Beasley in Rehab
This is a sad story that could have a happy ending.
When I was growing up there were several players who had their careers and lives ruined by drugs. You had Len Bias, Roy Tarpley, John Drew and the list goes on. Some believe that Reggie Lewis’ life was cut short by drugs being in his system. Tarpley and John Drew lived but didn’t have the careers that they could have and should have had without drugs. Michael Ray Richardson was another fabulous talent who couldn’t keep it together. Is Michael Beasley next? I hope not.
Beasley is a talented player who is on his way to a great NBA career. He’ll be a consistent scorer and rebounder for years and still hasn’t filled out to get his grown man strength, but it’s coming. Is today a sign of trouble or a sign of bad behavior being fixed. We don’t know yet.
Beasley got in trouble last year while hanging with some of the other rookies at the rookie syposium. They were fined and disciplined as a result of their actions and it stained the players involved but none more than Beasley. There was reported alcohol and marijuana and girls though only the girls and the alcohol were found at the scene. Was that the time to be alarmed? It looks like it was now as we all look back.
Either way, he is young and can recover from this. I hope his motives are good for going and that he wants to get this fixed. Ask Chris Anderson from the Nuggets how much money drugs/alcohol cost him and he’ll tell you but the thing Beasley has to realize is that with him and his talent the price would be 10 times what it cost the Birdman. Let’s pray he gets this figured out and that we have only seen the beginning of Michael Beasley.
