What happened to Michael Beasley??

[Lebron23]

He's arguably the 4th best player of the Heat, but he was benched and given less playing time by Coach Spo since the start of the year. Miami needs him in the post season. He's much better than Rashard Lewis, and the current Shane Battier.

[AirTupac]

Dat LeBron mentorship

[Im Still Ballin]

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[BlackVVaves]

Get outta here Craig.

Next question.

[Marlo_Stanfield]

he played very very good.
Spotard didnt want none of that. he thinnks 40 year old Shard, Allen and battier are the truth:facepalm

[Lebron23]

he played very very good.
Spotard didnt want none of that. he thinnks 40 year old Shard, Allen and battier are the truth:facepalm


The guy is an idiot. I hope he unleashes Beasley in the playoffs. Less Lewis, More Beasley.

[JT123]

Spo doesn't like players who can actually score, which is why James Jones never gets any playing time. :facepalm

[oarabbus]

I truly believed Spo would unleash Beasley down the stretch + into the playoffs. If he had the coach's trust and wouldn't get pulled, he'd be pretty good playing alongside Lebron and Bosh with 6th man minutes.

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That was the game Curry torched the Heat but that play was insane... I remember it was RIGHT after he got subbed in, he looked hyped as f*ck cause Steph was tearing up the heat. Beasley just came in hard and pulled that dunk (then 2 offensive fouls in a row :lol ) dude definitely needs minutes tho.


... Spo isn't as smart as I thought he was :whatever: :kobe:

[TheMilkyBarKid]

yeah I found this confusing how he is out of the rotation most the time, if he got subbed in for d-wade towards the end of the 1st he could play 3rd fiddle along Lbj and bosh and second fiddle to d-wade at the start of the 2nd. He has 6th man of the year potential. I'd certainly take him over Jr Smith or Nick Young, but he doesn't seem to get much opportunity here, I take it's due to his defense or behind the scene stuff

[AirFederer]

Spo must have his reasons, but I don't understand, he was contributing....

[Angel Face]

Is he clutch enough? Can he save Lebron in the clutch time?

[wagexslave]

He's not the 9th best player on any team let alone the 4th on the Heat. He's one of the biggest most worthless scrubs in the league and he will never amount to anything but a bust and a failure because he is a lazy piece of shit, a head case, and a team chemistry killer on top of being a terrible player. He has nothing going for him whatsoever aside from being a genetic athletic freak, which he is too lazy to utilize on the court anyways. I'm shocked he still has a job in the NBA and if any team wants to give him ANOTHER chance and pay him to do absolutely nothing next season then that team is stupid and deserves to waste their money, time, and effort.

[fiddy]

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[JohnFreeman]

I think something might have happened behind the scenes

[JohnMax]

He plays too much 1 on 1. Needs the ball in his hand to be effective. Its why Durant is the only superstar you can plug in on all 30 teams.

[Trollsmasher]

Spo

[navy]

I think something might have happened behind the scenes
It has to be this. To give Beasly no minutes with the scrubs Spo currently puts on the floor is just nonsensical.

[pegasus]

He plays too much 1 on 1. Needs the ball in his hand to be effective. Its why Durant is the only superstar you can plug in on all 30 teams.
This. Plus he's not a real 3-point threat that Lebron needs every single one of his teammates to be, so he can have room to operate as he can't take anyone off the dribble without going full-speed in the open court. Wade can't shoot 3's either, but his ability to slash is more important than giving Lebron another deadly shooter on the floor.

[ihoopallday]

Saving him for the playoffs :rockon:

[fragokota]

Maybe Spo keeps some cards for playoff time :confusedshrug:

[CarlosBoozer]

Blunts

[selrahc]

who cares? beasley wont help lebron to be more clutch

[tmacattack33]

Spoelstra has had by far the best team in the league for the past three years, yet he " only" has one convincing ring in 2012 and barely squeaked by with another ring.

He is not a good coach and has made many terrible lineup decisions.

He is lucky that Riley's attitude has probably been "if ain't it broke, don't fix it" and just decided to leave Spoelstra in there as opposed to taking a risk and getting another coach.

[mr.big35]

if he was in a scrub team. heat cant have players like him

[AnaheimLakers24]

he called out that fgt bran and that fgt got butthurt so he begged spo not to play him no more

[Mr. Incredible]

he called out that fgt bran and that fgt got butthurt so he begged spo not to play him no more
What's a fgt?

[chocolatethunder]

I sure an glad that a bunch if snot nosed 14 year olds on a message board know better than a coach with two titles. It's obvoius there are reasons why he doesn't play and if I were a betting man I'd say it's because of how he plays when he plays and what he does in practice.

[Flash31]

What happened--well since he joined the Heat he stiil
is utterly Horrible on D which got him benched,he still takes stupid shots at times,
he either overpasses or overshoots,he gets lost on rotations and is either
too slow to guard SF,or too small to guard pf

Ray Allen and rashard as old as they are at least try and know rotations
Beasley constantly loses it

When Udonis,Rashard,James Jones get to start and play more than you
then you can see exactly just how bad he was at things

Beasley can score and rebound but not much else

Hed be great as an energy guy,spark plug,scorer off the bench in 10-20 min
but using Beasley for d is asking to be burned
Greg Oden knows the rotations better than Beasley

If Beasley can improve on d to just avg,hed be really good as a bench scorer like a Jamal Crawford,Green

Maybe he gets used in last few games,or was just used to take pressure of big 3 and veterans like a Douglas,Jones is
or maybe hes being saved for playoffs in right matchups,right circumstances if needed.

