want him to start 10 games in..can’t just through him in..he’ll get the rookie-ego effect

Does anyone else think he should ease into a starting role? Let Rose eye Captain Kirk starting, trying to light a fire under him right before he comes off the bench and into a game?

I personally think that kind of competition/role will help him progress easily into the player we want him to be. And it feels safer, like in the instance Rose is thrown out there and struggles, finding his transition to the NBA is rougher than initially perceived. Such things have destroyed players in the past.

Bulls fans will have to get used to Rose playing limited minutes early on as they try to keep a short leash on him to do enough good things and to point out the bad as well. Think of him as an injured player coming back from the DL and getting those kinds of minutes. Its hard to tell with a new coach but it seems to be heading that way.

That being said Joakim really DID earn his minutes last year and Derrick should have no problem passing by Thabo to get playing time. The Rod says the more assists he starts dishing out, the more minutes he’ll start seeing.

And he ABSOLUTELY HAS TO START! No question about it jabroni. You dont friggin draft a number one pick and sit him on the bench for no damn – AND THE ROD MEANS No damn reason!

With the exception of Kirk, Lu and strangley Duhon, the Bulls have never given their rookies sufficient minutes to develop. I’m hoping that this was just a Skiles thing. I’ve watched almost every game of the last two seasons and its always the same. Here is how the senerio goes:

Young player X plays significant minutes in 2-3 games. Starts to play better but has a bad outing, and then doesn’t come off the bench to 2-3 weeks. When they finally get some playing time, they are so anxious to play well that they try to do too much. This is of course when they are not looking over at the bench every 5 seconds to see the “Skiles Skowl” threatning to take them out the next time they take a step in the wrong direction. So predictibly they play like garbage.

Player X could be Thomas, Noah, Thabo, Gray whoever. You can’t expect young players to be mentally ready to play after sitting on the bench for 3 weeks. Hopefully VDN gets this and takes it into account when playing the younger players. Players need to know that the coach has faith in them. I believe that this was part of the problem last year. You can only hear “your a dirtbag” so many times from your coach before you start to believe it.

But if he’s only getting 5-10 min a night to make room for Kirk, BG, Thabo, and Hughes, I’ll probably join exult in bashing Paxson every chance I get.

starts will depend on what he shows during training camp. If he is what some of you think he is he will start. We have a new coach who will want to win and he will put the players he thinks can help him do that on the floor.

…behind Keith McCloud. Williams eventually took over the starting job once Sloan was convinced that he could trust Williams with the job. I expect Derrick Rose to be brought along much the same way, he will start about 41 games and play about 25 minutes.

earning a starting spot? Let them battle it out in camp and if Rose is as good as we think he is he’ll be the starter soon enough. Just because he was the top pick shouldn’t entitle him to a starting position if he can’t earn it with his play. The guy will be a starting PG in this league for a long time. If he needs a few weeks to get acustom to the NBA game so be it.

Is Beasley going to start down in Miami over AH?

my buddy keeps calling Rose a lemon, that he’s got tendinitis at 19. i hope he’s wrong and that we didn’t draft the wrong guy.

he better start.

Plenty of players have it, you just need to know how to manage it. I don’t think it really matter when you get it as long as it gets diagnosed you are taught how to deal with it. Would it be any different if he got it next year? Likely not. As far as injury problems in the league he is nowhere near these players, young and old.

There’s no reason he shouldn’t be starting. He’s a number 1 pick, there’s high expectations, and just because he will look bad in November/December doesn’t mean squat. We have a rookie head coach, not a HOF coach like Jerry Sloan who has had the same offensive philosophy for 20+ years. Until Del Negro shows he is a smart tactician, his best bet is to play the most talented players he has.

Ya just GOTTA hand the keys over to him and let him start and play him 30+ minutes a night.

And unless he has a bad attitude and won’t learn unless you sit him, you let him play through his mistakes and teach him afterwards what he is doing wrong.

I doubt he is mentally fragile, or has a bad attitude, since he never has before and he likely wouldn’t have been so highly regarded by all as a #1 talent.

If Hinrich starts to give him more trade value, it will be a huge mistake. Those moves almost never work out as intended; I say “almost” just because I can’t remember an instance where it DID work out, but it doesn’t mean I am correct.

My opinion is based on the idea that he isn’t overly raw and really not starter-worthy. If that is so, I’d be a lil’ worried, but I doubt that is the case as well.

HE IS DERRICK ROSE. The #1 pick. This is supposed to be his team. Unless it will go to his head, make him not realize he still has much to learn, or performing poorly will devastate his confidence, you start him and play him as many minutes as he can handle.

PGs need to play WITH their teammates to really learn ‘em, and I’d also be really annoyed if he was just running along with the scrubs.

That this is up for debate worries me. Kirk Hinrich is a good player, but he’s just in the way right now. This is Derrick Rose’s team.

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I expect Rose to come off the bench behind Hinrich, a lot like Baron Davis did with David Wesley during his rookie year. Hinrich is a good player and it will hard for a rookie point guard to unseat him.

New here, but just wanted to say that D Riose should start from day one. I don’t really think the Bulls area playoff team this year, and that being said, we just just develop Rose, Tyrus, Thabo and Noah…..and I hate writing that too, as we Bulls fans have had to wait far too long already….