Bulls take Rose with No. 1 pick in NBA draft (AP)

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Bulls take Rose with No. 1 pick in NBA draft (AP)

Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers smiles as he passes the team's locker room after selecting New Mexico guard J.R. Giddens as the 30th pick in the NBA draft in Boston, Thursday, June 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa

Derrick Rose is going home, and a record crowd of freshmen are following him to the NBA. The Chicago Bulls selected Rose, who grew up on the city’s South Side, with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night, choosing the Memphis guard over Kansas State forward Michael Beasley. With Beasley going second to Miami and Minnesota picking O.J.