Michael Beasley shoves a spectator in the face during a summer league game: NBA Update
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Michael Beasley shoved a local spectator in the face during a summer league game. On Thursday night, at Dyckman Park in Washington Heights’s playground, Beasley angered at the verbal onslaught from
a spectator lost his cool and charged towards him. The tournament security personals quickly intervened and cooled-off both the individuals.
The game was stopped for over 10 minutes while many spectators booed at Beasley. The tournament official was also not impressed by the actions of the Wolves small forward and spoke regretted Beasley’s animated reaction.
“He has to know he's going to hear (heckling) up here; doesn’t he know he can get sued for doing that?”
A local renowned player at Dyckman Park Adris De Leon was also watching the game and commented on Beasley‘s unethical way of treating the fan.
“Beasley certainly crossed the line and having so much experience in the National Basketball Association (NBA), he must realise in what kind of different environments you have to play as a professional basketball player. He did
disrespect him a lot.”
The Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant was also performing against Beasley in New York’s street-ball series. Durant was representing Team Nike and Beasley was playing for Team 914. The game was eventually won by 914 by
a 80-77 margin. Durant and Beasley both played tremendously and scored some very good points for their respective teams. Duran scored total 29 points and Beasley finished with 17 points.
The head coach of Team 914 KaBourn Crosley was pleased with his team’s great effort, but also regretted Beasley’s actions, “He was a little wild, and I couldn't stop him.”
Michael Beasley has spent almost three years in the league. This is not the first time; he has landed himself in controversy. He arrived in the NBA in 2008 when the Miami Heat selected him 2nd overall in the first round
of draft. Before coming into the biggest basketball league in the world, he played for Kansas State University for over a year and was regarded as a very exciting prospect.
However in the Rookie transition Camp, he was involved in a drug related incident, for which he was eventually fined by the NBA. He played two years with the Heat and came into the Minnesota Timberwolves on July 12, 2010. He played
a total 73 games for the Timberwolves in the last season and averaged 19.2 points, and 5.60 rebounds per game. Recently, he was involved in a marijuana case, but the fact that the league is in a lockout, saved him from any action.
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