Joe Willett: The only knock on Beasley, in my opinion, is that he hasn't played on a truly dominant team, but I can't think of another player who has been truly dominant like Beasley has been this past season.
He grabs rebounds like nobody's business, and he can score like a madman. In his first game, which most players usually struggle because of the difference between high school and college players, he dropped 32 points and grabbed 24 rebounds. He continued at that level all season, and that should propel him into No. 1 status.
Chad Ridgeway: You don’t draft according to need with the No. 1 pick. You take the best player, and Michael Beasley is just that. There’s no way he doesn’t go No. 1.
Andrew Kneeland: I suppose so. It's between him and Derrick Rose right now I think, and Beasley edges out Rose by a little bit.
Beasley is simply an awesome presence on the court, and is extremely versatile and diverse in his style of play. Rose will probably be the best point guard to come out of the draft in a long time, but I just don't see the Miami Heat taking someone to share the ball with Wade. I can't see anybody else taking Rose either.
The Bulls were a favorite to come out of the East yet they’ve disappointed all season, leading to the firing of Scott Skiles and a roster overhaul. What does the future hold for them?
Andrew Ungvari: The franchise is at a crossroads. They're running the risk that either Ben Gordon and/or Luol Deng pull a Joe Johnson and ask the team not to match whatever offer they get from another team.
They've missed out on Kevin Garnett and Pau Gasol. The only other big that they can make a run at is Jermaine O'Neal and I wouldn't bet on that.
I'm pretty sure that two of the four of Deng, Gordon, Kirk Hinrich and Andres Nocioni will be traded. The Bulls are only three games out of the last playoff spot but they'd be better off missing the playoffs and getting a top-ten pick.
Everything I've read points to Rick Carlisle being the team's next head coach. If they have another season like this one, then John Paxson will be gone at the conclusion of next season as well.
The Bulls always seem to get a tough schedule early in the season. This year,eight of their first 12 games were on the road. They went 2-10 in those games and blamed it on trade rumors and contract issues.
The key for them next season is to emphasize those first 15 games so that they don't spend the rest of the season playing catch-up. While some might say that it's unfair to play so many road games early on, I think the opposite is true. Isn't it easier to play the better teams early in the season before they've hit their stride?
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