Michael Beasley of the Miami Heat. Does He Deserve to Play With Dwyane Wade???
It's been nearly two whole years since the drafting of Michael Beasley in the 2008 NBA draft. If you don't know, he was selected as the second overall pick. Behind Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls. Yet for some reason(I'm guessing because, besides Wade, who else are you gonna talk about on the Miami Heat), this kid has been the chosen topic on NBA failures.
It's as if no one has noticed the fact that he's been a contributor on a team that has won 90 games over the past two season. That's a 55% winning percentage for the Miami Heat, since Beasley arrived in town. It's as if most of the people that watch the NBA or should I say don't, believe the Miami Heat won IN SPITE of Michael Beasley. Never mind the fact that this kid has scored over +16 points in 69(42.3%) of his 159 games. I know what you're thinking, that isn't very good. Well, if you knew anything about the game of basketball and understood how scoring equates to minutes on the floor and what option you are on your team. You'd realize just how much this kid has helped the Heat over the past two seasons.
He's definitely done more good than bad.
I'm going to try to brake this down for you as best I can. Never mind the fact that you shouldn't be commenting on things in which you can't grasp. Only a bias idiot does these types of things.
If you're a TRUE fan of the NBA, you'd know that the average scoring per game total for a player is 9.7 points per 36 minutes(last season). Beasley scored 14.8 points in less than 30 minutes of play per game. That tells anyone with half a brain, this kid doesn't have a problem scoring. After all, he's scored 13 or more points in 89(56%) of his career games. Not bad for a guy that's played fewer than 25 minutes, 66(42%) times. To find that kind of productivity, you need to look at a Jason Terry or Manu Ginobli. They're the only players of recent memory to score at that kind of rate in two years of succession(and both of them are seasoned NBA veterans). And neither player had to contend with a Super Star player taking 20+ attempts per game.
Basically, to understand what Beasley is going through, would be to understand what it means to have the entire world on your back. Is Beasley putting up the numbers that he put up in college??? No, he isn't. However, his situation isn't what it was in college either, now is it??? So it would be idiotic to suggest that he do the same. The kid had everything run through him... period. He showed what he could, if given the number one option role, April of 2009. He averaged 21 points 9 rebounds on 55% shooting, in just 31 per game. Not bad for the rookie of the month honors. Anyway, on most nights, Beasley is the third option. Behind one Dwyane Wade and Jermaine O'Neal. Even on nights where Beasley is clearly the best match-up advantage... he still has to take a back seat. It just isn't logical as far as what is stated about the kid.
They say he's a poor player. Well, poor or none-productive players don't make two trips to the ALL-STAR festivities in their first two seasons, especially when it depends on NBA coaches voting. It seems for every supporter of the kid, there's 10 more haters ready to argue the most idiotic of views. It's as if these so called Miami Heat fans are nothing more than Wade fanatics. For every good play he makes, they're ready to argue what he didn't do.
Let some one try that with Wade. Itll be an all out war. So round these parts. We call them idiots or haters. I'd say a even trade. And if we're being honest, at 21 years of age, Beasley is already a better shooter than the 28 year old Dwyane Wade... he's probably a better shooter than half this league. But you don't hear that kind of thing being said about him. To many folks are to big on the negatives about the kid. I mean, how many times have you heard about the charitable donations that he makes or the kids he visits on the regular??? You hear it when Wade does it, but never when his teammates do it. How many time have you heard about Beasley actually getting into REAL trouble... NOT EVER. He just isn't that kind of guy. Yet the media tries to make everyone believe he is. Shame on you, for being stupid enough to buy into it. Shame on you for claiming to be the fan of a TEAM, when you're really just a idiotic WADE HOMER!!! How many times have you heard this.
"We gotta get Wade more help!!!"
Really??? I thought it was about getting the Miami Heat more help. Wade is a worker, just like the 11 other guys on this team. He plays better than everyone else on most nights. And the Heat pays him better than every other Heat player. That should be as far as it goes... period.
They say Wade figured it out in his second season because he went from 16 points per game to 24 points per game... what they want say is that Wade was 22 years of age by the time he played his 30th NBA game... Beasley has yet to turn 22. Wade also had 3 years of college experience to mature and prepare himself for the NBA... Beasley spent one year in college and jumped straight to the pros. Seems to me, most of you are being hypocrites. I say we compare what Beasley did at 20 to that what Wade did when he was 20 and so on, so on.
It's as if people forget that Wade went 80 out of 213 attempts to begin his career(that's a field goal percentage of 37.5%). He also was averaging 3.3 turnovers per game in a little over 33 minutes per game. But he wasn't ever benched, the Heat allowed him to play through it because they didn't have a super star on their roster. Wade averaged 13.5 points per game... the Heat were 5-12 and had every media outlet questioning Rileys decision on taking Wade.
Now in contrast, Beasley was 99 out of 221 attempts to begin his career(that's a field goal percentage of 44.7%). He played 28.7 minutes per game and averaged 14.4 points... The Heat were 8-9 and Beasley was benched, even though most media outlets had the Heat as a 20 win club at best.
So say what you want to say about Beasley and all his so-called inconsistencies, as if he's the only second year player to not dominate the league. Say that he isn't dominating the inside of the post area, like he did in college... never mind the fact that he was every bit the jump shooter and off the dribble player he is in accused of being, now that he's in the NBA(go watch a youtube clip, know-it-all). Say he doesn't do anything to help this team... ignoring the fact that he has averaged +15 points per game, over his two year career, against 15 of the 29 NBA teams he faced. 9 of which have been playoff teams over the past two seasons.
But when you're finish... make sure you look in the mirror to see what ignorance and stupidity looks like.
