Trading Antoine Walker for Blount and a first rounder, signing NBA legend Smush Parker for millions, trading a still very much in his prime Shawn Marion for a busted down Jermaine O'Neal and cash, the awesomeness that was draft picks Eddie House, Ken Johnson, Dorell Wright, Wayne Simien, Jason Smith and Dexter Pittman, etc. etc. etc. The guy kind of sucks to be honest. He's been dining out on reputation for decades.
The Heat have been a well-run franchise ever since Riles took over. If it weren't for him, they probably would have folded or moved by now. Selecting Beasley #2 after Rose was a consensus no-brainer. I thought a big problem for him in Miami was playing in a pressure situation with high expectations. I figured once he left and went to the backwoods of Minnesota to a team nobody cared about, he would do well and turn his career around. So much for that. In Phoenix, he had another chance to play without much pressure
The Heat have been a well-run franchise ever since Riles took over. If it weren't for him, they probably would have folded or moved by now. Selecting Beasley #2 after Rose was a consensus no-brainer. I thought a big problem for him in Miami was playing in a pressure situation with high expectations. I figured once he left and went to the backwoods of Minnesota to a team nobody cared about, he would do well and turn his career around. So much for that. In Phoenix, he had another chance to play without much pressure and just can't pull it together. Some guys are just losers, can't help themselves and can't be helped by others.
He's talented and puts up numbers that aren't terrible, so he'll probably stick around. Expect him to either go to a team with a heavy veteran prescence (maybe Beasley for Lee + a first?) or a bottom team (like Washington or the Kings) to take a flier on him.
Off topic. In light of the Sam Bowie thread and this. I am wondering why the propensity of draft disaster seems to have happen more at the #2 spot than any other spots? Stipanovich, Bowie, Bias, and more recently, Jay Williams, Darko, Thabeet...
Someone raised this recently. I think it's because there's normally a consensus number one pick, and then a few guys from like spots 2-5. Hyptothetically, there's probably at least one bust in that group of 4 guys. With the consensus guy gone, a team will likely pick randomly from the four guys, and the other three are drafted according to need.
You can post this three times in a row all you want, it doesn't make it somehow true. See above your deluge of posts for a look at the Heat's terrible drafting prowess. Truly, if it weren't for [LeBron James], the Heat probably would have folded or moved by now. They are a franchise that has demonstrated no ability to draft and develop talent outside of Wade. A perpetual lottery team that couldn't even be responsibly bad, and kept trading first rounders away to teams like OKC and Minnesota, all while they waited for Dorrell Wright to "develop?" That was almost their future under Pat Riley. That's what the Heat would be today under a level playing field, if the NBA ever cared to enforce the contract rules they themselves promulgate. You might as well praise Bill Belichick and Lance Armstrong while you're at it.
Toxic, first what the hell does that mean, say locker room cancer or the guy is lazy or his jump shot is broken. Anyway Royce White is the poster child for toxic player not Michael Beasley.
At least Beasley can actually go to practice, get on the court and actually be toxic to the team. Royce White won't even show up to be toxic.
the dude has immense talent and is really young.. I still say he gets it together at some point in his career. it might be overseas though lol
Beasley appears to be one of a very few examples of going to college actually being bad for a guy. For the most part, players of his caliber are always the best on their teams from grade school on, then they get to the NBA and become one of many, more or less, equals. Hell, even Chuck Hayes was the go-to scorer on his high school team. However, I think most straight from high school players, though being amazingly talented boys, are probably a bit shell-shocked by the bright lights of the NBA, and the men who suddenly become their peers. When a player like Beasely gets to go one and out from college, his mentality that he is the best is reinforced by everyone on campus treating him like he's the man. That coupled with his body getting time to develop before the jump to the NBA likely tricks lesser minds, like his, into thinking all the hard work is done, and they will continue to be the man. Wrong.
Toxic seems pretty straight-forward, I thought? It means essentially the same as locker room cancer, except his "toxicity" can rub off on other players and steer them the wrong way, too. I've caught maybe a half dozen Suns games, and watching Beasley play has been hilarious. The sequences go something like this. 1. Advance the ball to half court and initiate the offense. 2. What's that? Initiate the offense? Yes. See that white dude with his hands open expecting the basketball? That's Goran Dragic. He always wants the ball to "run plays" or something. Ignore that fool. This is about you, not him. 3. Demand a big man set a screen for you, as an entree to your greatness. 4. Pick up your dribble, take three steps, jump in the air and then pass the basketball to a teammate right at his feet, causing a turnover. If your teammate weren't so bad at basketball, it wouldn't have been a turnover! 5. Alright Beas (he calls himself Beas in his own mind), the last time you passed the ball, it was a turnover, so you know what that means. Right, no more passing. 6. Repeat steps 1-4 over and over again, only shooting the ball yourself this time. Off balance. Over two defenders. Fading away. Behind the scoreboard. Why not? 7. Laugh at Alvin Gentry as he grows back a giant afro, then promptly loses all his hair again watching you put up a 2-19 shooting night. 8. This is basketball played at the highest level.
I have seen a few Suns game this year on League Pass. What were the Suns thinking getting him o board? Even better, what are they thinking giving him playing time. One of the most selfish and dumb chuckers I have seen.
Michael Beasley biggest problem is that he's a tweener. Too small for PF and not quick enough for SF. Going to the NBA straight out of high school would not have changed that. Going to college didn't hurt Michael Beasley
He's their Royce White. They were/are gambling on him to be a superstar. The Rockets would've been in the same situation right now if not for the Harden trade.
