Michael Beasley Says NBA, Not NFL, Is No Fun League (available in a salary dump)

[Andy Jick]

So you want to blame his environment?  Sorry, but he was in a pretty solid locker room (Wade, O'Neal, Haslem).

Here's the problem: he's NOT going to grow up.  Make a trade for this clown, and give him more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and then watch what happens...

His problem is DRIVE, and I NEVER want a guy like that on my team.  Not everyone is a Robert Parish, and Beasley has already been diagnosed with issues.  I don't believe a winter home in Boston will suddenly make him fall in love with the game...

[CoachBo]

Sigh.

Again, I know Beasley.

And you are very mistaken, about the kid and about the Miami locker room.

Beasley will be fine, in fact will prosper, in the Boston locker room. Assumptions based on television are made in ignorance, quite frankly, not that it will stop people here.

He'd be a tremendous addition to the Celtics, a possible star bought low at the best possible time.

[rondohondo]

Sigh.

Again, I know Beasley.

And you are very mistaken, about the kid and about the Miami locker room.

Beasley will be fine, in fact will prosper, in the Boston locker room. Assumptions based on television are made in ignorance, quite frankly, not that it will stop people here.

He'd be a tremendous addition to the Celtics, a possible star bought low at the best possible time.

I think you have to make the trade if it is just a non guaranteed contract that they want back. If beasly lives up to even 75% of his potential, he is a very good third banana on a contending team. That's why I would take the risk in trading for him.

We could potentially have Rondo,Perk and Beasly under contract. That gives you a very good young core to build around going forward after the big 3. You add a go to scorer to that bunch and you have a contender.

[FallGuy]

Sigh.

Again, I know Beasley.

And you are very mistaken, about the kid and about the Miami locker room.

Beasley will be fine, in fact will prosper, in the Boston locker room. Assumptions based on television are made in ignorance, quite frankly, not that it will stop people here.

He'd be a tremendous addition to the Celtics, a possible star bought low at the best possible time.

Can you give us any insight into the Miami locker room (not necessarily directly related to Beasley)?

[Mr October]

if all beasley costs is a retiring Sheed, I'd take a look at him. Worse case scenario is that he is a 1-2 year rental.

[PosImpos]

Beasley is pretty questionable, but if we could trade a retiring Sheed for him straight up, I'd do it.

At this point the Celtics need to try to swing for the fences to get get guys with talent and potential.  They need to stockpile youthful assets to try to build for the future.  Getting Beasley for pennies on the dollar sounds like a good deal to me. 

If somehow he does fulfill his potential in a better environment and becomes a 18 pt 10 rebound guy with an outside touch, the Celtics are sitting pretty with a significantly brighter future.

[More Banners]

Quite a few thoughts seem to center around his personal problems or whatever.  Let's keep in mind that:

Al Jefferson has a DWI,
Delonte West is ready to stage a coup of a banana republic,
Tony Allen faced criminal charges for some serious stuff,
etc. etc. etc.

and there is much support for keeping/bringing back each of these players in the right role at the right price.  Beasley is a bit younger and his role isn't quite clear, likely either to him or anyone else, and has had to sort that out under the expectations in Miami, which has been a little bit desperate for a sign of a running mate to keep DWade around.  I'm not sure what sort of player he will develop into, but I'm 100% sure that he will mature more in the next couple of years, and he will be able to manage himself, personally and professionally, better in two years than he does now.  Meanwhile, he's on a rookie deal, and the team he's on will decide how well he handles himself when his next contract is negotiated.  It might payoff handsomely if that team were us.

[CoachBo]

We don't have the chips to make a straight-up move for a potential star. And as the above post indicates, some of you hold a pretty clear double-standard, depending on whether the player in question was part of the beloved 24-win crew, hard as that is for me to understand.

Beasley is a kid - 21 - who needs to be around veterans who will mentor his play and his actions off the floor, like Garnett and Pierce. He's not unwilling to learn. He wants to develop his game and I, too, am 100 percent certain he will prosper in a locker room of strong personalities like we have. I don't think you want to ignore what this locker room has met to another difficult personality, Rondo.

This is a call that Danny has made, and he'll make it again. He doesn't deal in preconceived notions that aren't factually supported.

Whether it can happen or not probably depends on whether the reports of Sheed's retirement are correct.

[JoeRowe23]

Beasley is pretty questionable, but if we could trade a retiring Sheed for him straight up, I'd do it.

At this point the Celtics need to try to swing for the fences to get get guys with talent and potential.  They need to stockpile youthful assets to try to build for the future.  Getting Beasley for pennies on the dollar sounds like a good deal to me. 

If somehow he does fulfill his potential in a better environment and becomes a 18 pt 10 rebound guy with an outside touch, the Celtics are sitting pretty with a significantly brighter future.

Yeah, I really think that Beasly will be great. Normal I wouldn't say this but we have one thing most other teams don't. A veteran core. They can mold and hshape players like Rondo, Nate and BBD. this team has worked wonders. To be honest I don't blame Beasly. You come in under huge amounts of pressure to preform next to one of the leagues best scores. Your coach was techiaclly Pat Rileys flunky and everyone other then you and D-wade have role player talent. I can understand why he is where he is. some players need a different core then others. Beasly could call ours home.

[dpaps]

lets get both of these guys, problems aside, they could both be huge.

Sign me up for this.

[Papatrichs]

maybe its the weather?

[Q_FBE]

Did Beasley just advise someone to stay in school?

Did he say the NBA was the No Fun League?

The kid is smarter than you think and could fit in up here. I completely agree with CoachBo who knows Big 12 basketball and completely disagree with AndyJick listening to too much Old Boston Garden organ music (I have no problem with that, actually, it lowers my blood pressure thinking about it).

Sheeds contract and a #2 for Beasley and a lottery protected #1 from My Hammy? Where do I sign up?

[Andy Jick]

Mock me all you want, but this guy has "run from me like the plague" written all over him.  He's got a mental problem and an attitude problem and a drive problem.

So yeah, I can't stand the guy.  He represents all that is wrong with professional athletes.

[CoachBo]

Mock me all you want, but this guy has "run from me like the plague" written all over him.  He's got a mental problem and an attitude problem and a drive problem.

So yeah, I can't stand the guy.  He represents all that is wrong with professional athletes.

I don't mock people.

I correct them when they are wrong.

And you, sir, are wrong.

[Celtics Fan]

Mock me all you want, but this guy has "run from me like the plague" written all over him.  He's got a mental problem and an attitude problem and a drive problem.

So yeah, I can't stand the guy.  He represents all that is wrong with professional athletes.

I don't mock people.

I correct them when they are wrong.

And you, sir, are wrong.

Coach Bo I love all your posts but this one man I dont know. I think Jick has a point man Beasley is a basket case. KG can't play shrink man. Danny doesn't have time to play shrink. Oh I GOT AN IDEA! Lets hire Coach Bo to be a shrink for Mike Beasley?