NBA draft: Rose may be more proof that size isn't everything
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 3:18 AM
By Jerry Zgoda
(MINNEAPOLIS) STAR TRIBUNE
Roy Dabner Associated Press
Suns guard Steve Nash thrives in an NBA that gives the little guys more freedom to do their thing.
In a downsized, miniaturized world gone mad, the NBA finally, inevitably, has come to the party.
Forgoing an ages-old mantra that you can't teach size, the Chicago Bulls, barring any late theatrics, appear poised to select Memphis freshman point guard Derrick Rose -- all 6 feet 2 1/2 of him -- first overall in the draft Thursday.
It's a selection that would both contradict decades of NBA draft history and illustrate the influence of young point guards such as New Orleans' Chris Paul and Utah's Deron Williams in a changing game where, because of NBA rules changes and interpretations, a little man now can reign.
Only one guard -- Allen Iverson in 1996 -- has been selected No. 1 overall since the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979 took Magic Johnson, and he was a 6-9 point guard.
Time and again, size has trumped all on draft night.
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