Comments on: Michael Beasley may be heading to the bench in Phoenix

By: kavika6

kavika6 — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:44:32 +0000

My daughter said that if not for the stubble on his chin she would wonder if the guy in the picture was a man or a woman.

By: lionsplayoffs

lionsplayoffs — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 06:38:54 +0000

Agreed Kappy. This guy looked as “can’t miss” as anyone in a long time. He was even a stellar rebounder in college. He just doesn’t have it upstairs. He’s trying, but he’s not getting there.

By: gpack17

gpack17 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 18:04:48 +0000

A friend of mine with season tickets related a story from a practice she attended lat year. The team was dispersed around the three point arc conducting a passing drill. After about a minute of this, Beasley launches a shot. Coach says “Michael, this is a passing drill.” Beasley responds “I passed it to the hoop!”

By: someidiotfromouthereintheprojects

someidiotfromouthereintheprojects — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:51:34 +0000

i don’t follow the suns, but i’ve always kind of liked the guy. sure, he’s a bit of a knucklehead, but he’s still a baller. he’s a high volume shooter and often a high volume scorer. i don’t understand why benching him would help his team unless he were on a loaded team like the heat or spurs. i guess a lot of teams and coaches view him differently than i do, otherwise he wouldn’t wear out his welcome so often.

By: scooper15928

scooper15928 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 15:28:23 +0000

Wrong, Gortat’s numbers didn’t take a dive. His block numbers did, but he’s never been an elite shot blocker anyway and his crazy block stats at the start of the season were a coincidence. Maybe Scola does deserve to start, but the entire reason Gentry inserted Morris into the starting lineup anyway was to appease to Gortat. Gortat bitched to a polish publication in an interview about Scola stealing his touches, so what was Gentry supposed to do? Morris is playing fine anyway, I wouldn’t worry about it.

By: eventhorizon04

eventhorizon04 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 07:32:16 +0000

Difficulty adjusting to better competition explains rookie-year struggles for some guys who were dominant in college – it happens.

However, continued difficulty even after becoming a veteran is a sign of poor work ethic and/or lack of talent.

By: jebdamone

jebdamone — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 05:41:07 +0000

the best synopsis of michael beasley’s problem i have ever heard came from someone on KFAN a year ago. they said they arrived at a twolves game early to watch the shoot around. while all the other players were doing drills and shooting around beasley was standing in a far corner behind the basket seeing how far he could launch the ball over the backboard and still make a shot occasionally. then he went to center court and just chucked up half courters for the rest of shoot around. this is his approach to the game and why he has never dominated the way he did as Kansas State.

By: hodaghunter

hodaghunter — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 04:23:02 +0000

Apples to Oranges… The truth of Ron Dayne is he was the beneficiary of one of the greatest offensive lines in college football at the time.

By: glink123

glink123 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:49:46 +0000

the dude smokes more weed than anyone in the league. that’s why.

By: kappy32

kappy32 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:35:23 +0000

I have no idea what happened to this guy. He singlehandedly carrier his Kansas State team his one year in college & looked like a superstar. Maybe he is the basketball version of Ron Dayne. Like Dayne, Beasley was able to overpower his college opponents with his brute strength, but once he got to the pros he saw that professional players are a hell of a lot stronger than are college players. It’s really the only thing I can thinknof as to why he never lived up to the billing.

By: midwaymonster161

midwaymonster161 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:33:54 +0000

Absolutely ridiculous Gentry. You have idea what you at doing. For instance, why would you bench Scola when this guy is Mr. Consistency when he starts? Look at his Houston numbers Gentry. And if I’m not wrong hen he started to screw around with the starting lineup Gortat’s awesome numbers from the first few games took a nose dive.