The official- "LA rejects X player for 1st"

LAKESHOW · Post #101 » by **LAKESHOW** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:08 pm

maybe he'll play point guard.

lazfa199 · Post #102 » by **lazfa199** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:57 am

According to beasley's twitter he in LA today. Might have met up with the coaches?

Jetset · Post #103 » by **Jetset** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:06 am

I don't want him here, he'll go Voltorb and self-destruct. Then it'll be a waste of whatever resource we used on him.

Gek · Post #104 » by **Gek** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 1:42 am

I don't think he'll be a problem, Cali weed has that effect on you.

LaLa · Post #105 » by **LaLa** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 2:52 am

Add Beasley, Sessions and Rasheed to this team, we could have a really good bench.

Sessions/Fish
KB24/Barnes
MWP/Beasley
Pau/Beasley
Bynum/Sheed

Post #106 » by **dockingsched** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 3:01 am

i don't see a way to get both sessions and beasley. combined they make more than the 9.0 mil TPE the lakers have, so one of them would have to be acquired with actual player salary, which i doubt the other team would want to take back.

LaLa · Post #107 » by **LaLa** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 3:08 am

I would think CLE wouldn't mind a Blake and a 1st for Sessions. Then ship the TPE, and Dallas 1st for Beasley. Probably a pipe dream but not that crazy to pull off.

Post #108 » by **dockingsched** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 3:10 am

i think that would be a terrible trade for CLE. they take on an inferior player on a contract that is one yr longer.

JohnStockton · Post #109 » by **JohnStockton** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 3:20 am

I'm from Minnesota.

There are a host of reasons Beas is available for you guys. Here are some.. he has no future in Minnesota, his contract is almost up and we have no interest in investing money in a SF who has had "potential" for four years running..., he's an ISO player that is unreliable and has poor defense, nobody else wants him.

Kobe/Gasol/Bynum/Beas = 4 ISO players, what could go wrong?

Give us a 1st RD draft pick please.

Jetset · Post #110 » by **Jetset** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 4:17 am

No thanks.

moonpie · Post #111 » by **moonpie** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 4:31 am

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I hear they want both Felton and Beasley. That's their goal. But talk is cheap right now. The source is good tho.

hoops_32 · Post #112 » by **hoops_32** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 4:50 am

I'd rather have Sessions or Calderon than Felton. Felton is not playing well at all and if we get him should not give up a 1st round pick.

RamonSessions7 · Post #113 » by **RamonSessions7** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 5:01 am

Ha, felton. Gross.

Jajwanda · Post #114 » by **Jajwanda** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 8:15 am

For about 30-32 mpg you can find him minutes where he's not a defensive liability against almost any team. Whether you start him, bring him off the bench against PFs, or SFs. Heck he can even a mediocre C or two. He will always bring matchup problems on the other end on offense. You're taking a talented scorer who started and averaged 19 ppg and putting him for 32 mpg against essentially backups.

6th man will be his role until the end of his career but it'll be a great one if he goes to the right team.

Chosen01 · Post #115 » by **Chosen01** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 4:40 pm

Beasley is a career 16 and 6 player who's defense is average (contrary to all the sterotypes) with a defensive minded coach in Mike Brown, I don't think defense will be much of an issue.More of consistency issue with Beasley.However that's kind of hard when one game you play 30 minutes and the next you play 13 or 8.

Jajwanda · Post #116 » by **Jajwanda** » Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:59 pm

Guys Beasley would face as the team's new third big man:

Clippers- He'd guard Griffin, K-Mart, and Evans
Spurs- Matt Bonner, DeJaun Blair
OKC- Nick Collison, Ibaka
Portland- Marcus Camby, Gerald Wallace, Pryzbilla
Dallas- Odom, Marion, Mahinmi
Utah- Favors, Millsap
Memphis- Cunningham, Speights
Houston- Jeff Adrien, Jordan Hill

There are only a few guys on that list that would even give Beasley a challenge defensively and the vast majority he flat out would blow by. We're talking about not only a reduction in Gasol-Bynum's minutes with an effective third man that can score, spread the floor, and add athleticism but in fact a 30 mpg offensive threat that the team sorely lacks.

KingLakers · Post #117 » by **KingLakers** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 12:18 am

Isn't Beasley a SF I would think he would start at SF for the Lakers. If the Lakers can somehow convince Minnesota to take Artest and a pick for Beasley I would do it. The Twolves can just Amnesty Artests contract in the summer to get that cap room back.

Jajwanda · Post #118 » by **Jajwanda** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 12:19 am

He's more of a PF but Minnesota has played him at SF.

Jajwanda · Post #119 » by **Jajwanda** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 12:54 am

He plays in the post if he has the match-up he likes. His game resembles a SF, but he's far more adept guarding PFs. He's a stretch 4 basically with his own game. Can he guard some 3s? Ya, but throughout his career his numbers have looked good at PF not SF.

Can he play the 3 with Gasol-Bynum? Sure. He just has to be able to hit open shots and cut off the ball, that's not hard. He'd find minutes for the Lakers, perhaps more minutes than a new PG even.

moonpie · Post #120 » by **moonpie** » Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:54 pm

The Timberwolves are serious about a potential trade of Michael Beasley to the Los Angeles Lakers for a first-round draft pick.

http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_20046079