With Stoudemire deal in limbo, Warriors still itching for a deal: How about Michael Beasley?

Tim Kawakami

I’m not saying the Miami Heat have put second-year forward Michael Beasley on the market. I’m not saying any talks of any kind have started up between the Warriors and Heat about anything.

I’m definitely not saying the Warriors are ready to start tossing names at Miami to see if the Heat will bite. This is a lull time. There’s no great rush, with the draft completed.

What I’m saying: The hot-and-heavy discussions to send Amare Stoudemire to the Warriors for a package including Andris Biedrins, Brandan Wright and Marco Belinelli (and perhaps some guy named Stephen Curry, oops!) seem to be at a stymie point.

And, according to one high-placed league source, the Warriors sound like they’re more than willing to bypass Phoenix and Stoudemire, if they need to, in order to try to fill the GSW’s desire for a scoring big man.

It’s not just Stoudemire or bust. There have always been other names on the Warriors’ wish list, and there are other names now. If they can’t get Stoudemire without Curry, Larry Riley, Don Nelson and Robert Rowell seem prepared to go in other directions.

The only certainty: They want a big man who can score, and are willing to give up two or three players to get him.

The other: They feel like they’ve got a lot of assets that are attractive to other teams.

Now, can the Warriors put those two things together and get the big man they believe is essential to springing the franchise towards a playoff berth?

Chris Bosh, obviously, might be the best fit for Don Nelson’s offense, but there are major questions about his availability and his willingness to talk contract extension beyond his 2010 free agency.

There are other names. One I heard today: Beasley.

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/k...out-michael-beasley/

I dont know about beasley but maybe we could try to get andris biedrins for joell anthony,diawara,and wright. That way JO can go to the 4 and biedris be the 5. Might be unlikely but i can wonder..

If there willing to ship Spicy Curry, Randolph AND Biedrins I can't see why we can't say no

beasley for sure will be a star in this league i like marco bellineli's game alot randolph is good along with beidric andrei averaged like 11 boards last season stephen curry has the potential to be the next cp3 this deal could be real good but i don't know i say everyone should stop moaning about trades trades trades and just let riley trade halfway through the season like he said in that press conference. Halfway throught he season teams with horrible records will give there stars away for nothing seeing that they might not even make the playoffs. So I think it is best if we just wait.

Well Amare>Beasley at this point in their respective career's, so i doubt GS will give up as much as they would for Amare. The most realistic deal IMO is Jackson and Belinelli for Beasley and Blount

Beasley can still improve, please don't trade him

no need 2. amare aint signing extention so no need to worry cayse the deal is off. we could trade players from our current roster to get amare without the case of putting beasley in the conversation. any deal that allows us 2 keep wade and beasley in my opinion will be a good one

I just saw on NBA.com a rumor about a trade sending Beasly, Blount, James Jones for Amare...

"Is Riles burning up the 602 area code?

Stoudemire is just the kind of low-post terror that could convince a fella with options -- say, an all-world guard who was born and raised in Chicago, which will be a major player in 2010, and who will himself be a free agent in 2010 -- to stay on South Beach. A package of Michael Beasley -- whom Miami's management does not, to put it charitably, seem enamored with -- Mark Blount ($7.9 million expiring deal) and James Jones (partial guarantees in each of his three remaining seasons after this upcoming one, which would seem to be music to Suns owner Robert Sarver's ears), could get Stoudemire to Miami in time for happy hour at The Clevelander. Plus, Phoenix would get him out of the Western Conference instead of having him dunk on its collective bean in Warriors gear three or four times a year."

http://www.nba.com/2009/news/f...postdraft/index.html

maybe riley is traying to make a rumor about getting a star player to make wade really think about signing.but i hope something goes down and we get amare.

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Originally posted by IceColdCuban:
I just saw on NBA.com a rumor about a trade sending Beasly, Blount, James Jones for Amare...

"Is Riles burning up the 602 area code?

