BIG3 has two consecutive MVPs! Why didn’t the second place Beasley play in the NBA?

Brothers, do you remember Michael Beasley?

Recently, the BIG3 League of America announced that Michael Beasley, a former NBA player and the core of Miami 305, was successfully elected as the league MVP. It should be noted that Beasley was also elected as the most difficult defensive player, and this is his second consecutive year of MVP.

This season, Beasley led the Miami 305 teams to a record of 5 wins and 3 losses, successfully entering the playoffs.

Beasley played in 7 of the games, with a total score of 162 points in the league, averaging 23.1 points, shooting percentage of 44.4% and three-point shooting percentage of 41.4%.

The latest news is that Beasley has led the Miami 305 team to defeat Dallas POWER 50-47 in the playoffs. He scored 22 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 5 blocks in this game, and scored a key layup at the last moment.

The Miami 305 team championship opponent will be Chicago TRIPLETS, which has former NBA players such as Montrez Harrell and Amir Johnson.

The year before, Beasley played for the 3s' company team. At that time, he averaged 21.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. Not only was he elected as the MVP, but he also helped the team to the championship game, but unfortunately he lost.

After watching the highlights from the past two years, Beasley almost killed randomly in the BIG3 league, showing off his skills in various singles, and his scoring ability is indeed one level higher than others.

To be honest, the level of the BIG3 league is indeed not high enough. Most of them are players who cannot play in the NBA, European League, CBA or other overseas leagues.

However, this former NBA No. 2 pick who was once high hopes but did not meet expectations in the end, was still active on the basketball court at the age of 36 and even won two consecutive MVPs, which is somewhat surprising. In other words, this time, Beasley may have really found the stage that suits him the most.

It is really a pity to look at Beasley's NBA career first.

In the 2008 draft, Beasley was selected by the Heat at the second pick. Before that, Beasley played at Kansas State in his freshman season. He averaged 26.2 points and 12.4 rebounds per game, scored third, rebounds first, and scored 28 double-doubles, setting a national record held by Anthony at that time.

To describe Beasley at that time in two words is a genius. He became famous at a young age and showed strong personal abilities in high school and college. In that year of the draft, he deserved to be selected in the second place.

Busley's career has not gone as smoothly as expected.

In the first two seasons of his career, Beasley averaged 13.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 14.8 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. During this period, he did show good offensive skills and rebounding skills, but his shortcomings are not small.

On the one hand, Beasley only has the basket in his eyes. His rookie season's ball usage rate was as high as 27.3%, and still as high as 25.3% in the second year, but his passing ability was very poor. In the two seasons, he was 1.0 assists and 1.5 turnovers, 1.3 assists and 1.7 turnovers.

On the other hand, Beasley's offensive efficiency is not good. His real shooting percentage in the rookie season was 52.8%, he did not make any progress in the second grade season, and he also regressed to 50.5%, his shooting percentage was 45.0%, and his three-point shooting percentage was 27.5%.

In the summer of 2010, the Heat sent Beasley to the Timberwolves. In the following season, Beasley scored the highest level of his career with the Timberwolves. In that season, he averaged 19.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game in the bad Timberwolves, with the highest scoring career.

But the following season, Beasley was "demoted" by the Timberwolves, which also shows that Beasley can only be a scoring machine and is not suitable for being the core of the team building.

After the 2012 rookie contract expired, Beasley has successively moved to many teams including Suns, Heat (return), Rockets, Bucks, Knicks and Lakers. In each team, he is just a role player and cannot help much.

If it is a one-on-one challenge, Beasley is really strong. His offensive skills are first-class. Durant and Anthony have praised him.

But NBA games are always a sport of five people. No matter how strong a person's pure offensive ability is, it is useless to not help the team. Beasley is a good example. He has not taken any further steps on the basis of excellent personal offense throughout his career.

and another point is very important. Beasley is also a thorn outside the court. His irritable personality and weak self-control have accompanied Beasley since childhood, and he was in a marijuana crisis in his rookie season.

It is worth mentioning that Beasley has also been to the CBA League and Puerto Rico League, but no matter where he is, his style of playing alone, and this style of playing will definitely not help the team.

So, we say that the BIG3 league is the most suitable stage for Beasley, because 3v3 can better show personal abilities. Even if he is no longer at the peak, the MVP+ leading the championship game for two consecutive years is a good proof.

In 2024, Beasley scored 28 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists in the championship game, but the team still lost to Bivouac (with Gerald Green and Brewer) 47-50.

This year, he won the MVP again and led the team to the championship again. We will wait and see whether he can achieve the peak of MVP+ championship.