The Chicago Bulls opted for Derrick Rose over Michael Beasley with the 2008 first overall pick, and with the duo set to go against each other for the first time on Friday, Beasley has told the Daily Herald that he has something to prove.

"I've been thinking about this game for a long time, just because they didn't pick me," he said Wednesday after the Heat practiced in Miami. "It's nothing against them, it's natural. It's competitive nature. I mean, I think that should be on everybody that didn't go No. 1 and everybody that didn't go No. 2 or 3.

"Me, personally, it's my competitive nature. But me and Derrick Rose, that's irrelevant. It's me and Chicago, Miami, and Chicago."

Via Daily Herald

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