Beasley - Revisited again in #110

[JoePanini]

LOL. Yes Beasley has been having a good year. But no I would not want him in my team. And players will pan out differently in different situations, just because he's doing well (for now, 10 games guys) doesn't necessarily mean he would have played well for us. Also, he has so many off-court issues as many have pointed out. Yes he is talented, but I still wouldn't want him... And comparing him to OJ Mayo is quite dumb honestly, Mayo has been playing consistent ball for 3 years, he has proven to be a good player and is reliable. Beasley is anything but reliable... Anyways, good luck to Beas, hope he has a great career...

[TheGloveinRapsUniform]

Sorry, I should have been more clear. There are far far fewer distractions in Minneapolis than Miami. You can get yourself into a lot more trouble in a city like Miami as opposed to Minneapolis. Of course, no matter where you are if you want trouble, and go looking for it, chances are, you will find it. Have you been to Minneapolis? I have family there. It's REALLY boring in comparison to Miami. Nowhere near as many vices.

Agreed. Yup, been to Minnesota. Mall of America is the ultimate man.
I think all places are boring compared to Miami. Id pick Miami over Toronto. Im talkin bout the city. Been there a couple of times already, what vegas is to nightlife, miami is to daytime.

[MangoKid]

Agreed. Yup, been to Minnesota. Mall of America is the ultimate man.
I think all places are boring compared to Miami. Id pick Miami over Toronto. Im talkin bout the city. Been there a couple of times already, what vegas is to nightlife, miami is to daytime.

And there's a lot more vices in Toronto than Minneapolis. I don't think the guy would be a fit here. He would have lost his mind here, probably would have gotten progressively worse. He's good where he is. He's also got no pressure in Minnesota. They were expected to lose - no one expects the Wolves to make much - if any noise. Most of the focus in Minnesota is on the Golden Gophers, Vikings or Wild. T'WOlves come further down the list, so really, there's no pressure on him. He has the freedom to make mistakes. He's the man on that team - hell, he gets a lot more touches than Love. All of that helps.

[YKR23]

why wud you pass up on a potential star like this. of course he feels stupid.
just imagine the future this line up coulda been like 3 years from now

[WhatWhat]

Still don't want him at all, he is still horrendously inefficient and would NOT have the opportunity that he has in Minni here.

I much rather have Davis who I haven't even see play yet, other than summer league.

Oh, you want to play him at the 3 b/c we've got too many PFs? Yeah, I think a Bargs/Reggie/Supercoolbeas frontcourt won't have any serious problems at all.

[Tim W.]

why wud you pass up on a potential star like this. of course he feels stupid.
just imagine the future this line up coulda been like 3 years from now

I can imagine it now. Having two volume shooters who take 20 shots a game each but don't do the little things to help the team win. Can't ever have enough of those guys.

Seriously, can we get over the whole Beasley thing? Just because a guy can score 20 ppg doesn't mean he's going to help your team win. NBA history is littered with guys who could score lots of points on bad teams. He has never shown to have the mental part, or the basketball IQ, to be anything more than a scorer who uses his physical gifts to get points.

He's not good enough to be your franchise player, and he doesn't do the little things in order to be a good role player.

[JoePanini]

I can imagine it now. Having two volume shooters who take 20 shots a game each but don't do the little things to help the team win. Can't ever have enough of those guys.

Seriously, can we get over the whole Beasley thing? Just because a guy can score 20 ppg doesn't mean he's going to help your team win. NBA history is littered with guys who could score lots of points on bad teams. He has never shown to have the mental part, or the basketball IQ, to be anything more than a scorer who uses his physical gifts to get points.

He's not good enough to be your franchise player, and he doesn't do the little things in order to be a good role player.

Larry Hughes comes to mind.

[RaptorsFan4Life]

I don't regret BC not getting him but he is really showing why he was picked #2 overall. 33 points (14-23 FG | 2-3 3P | 3-3 FT), 7 rebounds (2 offensive), 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in 37 min.

[Doc]

Interesting. According to Colangelo, he was never offered Beasley this summer.

Going into this season, it looked like the Raptors were going to have trouble winning on days that end in Y. But Friday is clearly their night of choice, with their best win and best loss of the year coming the past two Fridays ... By the way, Bryan Colangelo says he was never offered Michael Beasley in his sign-and-trade deal for Bosh.

Beasley was cast aside by the Miami Heat and has scored 42 and 35 points in his past two games in Minnesota .

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[Apollo]

I'm not sure I believe that. I think that statement is damage control for those who feel the Raptors could really use Beasley.

[Trife76]

Why you believe anything BC says regarding that situation,dude been lying about everything...and contradicting himself.

He was offered Beas and passed and it shouldnt come as a surprise,he been fuckin up on personnel for many years now...

[Tim W.]

Why you believe anything BC says regarding that situation,dude been lying about everything...and contradicting himself.

He was offered Beas and passed and it shouldnt come as a surprise,he been fuckin up on personnel for many years now...

How is not getting Beasley screwing up? You are taking way, way too much from a guy on a bad team doing little else than scoring. If Beasley was on the team, they would be worse defensively, and he would take shots away from everyone else.

Besides, apparently no one wanted Beasley, so if he's so good, which remains to be seen, didn't EVERYONE in the league screw up?

[Trife76]

How is not getting Beasley screwing up? You are taking way, way too much from a guy on a bad team doing little else than scoring. If Beasley was on the team, they would be worse defensively, and he would take shots away from everyone else.

Besides, apparently no one wanted Beasley, so if he's so good, which remains to be seen, didn't EVERYONE in the league screw up?

Were talking about BC and the Raps,what other GMs do is not the issue here nor is it relevant....Beas definitely a player with positive potential that is better than most of our current roster and we both KNOW this...the screw up is not taking a look at it when it was presented to him based on alot of BS hearsay purpotrated by the media who in NBA circles always talks out there ass.....

As a bum team thats where you make ur mark in between drafts and FA's is taking on other teams discards that have obvious talent and giving it a try.....You see what Artest did for LA ?

you cant be at the bottom and think ur in a position to be too high to take a loko at a guy ANY guy esp one who is a No 2 pick and clearly has game.....Sorry dude Beas would help this team and it was an oversight by a guy who has gotten player evaluations and personnel wrong many many times in the last 4 years....

[JoePanini]

If we had Beasley we would have a huge problem on the team. Just think about how two volume shooters in the passed have managed, AI in Denver and Detroit? The late Shaq and Kobe years? And here it's even worse because one player has almost no motivation every other game, the other has loads of maturity and off court issues and both are horrible defenders. Would have been the worst combo in the league. I don't care what stats he's putting up.

[RaptorsFan4Life]

We don't need Beasley, we have Weems who is arguably playing as good or better (higher shooting % lower attempts) then Beasley right know and he doesn't have any of the off-court issues and has a //much// better work ethic and attitude.

Michael Beasley 27.9 PT | .530 of 21.6 FG | .722 of 5.1 FT | .529 of 2.4 3P | 4.9/1.1 RB | 2.0 AS | 0.7 BL | 1.3 ST | 2.7 TO | 3.9 PF | 35.9 MN | 7/7 GS | (last 7 games)

Sonny Weems 15.3 PT | .581 of 10.6 FG | .727 of 3.1 FT | .500 of 1.4 3P | 2.7/0.7 RB | 2.3 AS | 0.0 BL | 0.7 ST | 1.6 TO | 1.4 PF | 29.1 MN | 7/4 GS | (last 7 games)