If Minnesota doesn't get a good offer for the #2 they probably have to take Williams. According to Chad Ford they would then look to trade Beasley. Would Minnesota be interested in Babbit, Rudy, Elliot and our #21? Minnesota with Rubio would be the perfect situation for Rudy to play out the final year of his contract. If he has a better season he can resign there if not he can go back to Europe. Elliot Williams and Babbit are unlikely to get minutes stuck behind Wes, Roy, Wallace and Batum. But they do have upside, there is room for contributors on the Wolves. The #21 has some value. Beasley is clearly the best player in the deal and would give us a legit option at backup 4 or could even be a stopgap starter alongside LaMarcus, who would slide over to center. Beasley is a knucklehead, but with our team of choir boys they have a culture that he can't really corrupt. Our team could use somebody with an edge. But mostly our team needs talent and this would upgrade our talent. Oden is unlikely to be healthy at the start of the year, so Beasily/LaMarcus/Camby would be the 3 man rotation at the 4/5. If Oden comes back long-term he would take the place of Camby.
We could have easily acquired him last summer for a second round pick. Instead, we got Armon Johnson.
I'd run naked around the Rose Garden concourse during a game if we traded for Beasley. Not a chance in hell that's happening. He doesnt fit the culture and even HCP has a higher basketball IQ then Beasley.
That's not true. We had Ryan Gomes, who could have been traded and waived before a deadline, but we decided to keep him and waive him instead.
So yeah, we basically could have had Beasley for nothing and chose not to make the offer. Two guys I wish we had made a move for, Beasley and Darren Collison.
Who would want Beasely over Batum or Wallace? He's crap, and he played on a crappy team last year. Unless you're talking about trying to convince this headcase to be happy being an 8th man off of the bench, this is just silly.
Who would want Michael Beasley over Luke Babbitt? We could have had him for nothing. They wanted cap relief. Why turn down a shot at the 2nd overall pick from the draft a couple years ago?
Beasely had a .55 PER/USG ratio last year while making $4 million, and he's due an extension decision soon. The funniest part of Beasley's basketballreference.com profile is that his only accolade was being listed 10th in Usage last season. That's an overt insult, isn't it?
Because he's a shithead and a lockerroom cancer? Plus, how do you know Portland could have even received Beasely? The Blazers didn't have the cap space to absorb his contract in a lopsided trade. Dumb argument, isn't it?
Yes, I do know. It was discussed at the time. Gomes had an expiring contract that matched Beasley's. That's how the Webster trade was able to happen. You didn't think that Luke Babbitt made the same amount as Webster, did you? What are you basing your opinion of Beasley on? I've never heard he's a cancer, just that he is a kid who makes questionable decisions. I've never heard anything about him causing problems in the locker room.
Gomes didn't have an expiring contract. He was owed money on his deal. Beasley is terrible. Historically terrible, in terms of being a bust. I'm not surprised you'd want a player like him.
