Malik Beasley Arrested (Marijuana Possession + Stolen Property)

[Dewey]

What the hell was he thinking walking out there with his rifle? That's just incredibly stupid on the scenario laid out. Who did he think was in that car? Was he on alert from some earlier incident? I just can't fathom why you would waltz out of your house, with a gun, and point it at someone telling them to leave like that out of nowhere. Incredibly asinine move. He very well may have cost himself big.

Yup

I can just imagine Beasley when a coach yells, “hands up!!” ...

[Neeva]

Even if we decide we don’t want a player that points a rifle at Minnesota families, I think we still need to find him a new home in a sign and trade, even if we get nothing in the deal.

Beasley doesn’t just represent a player for us, but his Bird rights also provide a chance to add a piece of salary that we can use to match in future trades.

I dont think rosas will give him away for nothing, this will be forgotten in a few months (unless he keeps this kind of behavior up) but he lost himself millions though.

[Rookie-Mistake]

Even if we decide we don’t want a player that points a rifle at Minnesota families, I think we still need to find him a new home in a sign and trade, even if we get nothing in the deal.

Beasley doesn’t just represent a player for us, but his Bird rights also provide a chance to add a piece of salary that we can use to match in future trades.

I really hope that we decide that a player that points a rifle at anyone is NOT required. Reading the summary, i can't fathom how ANY team would want him! Maybe perhaps a NRA friendly state?

[younggunsmn]

He's going to be lucky to avoid jail on the gun incident.

I'm all for 2nd amendment rights and protecting your family, but any responsible gun owner should know how serious it is to brandish a weapon at someone. If you are going to own a gun, please get proper training.
Was he just sick of the parade of homes or did he mistake the car for someone else and/or was he worried about/into something more serious?

2 pounds of dope and a 1 1/2 year old kid in the house.
I guess it's 2020 and "Instagram model" is considered an actual profession.
I guess its the new term for groupie.

He was already in murky waters looking for a long term deal on a small sample size of productive play.
This should kill those hopes.
You might stick with a star player in this situation, but its easier to justify cutting ties with a fringe starter.

[Fo-Real]

I thought that in USA if someone was in your property you could pointed him with a gun to obligate him to go...

Not my place but in a very gun friendly place like Arizona, you can have the weapon slung over your shoulder or however you have it but once you actually point it at someone, its Agg Assault. You have to have a treason like being in danger to actually draw down and I would think its even more restrictive in Minny.

[Domejandro]

I am going to disagree with people here, if Beasley comes out of this fine legally, Minnesota should (and likely will) keep him.

[KGdaBom]

I'm OK with giving him a second chance. He didn't shoot anyone. He just scared the sheet out of them. Very bad judgment, but not enough to make me give up on him entirely.

[Shaka_Zulu]

I am going to disagree with people here, if Beasley comes out of this fine legally, Minnesota should (and likely will) keep him.

Yeah if he survives legally (jail or major long suspension), then we should defenitely give him a second chance. You get rid if its a repeat offender in behaviour (He last year fought with an NFL player about his gf...), everyone are entitled to 2nd chances, more so in this case because it was more scary then anything else.

[Neeva]

Not giving Beasley up for nothing. I would match up to 3 year 30 million deals for him (but hoping no one gives him more than 6-8 million per season)

[younggunsmn]

I'll be flabbergasted if he gets more than 1 year + a team option.
I certainly wouldn't give him multiple guaranteed years.

According to the strib article they have him on camera laughing with his buddies and making pop-pop-pop gun sounds after the incident. And they undercharged him quite a bit compared to what they could have legally charged him with.

[Macwolf527]

Malik is getting a reputation of being a loose canon of sorts. I hate to see young men miss their opportunity over a few seconds of lapsed judgment. I don’t think he’s a bad dude, but he has to demonstrate a better level of maturity for someone to invest millions into him. I anticipate he’ll get a contract with a team option in the third year. I wouldn’t dare go longer than three years at this point. I may go as high as $12mil per, but the cap is at three with the team option. I would challenge him to find a better contract outside of that, which I doubt he’ll find under circumstances. He’ll only be 26 at the completion of the three year contract and will be in line for another sizable deal approaching his prime. But, he has to take some financial responsibility for the position he has placed himself in at the moment. Unfortunately this is a business and right now he’s somewhat of a risk.

