Comments on: NBA Draft Trade Rumors: Michael Beasley to Memphis

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:42:41 +0000

Barkley got to the finals … he just came up against MJ

By: matt

matt — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:20:07 +0000

Beasley is 6’8. What 6’8 power forward has taken a team deep in the playoffs? Ever? Seriously there is a cutoff for bigmen and that is 6’10 and up. If you’re best or second best player is not 6’10, (and Air Jordan is not on you’re squad) you are not going to win the ring. Although LeBron might prove to be another exception…but then again he might not.

By: Bron42 had springs before slamball

Bron42 had springs before slamball — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:17:55 +0000

ya but gist is only 6’8, so him, 6’7 marion, 6’7 beasly, arent really a big front line. I’d take dorsey over him anyway in that kind of system since he wouldnt ask for shots. They just need any decent tall guy who can get up the court and isn’t 190lbs in teh process. A poor mans tyson chandler will do and not another earl barron or wayne simien.

By: miamiVIS3

miamiVIS3 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:34:39 +0000

@ Bron

I love the optimism but the Heat oick 52 in the second round so yeah both those guys will probably be out of reach I like James Gist from Maryland there but if Hardin is there that would be a dream.

By: Bron42 had springs before slamball

Bron42 had springs before slamball — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:23:33 +0000

when he said rose doesnt take over offensivly he meant, your rarely going to see rose put a team on his back and put up 30 or something liek that, and he never had huge assists games which is a knock against his court vision.

The heat should draft beasly at #2, and a athletic center who can get up and down in the second round (hardin from cal or thompson from rider) and if they really need a new pg, trade haslem for tj ford or juan barra and a pic.

By: Blue

Blue — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:06:36 +0000

my contention is just that they can either make their team great (wade, beasley & trade for brand) or above average (wade, mayo/love, & trade for miller).

By: miamiVIS3

miamiVIS3 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:48:29 +0000

I don’t think I’ve really made it clear how I feel about this issue. The trade that was mentioned that I felt would be squandering our future was trading Daquean Cook, Mark Blount and Mike Beasley for the No.5 pick(in the case Mayo is off the board) which would be K-Love or Brook Lopez (who are both inferior to Beasley) Mike Miller and Mike Conley (who I’m not too high on). Now a scenario where the Heat dump Blount’s contract get Mayo and Mike Miller and sign or trade for Brand I feel would be excellent. I also feel that drafting Beasley and trading Matrix for Brand would allow them too contend. There is a difference between making moves to win now (like the Heat did before) and drafting well and making moves to be a contender in a year or 2(like they could do now).

By: Celts Fan, "Kobe, Tell me how my @$$ tastes"

Celts Fan, "Kobe, Tell me how my @$$ tastes" — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:05:40 +0000

@Blue & Miami – they are in shape to do contend. They moved Shaq’s deal, got some cap space, suffered through a bad year, now they’re in position to have a combination of the following guys to build around:

DWade, Marion/Brand, and Beasley/Mayo

You make that deal 10 times out of 10 if you’re the Heat. You live through the bad years cuz you only play to win the title. Anything else is a failure. I’d go through the past 12 years of hell w/ the Celtics for this past year. I’d make the KG deal knowing that we are in the same boat as Miami in a few years. You clean house then, suffer through a bad year or 2, then reload (just like Miami is now.)

If you’re not looking to win a ring, then why follow the team? Would anyone honestly rather follow the 00′s Kings or Mavs who were constantly contending but never won anything over flash-in-the-pan teams like Miami or Boston who actually won titles but were quickly back to the pack? (the Celtics’ll be there within 2-3 years, I’m not kidding myself into believing otherwise, nor do I care. We got a ‘chip…)

By: nerditry

nerditry — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:02:24 +0000

@Miami : You know what you’re talking about. The Marlins won in 97, disbanded right after. Again 2003, everyone sold off and traded to the Sox. Now we’re back in contention and just need the pitching to come around for another title.

People need to know that most people in S. Florida are from somewhere else or their family came from elsewhere. That means if the local team ain’t winning, no one is going to show up (besides UM and the Dolphins). And once they are winning, your broke ass is watching at home.

By: Blue

Blue — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:58:36 +0000

i get where you guys are coming from, but one or two years isn’t very long to wait for 5 or 6 good solid years of being an elite team in the east. not to say that they were gonna do that with lamar odom and caron butler before, but right now they have a legit shot at being something great. with a 1-2 punch of wade and beasley, just put some good, young pieces around them, they’d rule (along with boston) the east for years.

not that the championship was a failure…shaq going to miami is mostly why i’m a heat fan, but they could’ve done a better job to ensure that there wasn’t a TOTAL meltdown.