The lakers DECLINED beasley for a 1st rd pick

[glidedrxlr22]

As a laker hater I'm glad the Lakers rejected this deal cause Beasley is exactly what LA needs right now. He'd step right into the starting SF spot. I'm surprised cause the lakers usually pony up the cash to improve. Perhaps they're waiting on something bigger....they could still revisit the Beasley offer though.

[andgar923]

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/s...ichael-beasley

The Minnesota Timberwolves offered to trade Michael Beasley to the Los Angeles Lakers for a first-round draft pick, but the Lakers turned them down, according to a league source. Since there is a dollar-for-dollar penalty for tax-paying teams, taking on Beasley's $6.2 million contract would add another $6.2 million to their tax bill and cost the Lakers an extra $12.4 million.


I DO NOT WANT JIM BUSS ANY MORE

Good for them, I would never take Beasley.

[liquidrage]

How would a ball-stopping F help them? Beasley isn't what they need. They need a freaking PG. Putting Beasley on their second unit would be a disaster as he heaved time and time again anytime he got the ball.
The dude sucks and isn't worth a 1st Rnd pick.


Yeah a .440% shooting big man avg's 12 a game who can't defend and rebound and chucks is worth a 1st Rnd pick. The guy is lucky he was the 2nd overall pick, otherwise he'd be in the d league by now.

[RRR3]

How would a ball-stopping F help them? Beasley isn't what they need. They need a freaking PG. Putting Beasley on their second unit would be a disaster as he heaved time and time again anytime he got the ball.
The dude sucks and isn't worth a 1st Rnd pick.


Yeah a .440% shooting big man avg's 12 a game who can't defend and rebound and chucks is worth a 1st Rnd pick. The guy is lucky he was the 2nd overall pick, otherwise he'd be in the d league by now.

Beasley can definitely rebound WTF you talking about. He's not a beast rebounder or anything, but if he's playing the 3, he's definitely above average in that regard/ He's been injured and hasn't played as much this year, and yeah, he certainly has his issues, but you're underrating the **** out of him. He's not a bad player. He averaged 19/6/2 in only 32 minutes a game last season. For his career, he averages 20/7/2 per 36 minutes.

[Droid101]

How would a ball-stopping F help them? Beasley isn't what they need. They need a freaking PG.

No. The Lakers need a PG and a SF.

Our starting PG is shooting 25% from three.

Our starting SF is shooting 20% from three.

The Lakers improve MASSIVELY if they upgrade one or both of those positions, period.

[liquidrage]

Beasley can definitely rebound WTF you talking about. He's not a beast rebounder or anything, but if he's playing the 3, he's definitely above average in that regard/ He's been injured and hasn't played as much this year, and yeah, he certainly has his issues, but you're underrating the **** out of him. He's not a bad player. He averaged 19/6/2 in only 32 minutes a game last season. For his career, he averages 20/7/2 per 36 minutes.

He is a bad player. He was allowed to chuck. The league is full of guys that can score 19 a game when given minutes and the freedom to shoot a lot. He averaged 7 makes on 17 shots a game last year.

He was like the 80th ranked forward last year in PER. And he can't defend. There's a reason he's falling out of the MINNESOTA rotation and they want to move him while they're competing for a playoff spot.

[liquidrage]

No. The Lakers need a PG and a SF.

Our starting PG is shooting 25% from three.

Our starting SF is shooting 20% from three.

The Lakers improve MASSIVELY if they upgrade one or both of those positions, period.

You have 3 scorers in the starting lineup already. Starting Beasley would add another defensive liability and he aint getting touches. Without touches what impact does he have except bad defense? When on Earth is he going to get touches over Kobe or Paul and Bynum?

The only impact Beasley would have is coming off the bench to add scoring to the second unit. And that's not worth a 1st round pick, especially when you combine blah shooting, flow stopping, no defense to that.