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Rose

So it's official Rose. I'm excited to see what he can do. On the other hand, he is still very young. Just a season ago he was a high school senior.

What's next? Well according to Pax working out deals for Gordon and Deng. It's obvious someone has to go. My concern is who is going to handle the ball. You have Rose who will grow into the role, but is still young. After that who is there? Duhon is likely gone. You don't really want Sefolosha or Gordon handling it. Possibly Hughes, but that not ideal. That leaves Hinrich who I still trust with the ball. It's clear that Hughes will probably have to stay due to his contract. Sefolosha is a player still developing. That leaves Hinrich and Gordon. Although you like Gordon's shot making ability you have think he is undersized, can't trust him to make point guard like decisions on the court, and he's asking for too much. I guess that begs the question, well who will want him then. I think the fact that he can score very easily will always be an asset to a team. Plus, in the right package it could work out.

I guess I'm just saying this because everyone is pointing at Hinrich to be traded. I'm saying ideally it would be wise to keep another ball handler around. Besides, he has a favorable contract (which makes him attractive as well). Regardless, next season will be exciting to watch.

Well i forgot to post yesterday. Oops I'll post an extra picture later today to make up for it. But I saw Local H this weekend. They have a new album out which is a bit mellower than previous ones. It's called 12 Angry Months. Here's a video of the first single off of it on Carson Daly. It's called 24- hour breakup session. I'll probably do a more in depth review later

Completely agree with this article. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/columnists.nsf/berniemiklasz/story/42BAAAF86025FA598625746D0014AB03?OpenDocument

I usually don't rant on anything. But this rings true for all Boston teams. At first you rooted for them.

• Patriots over the Rams the underdogs.
• Boston over the Yankees cause everyone hates the Yankees.

Now not so much.

• Celtics won with team completely built in a year. Didn't build a franchise, but just moved in franchise players
• Patriots with the spygate scandal and arrogance had me cheering for Eli Manning?
• And the Red Sox don't get me started on the Red Sox. At first, you were glad that they hated the Yankees so much. They had a chip on their shoulder. The Yankees were the evil empire buying (and also destroying) any star they could. But now that they've won the World Series twice now, the still taunt the Yankees with Yankees suck. I mean its like watching Luke Skywalker defeat the Empire and then have him taunt them on their way out.

Anyway thats today's thought more pictures to come

I posted another one yesterday, but apparently it didnt get up. So here's another one. Here's a Koala from the Taronga Zoo. We were able to get pretty close to them.

So I haven't posted in a while, mainly because I was in Australia, so I'll try and post Monday through Friday for the near future. Anyway I'll start by posting pics from Australia

A Rose by any other name

So it's been a while, but I should be able to post more often with session over.

So let's get down to it. The Bulls, so much to talk about. 1st pick, coach, direction. I'll try and focus on one topic for now, the #1 pick.

Derrick Rose. I'll admit that I didn't watch too much college basketball, but I did see both of them play in the tournament. I thought both were impressive. Beasley was a force down below and Rose seemed in control of the game. You wouldn't have guessed that he was a freshmen. Derrick Rose seems like a better choice given that good quality point guards don't come along too often. Beasley may be a talent, but forwards are plentiful. I think if you look at this season you see Chris Paul, Deron Williams, and Rajon Rondo contributing extensively to their team, not to mention Tony Parker.

I think Paxson agrees, despite some reports that the Bulls have settled on Beasley. In the days following the draft he talked about leadership and how Rose being from Chicago would be counted against him. Paxson has always gone the route of college success and character. Rose would seem to make sense.

On the other hand, the Bulls would still be missing that difference maker, that guy that changes the game and as much as we like to believe Rose will do that, I don't know if that will happen. So there is that hole that need to be filled. That's why the Bulls need to think big this summer. Big as in big name. Do what they should and pull together the plethora of spare parts around and make a deal for a big name player. But that player has to fit within the scheme. I could go more into it, but I'll save it for later. For now the name is Rose.