Michael Beasley

[B-easy]

Even though he's having a rough time lately Beasley is averaging 20/8 when he plays 32 or more minutes!!
His defense has improved a lot over the past year and is now up to NBA standards. The only problem is that he averages 29.9 minutes. He will be a 25/10 player in a couple of years only if he gets more playing time. If spo doesn't want to give Beasley minutes and involve him more on offence then it would be best for Beasley to want a trade . He is clearly an offensive beast and i feel he doesn't fit heat well. The dudes too talented to be wasted in heat's system. Thoughts?

[Joel Embust]

Would do well with the Suns, shame he didn't get traded for Amar'e.

[BIRDMAN BIRDMAN]

Yeah....

I've given up, he needs to be traded this off-season, its for the best of Miami and for him. I wanna see the guy succeed. No doubt he can put 20-8 or so, but it's just not happenin in Miami....I really feel bad on how Spo treated him throughout his career. I used to nod that Spo's decision was right (to behave, to bench him for him to work harder), but now, I could care less if he plays Beas or not. I'm just afraid that it'll haunt Miami once they trade him, cause I can see him dropping 19 or so in teams such as SAC, NJ, PHX or so.

Beas' head just aint it. A quick turnover/small mistake and bam, you see Spo sending the Almighty Haslem to the scorers table. So he's more pressured....

[B-easy]

I think there is a good chance he gets traded, especially if heat get Stoudemire or Boozer or another PF. It seems that the coach is in love with Haslem and i don't see stoudemire playing centre. So heat will probably look to trade beasley for a point gurad. Maybe if nets get Wall heat could get harris for beasley. Wall/beasley/lopez and another FA would be a nice core. Beasley would thrive being the main scoring option.

[Optimism Prime]

Even though he's having a rough time lately Beasley is averaging 20/8 when he plays 32 or more minutes!!
His defense has improved a lot over the past year and is now up to NBA standards. The only problem is that he averages 29.9 minutes. He will be a 25/10 player in a couple of years only if he gets more playing time. If spo doesn't want to give Beasley minutes and involve him more on offence then it would be best for Beasley to want a trade . He is clearly an offensive beast and i feel he doesn't fit heat well. The dudes too talented to be wasted in heat's system. Thoughts?

Couple things--here's the list of players who have averaged 25/10 over the past decade:
-Tim Duncan (01-02)
-Shaquille O'Neal (99-03)
-Chris Webber (01-02)

Take off the fan-goggles for a second. Do you really see Beasley joining that list? One of the most skilled players did it once; one of the hardest workers did it once; Shaq did it four times. Beasley seems to be a bit childish at times, and that's part of why he hasn't been able to get the playing time.

Also, "only if he gets more playing time" isn't the only thing involved. He has to put in the work. With everything we've seen from the kid thus far... I'd feel more comfortable betting against him to make it happen (though I'd be happy for him if he did, don't get me wrong).

[B-easy]

Yep i see him joining that list, but only if he isn't playing behind a superstar eg Wade.

[Chosen01]

^^ Beasley really is a talented and skilled player, but yea 25 is a streatch as well as 10 rebounds, in his prime i can see him avg 21 and 9 ppg

[Wade2k6]

I think 22-23 ppg and 9-10 rebounds per game is a realistic expectation for him, although I don't think it'll be in a Heat uniform.

[dookieguy]

He's a nuthead, such wasted potential and talent. But, but, I'm sure he'll grow out of it.

What he needs is to be traded to a crap team where he will have massive confidence, a green light, and put up an inflated 25/10 or so for a few years. Eventually becoming a decent froncourt 1st option on a championship caliber team.

[KillaMayo]

Supercoolbeas needs to get his head in the right place and he needs to start acting like a proffesional. If he does that he could be a heck of a player. 23/10

[richboy]

He needs to play in a spot where he is allowed to play his game. If he was on another team he probably be a number 1 option playing 38 minutes a night. Really if Miami was planning on using Beasley the way they do it would have been smarter to take Love. Who would have been better in that kind of role. Could have went Lopez or Mayo as well. If Miami wants Beasley to be the player they think he can be they have to take off the handcuffs. Right now they pretty much have said we want you to be a superstar but were going to give you Udonis Haslem role. Then they complain that Haslem does it better.

A really good move for the Bulls might be to trade for Beasley. Send them Hinrich then use your cap space on Joe Johnson.