[KGdaBom]

Malik is getting a reputation of being a loose canon of sorts. I hate to see young men miss their opportunity over a few seconds of lapsed judgment. I don’t think he’s a bad dude, but he has to demonstrate a better level of maturity for someone to invest millions into him. I anticipate he’ll get a contract with a team option in the third year. I wouldn’t dare go longer than three years at this point. I may go as high as $12mil per, but the cap is at three with the team option. I would challenge him to find a better contract outside of that, which I doubt he’ll find under circumstances. He’ll only be 26 at the completion of the three year contract and will be in line for another sizable deal approaching his prime. But, he has to take some financial responsibility for the position he has placed himself in at the moment. Unfortunately this is a business and right now he’s somewhat of a risk.

he's not getting a $12 million a year contract. Nobody is going to offer that. He might be doing some time and suspended from the league for a year.

[minimus]

Malik is getting a reputation of being a loose canon of sorts. I hate to see young men miss their opportunity over a few seconds of lapsed judgment. I don’t think he’s a bad dude, but he has to demonstrate a better level of maturity for someone to invest millions into him. I anticipate he’ll get a contract with a team option in the third year. I wouldn’t dare go longer than three years at this point. I may go as high as $12mil per, but the cap is at three with the team option. I would challenge him to find a better contract outside of that, which I doubt he’ll find under circumstances. He’ll only be 26 at the completion of the three year contract and will be in line for another sizable deal approaching his prime. But, he has to take some financial responsibility for the position he has placed himself in at the moment. Unfortunately this is a business and right now he’s somewhat of a risk.

he's not getting a $12 million a year contract. Nobody is going to offer that. He might be doing some time and suspended from the league for a year.

What about 48mil/4yrs with third year partially guaranteed and last year non guaranteed?

[Jedzz]

Malik is getting a reputation of being a loose canon of sorts. I hate to see young men miss their opportunity over a few seconds of lapsed judgment. I don’t think he’s a bad dude, but he has to demonstrate a better level of maturity for someone to invest millions into him. I anticipate he’ll get a contract with a team option in the third year. I wouldn’t dare go longer than three years at this point. I may go as high as $12mil per, but the cap is at three with the team option. I would challenge him to find a better contract outside of that, which I doubt he’ll find under circumstances. He’ll only be 26 at the completion of the three year contract and will be in line for another sizable deal approaching his prime.

Offer a two year deal. (Granted, if this isn't going to actually turn into a jailtime thing.). He knows the Covid era already wasn't a good time for his best deal. Now this event. His best plan if he's allowed to keep playing is to sign a one or two year deal, even with the second year a team option. Play his heart out and earn a real deal by playing well and living clean for a year or two. That takes a lot of risk away from the Wolves and they can offer him something decent at really short terms. Again, if everyone can feel confident he'll be allowed to play during this time.

[Slim Tubby]

He's going to be lucky to avoid jail on the gun incident.

I'm all for 2nd amendment rights and protecting your family, but any responsible gun owner should know how serious it is to brandish a weapon at someone. If you are going to own a gun, please get proper training.
Was he just sick of the parade of homes or did he mistake the car for someone else and/or was he worried about/into something more serious?

2 pounds of dope and a 1 1/2 year old kid in the house.
I guess it's 2020 and "Instagram model" is considered an actual profession.
I guess its the new term for groupie.

He was already in murky waters looking for a long term deal on a small sample size of productive play.
This should kill those hopes.
You might stick with a star player in this situation, but its easier to justify cutting ties with a fringe starter.

One of the best posts on these boards in a long, long time...well done!


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[Dewey]

Most I would do at this point is a 3-year $10 million with team options years 2&3 and incentives associated with defensive performance. If he Matures and establishes priorities, he’d regain good value that could leave him with a nice extension here or somewhere else. My sense is he’d be wise to sign whatever short-term deal MN puts out in front of him.