[M47]

Beasley messes up the ball movement when he's on the court. He's also inconsistent. Ray Allen, Rashard, and especially Battier know how to play within the team.

[JT123]

Beasley messes up the ball movement when he's on the court. He's also inconsistent. Ray Allen, Rashard, and especially Battier know how to play within the team.
Battier is garbage. He won't even shoot anymore unless the shot clock is about to expire. :facepalm When Battier is on the court the Heat are basically playing 4 on 5.

[oarabbus]

I sure an glad that a bunch if snot nosed 14 year olds on a message board know better than a coach with two titles. It's obvoius there are reasons why he doesn't play and if I were a betting man I'd say it's because of how he plays when he plays and what he does in practice.

He was playing well earlier in the season... we know he has the talent. Game before last he put up 12 points in 28 minutes. I guarantee you he'd produce more if Spo trusted in him.

[chocolatethunder]

He was playing well earlier in the season... we know he has the talent. Game before last he put up 12 points in 28 minutes. I guarantee you he'd produce more if Spo trusted in him.
I'll trust the coach with two rings over your guarantee. Think about Beasley and the arc of his career. It's great that he put up 12pts but the game isn't just about scoring. They see this guy play every day and they are well aware of what he can do. You're saying that you can tell more about him game that the coaches who see him play almost every day? Trust me, if he could help the team he would be playing.

[M47]

True, Battier's been ash offensively this year, but at least he gets it done on the other end, and spreads the floor.

[oarabbus]

I'll trust the coach with two rings over your guarantee. Think about Beasley and the arc of his career. It's great that he put up 12pts but the game isn't just about scoring. They see this guy play every day and they are well aware of what he can do. You're saying that you can tell more about him game that the coaches who see him play almost every day? Trust me, if he could help the team he would be playing.


The "appeal to authority" argument obviously makes sense in the context of basketball and coaches, but these guys aren't infallible. Popovich is an example of someone we know is a ****ing incredible coach, and one of the ways he does it is by beating teams without his big 3.

My point posting that game example was just that Spoelstra is yanking around his minutes seemingly nonsensically. Obviously he knows a lot I don't... it doesn't mean I can't question his judgement.

You could've posted the same thing about Mike Brown in '08 "I'll trust the coach with a finals visit" but look at him now. Scott Brooks isn't a great coach either. I do think Spoelstra is a good coach, but like I said he isn't infallible.

Of course, if Beasley has been slacking, or got caught blazing or something else unprofessional etc, I respect Spoelstra's judgement to not play him.

[edrick]

Because his defense is complete shit, and we all know that defense > offense in the playoffs.

[Nash]

terrible defender. that is why

[J Shuttlesworth]

terrible defender. that is why

Because his defense is complete shit, and we all know that defense > offense in the playoffs.
I'm not sure how it took 3 pages, but this is the correct answer.

[boozehound]

Hes a giant knucklehead and legitimate idiot? Seems like the OP is pretty easy to answer.

[chocolatethunder]

The "appeal to authority" argument obviously makes sense in the context of basketball and coaches, but these guys aren't infallible. Popovich is an example of someone we know is a ****ing incredible coach, and one of the ways he does it is by beating teams without his big 3.

My point posting that game example was just that Spoelstra is yanking around his minutes seemingly nonsensically. Obviously he knows a lot I don't... it doesn't mean I can't question his judgement.

You could've posted the same thing about Mike Brown in '08 "I'll trust the coach with a finals visit" but look at him now. Scott Brooks isn't a great coach either. I do think Spoelstra is a good coach, but like I said he isn't infallible.

Of course, if Beasley has been slacking, or got caught blazing or something else unprofessional etc, I respect Spoelstra's judgement to not play him.
You can question all that you want but you not knowing the answer as to why he's not playing speaks volumes.

[JT123]

terrible defender. that is why
So is Ray Allen. Hell Allen can barely shoot anymore, yet he still gets minutes. :confusedshrug:

[Brizzly]

no d, horrible help D and honestly seems lost/high on one end. He a good scorer tho.

[HomieWeMajor]

Lightskin Chris Bosh with better rebounding and worse defense

[Budadiiii]

OKC would've found a way to implement him and get him a ring.

I honestly think it's a leadership problem.

Not a coincidence that D-Fish, Butler, guys presumably 'done' excel on the Thunder and it's because they have the best locker room presence in the NBA.

On the Heat, it's all about LeBron. Nobody can handle that silly circus in Miami where everything revolves around the thoughtless coward that is Prince James. I'm MVP! I'm DPOY! I got fouled! I'm on Mt Rushmore! bla bla bla.... nobody wants to ****ing deal with it. He's such a terrible person. So annoying and stupid. ESPN hypes the guy and feeds his ego and now look... NBA worse off than ever. He's the sole reason why there are less and less competitors today. People think being a passive bitch will get them rings. So they team up and do it the easy way. **** LeBron for leaving his hometown and saying all this crap. It makes me sick. :rolleyes:

Kevin Durant is better because why? Because he's a better leader, a better winner, a better locker room presence, he's less annoying, he's selfless, easier to be around... fearless. Clutch.

Oden, Beasley, Lewis.. all these superstar pick ups aren't producing. Why? Because there's a leadership issue going on. Nobody can handle this whole LeBron phenomena. LeBron crying to the refs yesterday. :facepalm

Built like Zeus, but has the mentality and mindset of a pubescent boy. Or girl.

Queen James? Prince James?

LOL, it's pathetic.