More Beasley pondering

I love the idea of playing Beasley and Johnson together, but I’m not thrilled about pushing both out of their natural spots. It’s one thing to say Johnson can guard the 2, another to say he should be chasing the Ray Allens of this world all over the court.

And as long as you’re posting dream lineups with Rubio, let me just say that I’m more excited to see what Rubio can do on the defensive side of the ball than anything else. I’m picturing Rubio, Webster, Brewer (or Johnson, if his 2 steals + 2 blocks carry over to this level), Beasley, and Darko as a potentially lights-out defensive unit (Beasley being the obvious weak link, though he has the tools for the job).

The best place for Beasley is a place with another combo forward who can take on the tougher defensive matchup. Gerald Wallace in Charlotte, Nic Batum in Portland, Wilson Chandler in NY.

The other issue is that playing Beasley at the 3 moves Johnson to the 2 which isn’t where he’s best utilized. I think B-Easy’s value is as a trade piece. If Portland is unhappy with ’Dre at the point, maybe Dre Miller and Rudy for Beasley and Sessions?

Beasley’s numbers are a lot better at PF. Bench for now. Much better (more athletic) for Wolves system than Al.

His minutes climb if you go small ball and slip Love to the C. If he takes off, he’s the starting PF. If you think you can then extend his contract down the line, you can trade Love.

Beasley could be much better than Love if he puts it all together. Rubio (PG) – Johnson (SF) – Beasley (PF) could be a very nice trio. And we’d have a bench.

There has been another post on this topic the dude can play PF. He is shorter then K love BY only 3/4 of an Inch. and has way more athleticism. so stop the love wih love and put his fat ass on the bench.

with Charile V type reboundnig rates, and is not adept at drawnig fouls. These are two skillls that are at the top of the list of what I look at from a PF. He has one bankable skill (which still must be polished), and that’s his ability to create his own shot. That’s really what I’d look for from a SF. I mean, if the argument that he’s a PF comes from the fact that he can’t guard opposing SFs, that’s not a ringing endorsement. If he’s a scorer on the court, as a PF he’d better be pretty unstoppable to make up for the lack of rebounding, especially if paired with Darko. As a go to scorer, he better have a diverse enough attack to score from a variety of positions, and know how to take advantage of both bigger but slower, and smaller but faster players.

I like him as a SF and situational PF, and let’s see how he develops. So far he has not shown starter performance, since he is below NBA PF average in pretty much every stat aside from usage and shot creation (low assist%).