Ok come on now... first off how do you have any right to attack a kid on being stupid. Guess what, I'm 19 yrs old. A college student and I've done some stupid things in my life. Played some pranks, gotten in trouble at home. Yet I never did anything that could get me arrested, in trouble sure... but not that bad of trouble. And all these articles point to harmless pranks and jokes and games. Things kids are expected to do.
What I find most stupid is his complete and utter failure to show any remorse or admit any culpability. Also, he's very clear that he's not changing.
This is the biggest job interview of his life, and he treats it like Ben Affleck's interview in Good Will Hunting. "I'm still a kid"? "I'm going to live my life"? "I'm going to mess up"? Anybody who says those things to a potential employer is mentally deficient.
The other stuff... read the article. When the best prep basketball school puts you on final-strike probation, you don't go out and tag the headmaster's car with graffiti two days later. It would be one thing to chalk that up to a youthful mistake, but Beasley is pretty much promising that there's going to be more to come.
Living life to the fullest is a concept that was long forgotten in our country. People generally do not fulfill their life dreams or goals, jeesh most people aren't even happy with what they are doing. So what if Beasley made some mistakes as a high schooler, get it over it. Who cares if he wants to make the most of life? I most certainly don't and I commend him for having the courage and honesty to stand up and say "I'm young and I'm not perfect"
"Living life to the fullest"? That's fine if you're some 19 year old college student, but when you have a guaranteed multi-million contract riding on your behavior, you'd think you'd be intelligent enough to show a little discretion, at least until you're drafted.
And if you want to start bashing people... why don't you go after Joakim Noah for drinking in public and smoking pot. Or Josh Howard for admitting he smokes pot. Sure he was honest. But both players have done or are doing things that are ILLEGAL! Attack them for thinking they are above the law. Or attack the system for doing nothing or only giving high profiled people a slap on the wrist. Don't attack a kid admitting what he is... a kid.
First, what Beasley did is illegal, as well. Second, because I don't call out every player in the league who screws up, I can't call any of them out? That's some pretty weak logic.
Beasley has a millionaire's talent and a pauper's brain, apparently. I can't think of too many players who have taken that combination and turned it into superstardom.
Has any of this immaturity shown up during a college game? If it had, he wouldn't be considered a top pick.
Beasley will be a top-three pick because he's tremendously talented, and teams can't afford to pass on that type of talent. Plenty of guys with poor intelligence and/or character are top picks; they just rarely become superstars.
Hopefully, Beasley finds some strong advisers who get through to him, and teach him he needs to develop not only his game, but his maturity. If he doesn't, there's a strong chance that he never reaches his full potential.