[shrink]

My guess is that Malik Beasley will want to play for the qualifying offer of $3.9. This will be a one-year deal that’s far below what he would have made before, but it will make him an unrestricted free agent next year. A year from now could be a richer payday for free agents (if Covid improves), and he’ll be one year removed from this incident. Most impending free agents coming off rookie scale money want to lock up a longterm deal in case they get hurt tomorrow. Beasley however, has shown he is willing to take risks, when he turned down the Nuggets 3-for-$30 extension, and by participating to some degree with the Wolves this summer without a contract lined up.

The qualifying offer has pro’s and cons for the Wolves. The savings this year is great, and may allow us to use some or all of our MLE with less fear of the luxury tax. It could also make Beasley an attractive trade chip, since many contenders are facing lux taxes. However, since MIN isn’t a free agent destination, losing team control on Beasley next year could be a problem. I expect that the Wolves will offer him a longterm, lowball offer, like 3-for-$24, which Beasley will decline.

[Jedzz]

He's going to be lucky to avoid jail on the gun incident.

I'm all for 2nd amendment rights and protecting your family, but any responsible gun owner should know how serious it is to brandish a weapon at someone. If you are going to own a gun, please get proper training.
Was he just sick of the parade of homes or did he mistake the car for someone else and/or was he worried about/into something more serious?

2 pounds of dope and a 1 1/2 year old kid in the house.
I guess it's 2020 and "Instagram model" is considered an actual profession.
I guess its the new term for groupie.

He was already in murky waters looking for a long term deal on a small sample size of productive play.
This should kill those hopes.
You might stick with a star player in this situation, but its easier to justify cutting ties with a fringe starter.

One of the best posts on these boards in a long, long time...well done!


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hahha. So he can justify overlooking it if it's a star player with a third of the cap in his pocket, but since he's 1 of 2 cheapest and best 3pt shooters the team has and one of only four high average 3pt shooters on the roster (2 being FA) I guess we need to demand better from these cheap good players. Yes that sounds like MN sports reasonings that have gotten them so far in the past.

Yes, it's too bad Beasley apparently has got himself into the thick of something here. But I'll still wait untl the completion of his trial before I condemn him for anything I don't have first hand info on.

[Dewey]

He's going to be lucky to avoid jail on the gun incident.

I'm all for 2nd amendment rights and protecting your family, but any responsible gun owner should know how serious it is to brandish a weapon at someone. If you are going to own a gun, please get proper training.
Was he just sick of the parade of homes or did he mistake the car for someone else and/or was he worried about/into something more serious?

2 pounds of dope and a 1 1/2 year old kid in the house.
I guess it's 2020 and "Instagram model" is considered an actual profession.
I guess its the new term for groupie.

He was already in murky waters looking for a long term deal on a small sample size of productive play.
This should kill those hopes.
You might stick with a star player in this situation, but its easier to justify cutting ties with a fringe starter.

One of the best posts on these boards in a long, long time...well done!


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hahha. So he can justify overlooking it if it's a star player with a third of the cap in his pocket, but since he's 1 of 2 cheapest and best 3pt shooters the team has and one of only four high average 3pt shooters on the roster (2 being FA) I guess we need to demand better from these cheap good players. Yes that sounds like MN sports reasonings that have gotten them so far in the past.

Yes, it's too bad Beasley apparently has got himself into the thick of something here. But I'll still wait untl the completion of his trial before I condemn him for anything I don't have first hand info on.

Ya I don’t buy into a players status (role player, starter, star, etc) as apart of the equation for deciding if we should cut ties.

IMO... The message between the lines is that Beasley prolly needs to cut ties with a few of his “people”.

[Neeva]

One of the best posts on these boards in a long, long time...well done!


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hahha. So he can justify overlooking it if it's a star player with a third of the cap in his pocket, but since he's 1 of 2 cheapest and best 3pt shooters the team has and one of only four high average 3pt shooters on the roster (2 being FA) I guess we need to demand better from these cheap good players. Yes that sounds like MN sports reasonings that have gotten them so far in the past.

Yes, it's too bad Beasley apparently has got himself into the thick of something here. But I'll still wait untl the completion of his trial before I condemn him for anything I don't have first hand info on.

Ya I don’t buy into a players status (role player, starter, star, etc) as apart of the equation for deciding if we should cut ties.

IMO... The message between the lines is that Beasley prolly needs to cut ties with a few of his “people”.

It will be hard to cut ties with one though (who has been in center of his legal troubles), the mother of his child..