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I'd do that in a second. You know what Beasley is? A trade chip. Maybe not by himself, but in a package with Williams or Young. You can never have enough trade chips.

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Agree.

beasley is still young you never know what a change of scenery can do. It will be interesting to see what rumors start coming up after all of this free agency hoopla blows over.

Super Speights ftw.

Miami Heat fans will defend Beasley to death saying how much of a bad rap he has gotten. They say he played big in a lot of games despite the head coach despising him and not running any plays for him. That's not saying Beasley didn't give Wade and Spoelstra a reason to despise him. Maybe Collins can help a player like Beasley grow as a man and then as a player. If not, like I said, you can never have enough trade chips.

so what position would Beasley spend most of his time at? has he been more of a 3 or 4 in the NBA?

regardless I'd do it - We have the opportunity to give a young, talented guy a second chance to redeem himself in exchange for a guy who isnt going to play

Best case scenario he's a valuable asset to our team and may become a part of our future

Worst case scenario he continues to be a nutcase and a distraction and we dont pick up his option and he becomes an expiring contract which would be a nice trade asset, which is exactly what was going to happen with Kapono anyway

Do it Now! Beasley isn't a long term solution but a nice piece to rent for awhile. I see Beasley as a journeymen he'll play for 6+ teams in a 10+ year NBA career.

I'd do that. He's still young and a former #2 pick. Maybe he could become something here. Maybe not, but Kapono is worthless.

The rumors will be flying once the ego-King makes his announcement. Hopefully Sixerfan will be on with some news tonight.

I'd do it. No matter how much of a cancer Beasley is, he has more trade value than Kapono (even if he is an expiring). But I wouldn't want to keep him though.

The76thDegree wrote:so what position would Beasley spend most of his time at? has he been more of a 3 or 4 in the NBA?

regardless I'd do it - We have the opportunity to give a young, talented guy a second chance to redeem himself in exchange for a guy who isnt going to play

Best case scenario he's a valuable asset to our team and may become a part of our future

Worst case scenario he continues to be a nutcase and a distraction and we dont pick up his option and he becomes an expiring contract which would be a nice trade asset, which is exactly what was going to happen with Kapono anyway

This. Basically my thought exactly.

How can Stefanski say no to this?

PhenomThad31 wrote:How can Stefanski say no to this?

Because he's no longer calling the shots?

But hopefully Collins is, and makes this deal.

It really does seem a simple yes from our end.
Would people still say yes if we have to send some sort of pick attached, i.e a second rounder, or a top 15 protected 1st (that turns into 2 2nd rounders in 3 years if we are still in bottom 15)?

I think the raw talent of Beasely makes him a nice fit for us. If he works out, you ended up with a top 5 talent on the super cheap. If not, you didn't pay a lot to take a good swing at locking down another future starter.

That would be just impossible for Collins to give everyone their minutes!! I mean, Young, Nocioni, Beasly of the bench at 3 and 4 spot?? Behind Brand and Speights.. If that goes down, Thad is a s good as gone..

HartfordWhalers wrote:It really does seem a simple yes from our end.
Would people still say yes if we have to send some sort of pick attached, i.e a second rounder, or a top 15 protected 1st (that turns into 2 2nd rounders in 3 years if we are still in bottom 15)?

I think the raw talent of Beasely makes him a nice fit for us. If he works out, you ended up with a top 5 talent on the super cheap. If not, you didn't pay a lot to take a good swing at locking down another future starter.

A second round pick Still yes to the trade
A first rounder of any kind is a deal breaker.

I don't understand how that helps the Heat salary wise because aren't they trying to dump Beasley to a team with cap-room for NOTHING in return?

Kapono makes $1.7m MORE than Beasley, while the trade could happen since the Heat are the under cap, it would make Lebron/Wade/Bosh have to take even smaller salaries to off-set the difference.

Wow... that would be a pretty damn great trade for us. I see the value of Kapono next to those guys since he'd constantly be wide open... but this can't be true, right?