Derrick Rose, What if...

Post #1 » by **GameTime_3** » Wed Jun 4, 2008 8:01 pm

What if Derrick Rose did not got to the final 4? Would everyone be so high on him.I remmmber that people liked him but once he got to the final 4 he blew up! What if he never gets there and just shows up to the combine, Would he still be the overall number 1 pick?

fivas14 · Post #2 » by **fivas14** » Wed Jun 4, 2008 8:04 pm

Derrick Rose was a top 2 pick before and after the final 4.

Post #3 » by **GameTime_3** » Wed Jun 4, 2008 8:08 pm

Idont know about a lock for the top 2. He was lock for top 5 but top 2? Mayo,Beasley,Rose,Gordan were looked at be time players but after the tounry it went from lock top 5 to Lock for top 2. He also Became the stud of the class, While beasley was the whole season.

RJM · Post #4 » by **RJM** » Wed Jun 4, 2008 8:24 pm

Hasn't changed my opinion of him. He's a great prospect and I feel he would be a better fit on the Heat than Michael Beasley.

Cammo101 · Post #5 » by **Cammo101** » Wed Jun 4, 2008 8:37 pm

Rose was always top 2 on my board, but he was not a lock top 2 until the tourney.

CB4MiamiHeat · Post #6 » by **CB4MiamiHeat** » Wed Jun 4, 2008 8:44 pm

what if Memphis actually won the tournament...

wilt · Post #7 » by **wilt** » Wed Jun 4, 2008 8:47 pm

just not correct. You can make a case for him overtaking Beasley now (but that also isn

richboy · Post #8 » by **richboy** » Wed Jun 4, 2008 9:33 pm

Is Rose like Okafor a few years back. Most had Okafor as the number 2 pick then he had a great tournament and everyone started talking Tim Duncan.

I don't think Rose is like Brewer and Noah. Both of them saw huge climbs because of the tournament. Rose was probably going 2 or 3 before the tournament.

Post #9 » by **Stanford** » Wed Jun 4, 2008 9:45 pm

Let's not forget, Rose would have went in the top 3 in last years draft, had the age limit not been put in place. It's really nothing like Okafor who was a senior.

NetsForce · Post #10 » by **NetsForce** » Wed Jun 4, 2008 10:13 pm

What if that Debrick Rose led Memphis team didn't choke horribly?

mysticbb · Post #11 » by **mysticbb** » Wed Jun 4, 2008 11:44 pm

its game time wrote:What if Derrick Rose did not got to the final 4? Would everyone be so high on him.I remmmber that people liked him but once he got to the final 4 he blew up! What if he never gets there and just shows up to the combine, Would he still be the overall number 1 pick?

I would call the impression that Derrick Rose only climbed up because of the final four a myth.

Derrick Rose was potential number 1 overall before the season even began, i.e. nbadraft.net had him at #1 in August 2007.

pewing33ny · Post #12 » by **pewing33ny** » Thu Jun 5, 2008 5:45 pm

pretty much the whole season it was beasley at #1 and rose at #2. it wasn't until the tourney that rose was thought of as a #1 pick.