Apparently the Heat are trying to trade Michael Beasley, due to the fact that he is growing slowly and is lazy at defense. Personally I would love to take him on the Rockets. He's only 21 and a great offensive player. He was playing pretty good defense on KG last night too. Get it done Morey!
I would not even take Beasley over Ariza. I mean Wade can't get this guy pumped up and ready to play ball, no one can. He's just one of those guys happy he's in the NBA and will not look to improve his game until he's 29 watch. At least Ariza tries, can't say the same for Beasley, he looks like he's just out there...
Well the fact that Wade kinda takes games over all by himself all the time. I can understand why he looks lost out there... But on the Rockets he could get his head straight. Ron Artest changed his attitude maybe Beasley can do?
And Beasley is a much better offensive player then Landry too. Why are we still talking about Landry like he's on the Rockets? He's gone. Move on about him.
Ron Artest gave his 100% all the time though and confidence wise always thought of himself as the best defender in the NBA and a top tier talent... Beasley has real confidence issues, Wade even said some time back that he's not confident. I don't know Beasley just like Yi to me. Has a lot of talent but in Bball you need certain mental aspects...Confidence is HUGE and so is playing 100% and giving all you have. Carl Landry is a good example, averages around the same points as Beas (I think?) but there is no question he's giving it his all out there. How many times do we have to hear from Heat staff and players "If Beasley could help out, we're going to need Beasley tonight..." just don't know about him. You'd think he'd be motivated to keep up with Derrick Rose, but he just seems content with where he's at.
No, thanks. At least not at the price he would cost. I'd rather stick with Scola and either Hill or the 14th pick at PF. Even Jeffries is preferable as a situational backup who can actually, um, play some D. I, too, would rather have Ariza than Beasley (again, with what it would cost to get him), since a Brooks/Martin/Beasley/Scola/Yao lineup would get CRUSHED on defense. Ariza almost HAS to stick around as the one "defensive" starter going forward for this franchise. I think Brooks' offensive emergence and the acquisition of Martin pretty much solidified this for me.
I agree with everything you say. But I seriously thinks if he gets on the Rockets...His head will strengthen out. Did you see last night against the Celtics, he was confident, he was hustling. For some reason though they stopped passing him the ball when he was hot.
I brought up Landry, because they are both undersized PFs that have nearly the same stats in points, rebounding and blocks per 36 minutes. They have the same defensive liabilities. The only difference is that Landry is a better offensive player. Beasley's 45 FG% is far below Landry's 52 FG% with the Kings as a starter. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/beaslmi01.html http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/landrca01.html
I can't see Michael Beasley's ceilings anywhere higher than ex-Rocket Carl Landry. Beasley is too small and doesn't have enough athleticism to make up for the size disadvantage to play the PF position. He is too slow to guard any SF's with decent quickness. His outside shot is streaky. If Landry was playing alongside D-Wade, he would've average 20 pts on 60%.
Gotta disagree with you there. Even if he's not the prototypical Pat Riley kind of player, dude is sleepwalking his way to 17 ppg. I'm sure the Heat would rather stick with him, coach him up and hopefully turn him into a 20+ ppg player going forward than to trade him for below market value. And Hill and a pick (unless it's the Knicks' 2011 pick) is not market value for Michael Beasley.
