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Rose tries to sway Bulls into drafting him ahead of ... Beasley?

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Thursday, June 19, 2008

DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Derrick Rose desperately wants to be the face of his hometown Chicago Bulls. He's not hiding his feelings one bit. If the Bulls don't draft him with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft next Thursday, he said he'll be crushed. Rarely has a potential No. 1 pick politicked as much as the one-season Memphis freshman point guard, who played at Chicago's Simeon Career Academy. The last hometown star to be drafted No. 1 was Akron's LeBron James, to Cleveland in 2003. But James did no ...

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