Stoudemire is just the kind of low-post terror that could convince a fella with options -- say, an all-world guard who was born and raised in Chicago, which will be a major player in 2010, and who will himself be a free agent in 2010 -- to stay on South Beach. A package of Michael Beasley -- whom Miami's management does not, to put it charitably, seem enamored with -- Mark Blount ($7.9 million expiring deal) and James Jones (partial guarantees in each of his three remaining seasons after this upcoming one, which would seem to be music to Suns owner Robert Sarver's ears), could get Stoudemire to Miami in time for happy hour at The Clevelander. Plus, Phoenix would get him out of the Western Conference instead of having him dunk on its collective bean in Warriors gear three or four times a year."

http://www.nba.com/2009/news/f...postdraft/index.html

I think Phx is looking for another big *** expiring. I'd do JO + Beasley for Amare & Barbosa. Then Blount + JJ for Chandler & Posey. Gives us scoring and some defense. Really don't wanna give up Beasley for Amare though because I think we can get him without giving up Beasley.

Oh yeah and if the Warriors are dumb enough to offer us the same package for Beasley that they did for Amare, take it and run Riley!!!!

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Originally posted by 2Hot:

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Originally posted by IceColdCuban:
I just saw on NBA.com a rumor about a trade sending Beasly, Blount, James Jones for Amare...

"Is Riles burning up the 602 area code?

Stoudemire is just the kind of low-post terror that could convince a fella with options -- say, an all-world guard who was born and raised in Chicago, which will be a major player in 2010, and who will himself be a free agent in 2010 -- to stay on South Beach. A package of Michael Beasley -- whom Miami's management does not, to put it charitably, seem enamored with -- Mark Blount ($7.9 million expiring deal) and James Jones (partial guarantees in each of his three remaining seasons after this upcoming one, which would seem to be music to Suns owner Robert Sarver's ears), could get Stoudemire to Miami in time for happy hour at The Clevelander. Plus, Phoenix would get him out of the Western Conference instead of having him dunk on its collective bean in Warriors gear three or four times a year."

http://www.nba.com/2009/news/f...postdraft/index.html

I think Phx is looking for another big *** expiring. I'd do JO + Beasley for Amare & Barbosa. Then Blount + JJ for Chandler & Posey. Gives us scoring and some defense. Really don't wanna give up Beasley for Amare though because I think we can get him without giving up Beasley.

Oh yeah and if the Warriors are dumb enough to offer us the same package for Beasley that they did for Amare, take it and run Riley!!!!

The reason the Golden state warriors trade didnt finalize was because they removed Curry from the proposal so PHOENIX is looking for Young Talent not just Expiring! so no you cant get Amare without Beasley and your not getting Amare in Free Agency IMHO...best chance to land him and get him to resign with this team is in a sign and trade.

Yes Im with you on the fact of not giving beasley up to get Amare aswell. I wonder what a front court of Amare and Oneal would work out like?

I'm telling you, he can be had without Beasley. We'd have to give up Chalmers, Cook, and Haslem at the very least though (which IS young talent) and probably our best expiring too (JO) and also having to take on all their bad contracts. But it could happen. Bulls were rumored to be the favorites last year in a package surround Tyrus Thomas, not Rose, so I don't see Beasley as being a requirement. For Bosh, yeah. For Amare, no. That is, unless Beasley does not have the same value around the league as we thought.

It likely won't happen because I doubt Riley is even going for him, but trust me. Whoever Amare ends up being traded to every Heat fan is gonna see the deal and be like wtf, we coulda done better than that....

The more this stretches out the more chances for a lopsided deal in our favor though. If Phx keeps rejecting offers and doesn't get rid of Amare during the summer and tries to get him to us (or any other team with an okay FO) at say the trade deadline, they will probably get raped.

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Originally posted by IceColdCuban:

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Originally posted by 2Hot:

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Originally posted by IceColdCuban:
I just saw on NBA.com a rumor about a trade sending Beasly, Blount, James Jones for Amare...

"Is Riles burning up the 602 area code?

Stoudemire is just the kind of low-post terror that could convince a fella with options -- say, an all-world guard who was born and raised in Chicago, which will be a major player in 2010, and who will himself be a free agent in 2010 -- to stay on South Beach. A package of Michael Beasley -- whom Miami's management does not, to put it charitably, seem enamored with -- Mark Blount ($7.9 million expiring deal) and James Jones (partial guarantees in each of his three remaining seasons after this upcoming one, which would seem to be music to Suns owner Robert Sarver's ears), could get Stoudemire to Miami in time for happy hour at The Clevelander. Plus, Phoenix would get him out of the Western Conference instead of having him dunk on its collective bean in Warriors gear three or four times a year."

http://www.nba.com/2009/news/f...postdraft/index.html

I think Phx is looking for another big *** expiring. I'd do JO + Beasley for Amare & Barbosa. Then Blount + JJ for Chandler & Posey. Gives us scoring and some defense. Really don't wanna give up Beasley for Amare though because I think we can get him without giving up Beasley.

