Orlando Pro Summer League Opener: It's Rose vs. Beasley

2008/07/08 00:53:41 @NBA.com: News

In the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, Tim Reynolds writes "Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley will be forever linked. That's an inevitability for players who get chosen No. 1 and No. 2 in an NBA draft. So on some level, it's fitting their first pro game -- one that won't have fans, won't count in standings and li kely will be long forgotten in a few days -- will pit them against one another. Rose's Bulls face Beasley's Miami Heat today, one of three games that will open the Orlando Pro Summer League's weeklong schedule. For a meaningless matchup, there's an abundance of big-game hype. And it almost seems like neither 19-year-old can truly understand why. 'I didn't even know we're playing Miami first,' Rose said. 'I'm not going to be checking him.'"
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