How disappointing has Michael Beasley's NBA career been so far?

[G-train]

He is a unique case, a number 2 pick traded away to allow Miami cap space, and has now ended back at Miami and is playing pretty solid ball.
His off court stuff was the main issue, seemed to effect his on court play. Still could end up being a fantastic player.
TBH he could average 20ppg right now on some teams, but Miami can afford to play him as an efficient role player providing an offensive spark.
But by being a 2nd pick that has been waived by a team, he has somewhat tarnished himself.

[Crafty]

Poor work ethic killed him. He got new life this year, once again in Miami but if he doesn't suceed now, he never will.

[Kingwillball]

Like Somebody wrote it takes more than Talent.. Hard Work, Dedication doing right things off the court are big part of it.. Lok at Lenny Cooke dude at one point was rated higher than LEbron back in HS and he never even played in the NBA cause of poor attitude,Not working hard, Drugs(wrong people around him)..

[Genaro]

He dominated against poor competition on college. He was a beast in college level, had it been under old rules he could've made the jump from HS.
But as people said before me, takes a lot more than talent to be a star in the NBA and Beasley didn't put enough work to make it.

[Lebron23]

And Beasley is an undersized tweener. At 6'7" (6'8.25" in shoes) he dominated the much smaller collegiate players. Beasley also had an attitude problem, and terrible work ethics in his first few years in the NBA.

He just turned 25 yrs.old, And he's been a solid 6th man for the Heat.

I hope the resign him in the off season.

[chocolatethunder]

Christian Laettner too.

Laettner was a good pro before he got injured. Certainly better than Beasley will ever be.

[chips93]

Dominated college, albeit in a meh conference, compared to the likes of Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant and #2 pick in the 08' draft. No real accolades thus far in his career.

they both played in the big 12

[Lebron23]

I wish spo gives him more playing time as the season progresses.

[Sharmer]

Dominated college, albeit in a meh conference, compared to the likes of Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant and #2 pick in the 08' draft. No real accolades thus far in his career.

If he had a license to chuck he would be posting numbers like Melo if not better.

[PsychoBe]

Christian Laettner too.

Tyler Hansburough

[RighteousMax]

ultimately devastating.

[9512]

I even remembered some forum members (not this one) saying he would make a better pro than Durant. And based on his freshman year compared to Durant's it's not entirely far fetched.

[DukeDelonte13]

IMO for most players just being rostered by a team is a success.

Beas was just so nasty in college everybody expected him to become an elite player.

He's an OK to good player. Not too disappointing.

[B-Easy8]

I always thought he has been played out of position his whole career.

He is a PF, not a SF and making a player learn another position usually makes them worse than they were projected to be.

His rookie season as a PF was pretty good. By making his a SF he lost all of his advantages and I don't see how coaches aren't seeing this.

He was also playing like an allstar before he got injured playing for us so he certainly is good enough.

[ZenMaster]

I always thought he has been played out of position his whole career.

He is a PF, not a SF and making a player learn another position usually makes them worse than they were projected to be.

His rookie season as a PF was pretty good. By making his a SF he lost all of his advantages and I don't see how coaches aren't seeing this.

He was also playing like an allstar before he got injured playing for us so he certainly is good enough.

Do you think coaches want a undersized PF who can't guard his position and chucks way to much to get his points.

Go back and watch him be the #1 guy for Minnesota and you'll see this guy is a ball stopper when given the chance.