a lot of issues. With a top athlete joining our already very good squad, I can’t help but see a very successful year for the bulls.

a Carmelo Anthony. I know he wants to and dominate on offense. A burning desire to score rarely translates to winning, especially if it isn’t accompanied by a similar desire to dominate on defense. I’m looking for a player that has a desire to dominate on defense and is willing to sacrifice on offense, stepping up to score when needed. I believe the great championship winning stars have done this. I don’t know if that’s Rose. But, there have at least been signs that Rose could be a\that kind of player. He clearly sacrificed his own game for the team and was there for his team in the big games. He at least talks about defense and worked to improve defensively last season even though he isn’t a great defender by any means right now.

I haven’t seen any evidence that Beasley wants to dominate on defense or sacrifice on offense. He may want to dominate on defense, but he doesn’t talk about it. He may be willing to sacrifice on offense with better teammates, but it’s an unknown. It’s much easier for me to place faith in Rose’s desire to dominate on defense and sacrifice on offense.

But the single most disturbing thing about Beasley’s attitude/character, by far, is his continued insistence that he’s never done anything wrong. He remains completely unwilling to acknowledge prior mistakes, and I can’t explain in words how much this bothers me, and how much I believe it speaks to his personal character.

i can’t help thinking that paxson will take rose for all of the reasons we expect.
1. great college team.
2. great college program.
3. highly regarded college coach.
4. led a team that went deep into the ncaa tourney.

i feel like it is very hard to choose between beasley and rose. they both have a ton of upside. they both are incredible talents. they both have question marks…so, when paxson looks at all the information and realizes that you probably can’t go wrong with either one, he’ll fall back on these points and feel more confident taking rose.