Yes, we were celebrating in The Locker Room when the Bulls won the NBA draft lottery to earn the right to draft Memphis point guard Derrick Rose.
These NBA playoffs have shown how important an all-star calibre point guard is to a team's success, especially if that team does not have a Hall of Fame-calibre player. Think Williams (Utah), Paul (New Orleans) & Billups (Detroit) among others.
The point-guard position is equally vital at the high-school level.
The News-Sun Player of the Year this past winter was Ronald Steward, point guard for Zion-Benton. And it had nothing to do with the halfcourt shot he hit at the buzzer to beat Evanston in the IHSA state tourney semifinals.
Rather, Ronald was the most important player to our area's most successful team.That makes him the most valuable. Maybe not the best ... but the most important.
That's what point guards are ... the most important.
Remember Warren during its great three-year run? It had Jordan Dalton at the point for two years and Ceola Clark for the third. Both were outstanding point guards.
You can't put too much value on a PG. Which is why the Bulls picking Derrick Rose is a no-brainer.
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