Take a chance on a troubled prospect?

I kind of view Beasley as a tweener. He reminds me a lot of Corliss Williamson, who eventually was forced to play SF full time.

 

Definitely a tweener. I wouldn't want him as a starter, but would love him in the role we had Outlaw in. I just can't see it happening, when they want cap space, not whatever we would have to offer.

 

Yea amazingly enough that is the same role Corliss Williamson ended up on the Detroit Championship team.

 

Shawn Marion was also a 'tweener. A very different sort of player from Beasley, but being a 'tweener doesn't doom a player to role-player status. It is a little bit more difficult to use them, but the main thing is that you have to ensure that they create mismatches for whomever is guarding them to make up for their own mismatch on the defensive end. I think Beasley is a greater talent than Williamson, but not as good as Marion. A more diverse offensive skillset than Marion, but nowhere near the defender and rebounder that Marion is/was.

I'd be interested in him for any package not involving Roy, Oden, Aldridge, Batum or Bayless. Thus, I don't see any incentive for Miami to trade him here. Maybe if they were loading up for 2011 cap space JPEC would be interesting, but they aren't.

 

I like the Williamson comparison. Though, I think he's much more talented than Corliss. He just needs a coach and environment that will hone his talent.

 

The one thing I didn't talk about earlier is that I did want to touch on is the fact that if you have a bunch of "good guys" and have good leadership on your team, troubled players are not hard to take on. Sometimes they don't work out, but very often, if the proper player leadership is in place, it is no problem to bring a "problem child" on to the team.

 

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Sweet, we've got "practically nothing" in Rudy.

 

It would take more than just Rudy to get Beasley salary wise. Beasley will be making basically $5 million to Rudy's $1.25 million. Would it be worth it to sweeten the pot to get Beasley? His Team Option in the 2011/12 season is just over $6.2 million.

There has to be better, cheaper players out there for the role that he would play as a Blazer.

 

Yes, I realize the salaries don't match ... I was making a joke for a the sake of trying to be funny, not accurate.