In yesterday's mock draft, both Bill Simmons and Chad Ford like O.J. Mayo to go to the Seattle SuperOkies. Mayo would be an exciting addition, but we shouldn't get too attached. If Pat Riley has his way, all the Mayo talk will be moot.
There's a lot of OJ love coming out of south Florida. Apparently, Riley doesn't like Beasley's personality. Now, we've all heard the Beasley horror stories (he put a dead rat in his teacher's desk?! he defaced school property with his signature!!?! he went to 700 high schools in 2 years?!@!?!), but most of these stories sound like a kid being a kid. As Beasley told the Miami Herald, "I just turned 19 years old in January, so how mature do you want me to be? On the basketball side of things, I'm 30 years old. Off the court, I don't know. How mature you want me to be? I don't know if you want me to act 25 or 30 or 40. I'm a kid -- I'm going to mess up."
This strikes me as an honest, mature and self-aware response. Somehow, this is being used against him. Maybe if Beasley had hired an agent and a PR firm out of 7th grade, these stories would've been kept under control. I, for one, am not worried. Put a rat in PJ Brown's desk and autograph the hell out of Key Arena - I don't give a fuck - just bring that nasty offense to my town. Miami's making a mistake, and I hope we can capitalize.
Here's how it'll happen: our number 4 pick, Weezy and Petro for Miami's pick and Mark Blount's bloated ass. That's a no-brainer. Miami really wants Green, but the word is we're not considering it. I know we need a point, but I'd make this trade in a heartbeat. Beasley is nasty. We should offer all but Durant and Green to get him.
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I agree. It's kind of mind-blowing that the Heat would really pass on Beasley. If the Heat are willing to take that deal, the Sonics have to do it in a second. Hey, let's toss in Robert Swift too. His tats would be a big hit in South Beach.
I've heard Memphis is offering Mike Miller, Conley and the 5th pick... even Bobby Swift can't make up for that if Pat Riley has an eye on Bayless.
Honestly (and this might be the humpday booze talking), I might give up Green for Beasley. Crazy talk?
I think Green is on the block if -- and only if -- you can get B-Easy. Could we interest you with a little Sene tonight?
Are there any point guards available at 24? You know I love Kyle Weaver, and we could get him with 32 (we have 32, don't we?).
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