In the race for No. 1, take Rose and don't look back

Freeman: Take Beasley

The Chicago Bulls will draft Derrick Rose No. 1.

And they should.

The Bulls would be foolish for not taking Derrick Rose No. 1. (Getty Images)

But the Bulls aren't picking second.

They're picking first.

And when you're picking first and a great player who is physically dominant at his position -- particularly the extremely important position of point guard -- is in the draft, your decision is basically made for you, and it doesn't matter if a sure-bet 20-10 guy like Beasley is also available. If you're picking first, you take Rose and let him do for you what he did in his one year of college, which is lead your team to win after win after win after win.

That's what Rose does best, case you didn't know.

He wins.

He won a state title in high school, a conference title in college and helped a non-traditional power like Memphis come within seconds of the national championship. The only weakness he showed -- outside of a still-developing jumper -- was an inability to foul Sherron Collins in the final 10 seconds when his team was leading by three, but nobody's perfect, right? Seriously, Rose's NCAA tournament run was legendary beyond that little snafu, particularly the part when he consecutively destroyed fellow elite point guards D.J. Augustin and Darren Collison, which brings me back to that whole physically dominant point I was trying to make before.

Why is Kevin Garnett great?

Or Dwight Howard?

Or LeBron James?

It's not just that they are brilliant talents, but that they are physically dominant for their positions, and Rose is the same way. While Beasley is an inch shorter than your typical power forward and a step slower than your typical small forward (and a little goofier than your typical Johnny Knoxville), Rose is bigger and stronger and faster than 90 percent of the point guards already in the NBA. It's not absurd to think he could someday go down as one of the most physically dominant point guards in history, and if you don't believe me you should go back and watch what he did to Augustin and Collison.