as an outsider looking in, you guys are messing beasleys head up. You should have just picked Mayo last year. Pat Slick Back never wanted beasley, hes not his “type” of player. They wanted Mayo and they should have just taken him. Now an amazing talent is rotting on a bench. They use him all wrong, Iso’s is where he does damage, watch the Nuggets and see how they use Melo, thats what B-Easy can do, Spols just dons’t know what hes doing

Im all about defense don’t get me wrong, but when Joel Anthony gets more min, then your second best player something is wrong. I

They knew what they were getting with Beasley, and if they didn’t like it they shouldn’t have drafted him. And its the coaches job to know that Beasley fits better at the SF. If your boy Patty Slick back wanted to take Mayo which he did, then he should have just done it.

if the Grizzlies really offered the #2 pick for Beasley then the Heat didn’t have to draft Thabeet. if Beasley doesn’t fit into what the Heat want to do, maybe one of the PGs could have. sure they have Chalmers, but a star player he will not be. they would have had their pick of PGs. maybe they didn’t love any of the points or perhaps they feel Beasley will eventually be able to adapt to Wade and what the Heat want to do on offense & on defense.

if they wanted more of a shot blocking / jump shooting big man or an athletic, slashing wing player, they probably could have traded down with Minnesota for #6 & #18 and drafted Jordan Hill or taken an athletic SF in Derozan at #6. who knows if they would have been willing to pull the same Lawson deal with Denver for that future Bobcats pick the Nuggets own, but that would likely be on the table.

not saying that it makes the offer a sure thing. just that there were more options than the article seems to imply with its Beasley for Thabeet slant.

Last year was a rebuilding year. Wade was coming back off an injury and we had 2 rookies playing significant minutes, and a rookie head coach. Their all feeling each other out. Beasley will get more time this year and im hoping he will start, but i put faith in Riley, hes gotten us to the mountain top before and he can do it again.

Personally i think Mayo would have been great here with Wade, not to mention Wade LOVED him before the draft when they were working out together. You know Wade wanted Mayo more than Beasley.

I see a lot of potential, but that is limited by his height. As you have seen for many years, the NBA is dominated by bigs. You need to have a solid front court. We can win with Chalmers in the back court, but we need to upgrade both forward positions and the center position. As for Beasley, I think he could be a great 3rd guy, but never a star player or even a sidekick. With that being said, I would sacrifice a great prospect like Beas for another shot at the 2nd pick (we should have taken Mayo) if we could get a better sidekick for Wade. Thabeet, at 7’3" will sure up our front court and defense. I would sure like that to happen, because I am sick of Wade doing everything. He averaged more blocks than anybody else on our team. A SG should never lead your team in blocks. Beasley may be capable of blocking more shots than Wade, because he is taller and his arms are longer, but he goes up against guys that are taller and longer than him almost every play. Thabeet would definitely have been an upgrade.

I don’t think Memphis really offered it though. They need front court help as much as we do. Rudy Gay and Beas at SF & PF could be a great scoring threat though. Round that out with Mayo, Gasol, and Conley and that almost sounds dangerous. Almost.