You have the potential to be an all-star in a very tough league, and you blow it. Again. And again. I don't understand. He's damn good in 2k12 though.
You mean this guy doesn't conduct himself professionally? BRB, conducting tests on the wetness of water, hotness of fire.
Yep. If anybody ever suggests to you that the Miami Heat are a "well run" franchise or some variation thereof, just point to the draft where they selected Beasley second overall, right after Derrick Rose and ahead of many, many hall of fame-bound players. I don't know what "shakeups" means, though. Does it mean Scola makes it back to the starting lineup and Beasley comes off the bench? Does it mean he gets dumped on Toronto for a second rounder? This is going to be funny to watch.
I remember the Heat wanted Rose and was hoping the Bulls drafted Beasley. But when their plans failed, they went ahead and grab Beasley based on hyped. I wasn't surprising much that Beasley failed miserably. I remember there was a lot of red flags about Beasley during the draft. Sure he has a lot of talents and skills, but he never put it to good use. The thing that he doesn't understand is that everyone in the NBA has talent and can play. So he believes that his talent alone would make him successful without the hard work. He thinks that by being in the NBA, everything would be easy for him. Well, look at him now, bounced around 3 different teams since being drafted in 08 while his draft class are leading their franchises and are Olympians.
Beasley averaged 20-20 in college. He was the consensus number 2 pick, in fact there were some people saying he should have gone number 1. And even then Pat Riley was against drafting him and the entire Heat FO had to convince him otherwise.
Reach much? We could be here all day if we were to list everything that was wrong with the Miami Heat prior to LeBron James and Chris Bosh deciding that the league's collusion and tampering rules didn't apply to them or Heat representatives. Rest assured that drafting Beasley is just one brick in a wall of suck that is the Heat, dating back to the Rony Seikaly days.
Based on talent and skills he should have been number 1. That is why everyone should have been worried why he wasn't.
Since Riley took over the Heat, what exactly have they done to make them a poorly run franchise? Super Cool Beas was in the conversation for the #1 overall pick that year.
Nope. There was a lot of hype about Mayo for the #2 pick, as Beasley had (red flag here) "character issues" that did indeed bother Pat Riley. That their guiding voice in personnel decisions having reservations wasn't enough to override another "character issues" wasted pick should tell you what the Heat are all about. They are only as good as their stupidest executive, not their smartest. I don't know what "some" means. If by "some" people you mean dumb people, then yes. Rose was always going to be #1, especially with the Bulls drafting first. The draft order is determined long before the actual draft. Meanwhile, the #2 slot could have just as easily have gone to OJ Mayo, who still wouldn't have been as good as Westbrook or Love, but would have been a lot more defensible. Ironically, Mayo and Love were swapped as picks, and we know how that story turned out.
I'm with roslolian on this one. Almost every single "draft expert" had Rose and Beasley as #1 and #2. It was also supposedly the consensus among GMs at the time (although that's more speculation on my part). Much like with DeMarcus Cousins in 2010, the talent there was simply too good to pass up, even with all the character issues (and, yes, almost every GM thought the T-Wolves were stupid for not taking Cousins at #4). Mayo was among a handful of prospects in play for the #3 spot and ended up being picked there. Love was actually a late mover up most draft boards and was a SURPRISE to some when he ended up going #5 to Memphis. He wasn't ranked that high until around the week of the draft. (I actually thought he was worthy of a top-8 pick even when many mock drafts had him as low as the 15-18 range early in the post-NCAA season draft process; although I can't say I foresaw him becoming THIS good.)
