My question is: Are you serious?
I know Rose dazzled in the NCAA tourney leading his Memphis Tigers to a minute away from a national championship, while Beasley bowed out early with his two-man Kansas State team (Billy Walker can ball.)
Beasley is a no-doubt 20-10 guy tomorrow. At this stage in his career he is far more physically NBA-ready than Kevin Durant, and led the NATION in rebounding. I know, I know, there are "attitude" questions. My response: How many kids with terrible attitudes and the ability to drop 30 a night lead the nation in rebounding? The kid is a beast, the kind of player you can build around for the next 10 years, and the kind that can take the Bulls to the elite in the Eastern Conference NEXT YEAR.
Check out this stat line:
39 points, 11 rebounds, 31 minutes.
That was Beasley against National Champion Kansas and their NBA-ready front court. He similarly dominated Blake Griffiin and Oklahoma, dropped 19&13 versus Luke Harangody and Notre Dame. With double and triple teams all season, Beasley produced every night.Many scouts have labeled his upside as "Amare Stoudamire meets Antawn Jamison." I wonder why no one has said "Amare meets Dirk." Perhaps it is the wierd unwritten rule of not comparing white dudes and black dudes when referencing players games... not sure. But there is a lot of Dirk Nowitski circa 2004-2005 ice-cold hand-in face knocking down 22-footers in his game.
Note to Bulls GM John Paxson. Pretend it is March 13th and you have the number one pick in the draft. It is a no-brainer. Michael Beasley. Don't let a few extra games under the sparkle of March Madness blind you.