[Raps in 4]

I think there is a good chance he gets traded, especially if heat get Stoudemire or Boozer or another PF. It seems that the coach is in love with Haslem and i don't see stoudemire playing centre. So heat will probably look to trade beasley for a point gurad. Maybe if nets get Wall heat could get harris for beasley. Wall/beasley/lopez and another FA would be a nice core. Beasley would thrive being the main scoring option.

That team would be scary in a year or two.

[notahater]

Everyone keeps saying it's his role, it's the coach, it's Wade, it's the team when does Beasley take some responsibility for his game and play to his potential?

Oh and btw, it isn't that impressive to play for the Nets or Wolves and put up 20 points on 30 shots if that's what we are talking about with him breaking out an another team.

[richboy]

If your a ball domiante scorer how do you play to your potential when you don't have the ball.

[Optimism Prime]

If your a ball domiante scorer how do you play to your potential when you don't have the ball.

Learn to play off the ball? Improve to the point where it's in your team's best interest to give you the ball?

[Miamis3rdRing]

Everyone keeps saying it's his role, it's the coach, it's Wade, it's the team when does Beasley take some responsibility for his game and play to his potential?

Oh and btw, it isn't that impressive to play for the Nets or Wolves and put up 20 points on 30 shots if that's what we are talking about with him breaking out an another team.

This.

Reading some of the posts here, you would think Beasley ran over Spoelstra's dog or something. The team needs to win now. Not win a championship, but win enough games in order to keep Wade happy. Haslem isn't going to score 20 every night, but he rebounds, hustles, and plays defense.

As a Heat fan, Beasley has been a disappointment this year. There's no other way to spin it. His FG% has dropped by nearly 3%, and is now at 44.7%. That is horrible for a PF. I know he plays away from the basket quite a bit, but that's pretty bad for a PF regardless. Not to mention he's only average 3 FT's per game.

His defense has improved, especially man-to-man, but I've seen him make many bad team defensive plays. I'm sure he could score a ton of points on a crappy team, but would he be efficient? What would his FG% be? There's a huge difference between the rookie Kevin Durant who averaged 20ppg while chucking away at 43% and the one we see today. He's just much more efficient now, and that's the direction I'd like to see Beasley move towards.

He's still a young player, so I'm not ready to say he is a bust, or give up on him. I'll give him 3-4 years, and even then he will only be 23-24.

[Sid the Squid]

lol at the idea that Beasley has the talent required..

People please stop with that nonsense.

Dude is a 6'7 tweener with average quickness, average bball IQ and an average motor. I still crack up at the Derrick Coleman physical tool set comparisons during the Beasley draft hype.

[richboy]

If your a ball domiante scorer how do you play to your potential when you don't have the ball.

Learn to play off the ball? Improve to the point where it's in your team's best interest to give you the ball?

In essence be like Haslem your saying. That isn't the player we saw at college. If you wanted a player to play off the ball why would you draft a player who in college who was getting a ton of ISOs. Remember its not like he is averaging 7 points per game in the role he has been given. He is 15 and 6 right now.

[microfib4thewin]

I think Heat fans are getting confused at why people are doubting Beasley. His current production is not great but is acceptable. However, he has physical limitations, and even though it doesn't stare at you in the face all signs point to him having problems mentally as well.

It's also time to throw out the excuses that he's not in a good environment to develop. Wade's game does not interfere with any type of frontcourt players. Would anyone say that Wade hindered the efficiency of James Posey, Antoine Walker, or Alonzo Mourning? Is Beasley not the second best player on this team? If the answer to both is no, then that means he can develop into a legit 2nd option if he was ever capable, but all these talks about how Beasley can't become that player on this Heat team, a team that has Wade and a bunch of nobodies, a team that starts a washed up JO and Udonis Haslem at the front, is downright laughable.

I won't discount the possibility that Beasley could reach 22/8, but I only see him doing that maybe 2 or 3 times in his career. It is difficult for a contending team to be tailor made for a mediocre jumpshooting PF to score 20 a game. Beasley needs to improve much more than Heat fans realize to be a consistent 20 per game scorer. As long as he's a liability on the boards and defense he should not get starter minutes.

[Tim_Hardawayy]

This topic was completely unnecessary.

Beasley sucks right now, everyone can agree on that, what more is there to be said?