Oh yeah and if the Warriors are dumb enough to offer us the same package for Beasley that they did for Amare, take it and run Riley!!!!

The reason the Golden state warriors trade didnt finalize was because they removed Curry from the proposal so PHOENIX is looking for Young Talent not just Expiring! so no you cant get Amare without Beasley and your not getting Amare in Free Agency IMHO...best chance to land him and get him to resign with this team is in a sign and trade.

Yes Im with you on the fact of not giving beasley up to get Amare aswell. I wonder what a front court of Amare and Oneal would work out like?

a lineup of amare and jo would b sick it will really help us on rebounding and scoring.

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Originally posted by £L ÇüßÅ∩:

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Originally posted by IceColdCuban:

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Originally posted by 2Hot:

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Originally posted by IceColdCuban:
I just saw on NBA.com a rumor about a trade sending Beasly, Blount, James Jones for Amare...

"Is Riles burning up the 602 area code?

Stoudemire is just the kind of low-post terror that could convince a fella with options -- say, an all-world guard who was born and raised in Chicago, which will be a major player in 2010, and who will himself be a free agent in 2010 -- to stay on South Beach. A package of Michael Beasley -- whom Miami's management does not, to put it charitably, seem enamored with -- Mark Blount ($7.9 million expiring deal) and James Jones (partial guarantees in each of his three remaining seasons after this upcoming one, which would seem to be music to Suns owner Robert Sarver's ears), could get Stoudemire to Miami in time for happy hour at The Clevelander. Plus, Phoenix would get him out of the Western Conference instead of having him dunk on its collective bean in Warriors gear three or four times a year."

http://www.nba.com/2009/news/f...postdraft/index.html

I think Phx is looking for another big *** expiring. I'd do JO + Beasley for Amare & Barbosa. Then Blount + JJ for Chandler & Posey. Gives us scoring and some defense. Really don't wanna give up Beasley for Amare though because I think we can get him without giving up Beasley.

Oh yeah and if the Warriors are dumb enough to offer us the same package for Beasley that they did for Amare, take it and run Riley!!!!

The reason the Golden state warriors trade didnt finalize was because they removed Curry from the proposal so PHOENIX is looking for Young Talent not just Expiring! so no you cant get Amare without Beasley and your not getting Amare in Free Agency IMHO...best chance to land him and get him to resign with this team is in a sign and trade.

Yes Im with you on the fact of not giving beasley up to get Amare aswell. I wonder what a front court of Amare and Oneal would work out like?

a lineup of amare and jo would b sick it will really help us on rebounding and scoring.

The reason Bosh and Oneal didnt work out in toronto is because they play similar. They both have back to the basket post play...Unlike Amare who has a high post game he would complement Oneal very well, and Wade would have a field day throwing lobs at Amare. Amare also has a decent midrange that doesnt require him to take J Oneals out of position.

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I'm telling you, he can be had without Beasley. We'd have to give up Chalmers, Cook, and Haslem at the very least though (which IS young talent) and probably our best expiring too (JO) and also having to take on all their bad contracts. But it could happen. Bulls were rumored to be the favorites last year in a package surround Tyrus Thomas, not Rose, so I don't see Beasley as being a requirement. For Bosh, yeah. For Amare, no. That is, unless Beasley does not have the same value around the league as we thought.

It likely won't happen because I doubt Riley is even going for him, but trust me. Whoever Amare ends up being traded to every Heat fan is gonna see the deal and be like wtf, we coulda done better than that....

The more this stretches out the more chances for a lopsided deal in our favor though. If Phx keeps rejecting offers and doesn't get rid of Amare during the summer and tries to get him to us (or any other team with an okay FO) at say the trade deadline, they will probably get raped.

But Rose =/= Beasley. Phoenix already has a PG for at least the next year, so Rose wasn't what they needed. They want someone to fill the void that Amare would leave, and Beasley is the only one who can fit that from Miami.

Fact is, to gain something you have to lose something. If that is Beasley, so be it.