Q: Michael Beasley seems like he can still play.\u00a0 Is there any NBA interest? \u2013 Brian.<\/p>\n
Q: Should the Miami Heat resign Michael Beasley? \u2013 Stuart, Miami.<\/p>\n
Q: Can we re-sign Michael Beasley? \u2013 Tee.<\/p>\n
A: I was waiting for ones like this to hit in the wake of Michael Beasley capping off his MVP season in the halfcourt, three-on-three Big3 league with Sunday\u2019s championship in Orlando<\/a> (assisted by Mario Chalmers\u2019 game-winning 3-pointer). Look, what Michael Beasley continues to show is that even at 36 he is an elite one-on-one scorer. Only, the NBA is far more than a one-on-one league. Plus, by the end of Sunday\u2019s hourlong game, Michael looked gassed, and that was with never having to cross the midcourt line to play defense. Sometimes the story is as simple as a player\u2019s NBA time has come and gone. We\u2019re talking about being out of the NBA since 2018-19, in a league that covets scoring. There\u2019s a reason for that. But good for Michael. Sunday\u2019s victory allowed his five-player Miami 305 team to share in the $1 million championship bonus, plus his other six-figure earnings in the summertime league.<\/p>\n Q: I saw Omer Yurtseven made Turkey\u2019s team for EuroBasket. Why isn\u2019t he back in the NBA? \u2013 Sidney.<\/p>\n A: OK, so guess today\u2019s mailbag has turned into some sort of old-timers Heat dialogue. Unlike Michael Beasley, Omer Yurtseven is only 27, in his basketball prime. Yet for what would appear to be an NBA body, and what had been reasonable NBA statistics when given the opportunity, there remain ongoing questions about toughness and commitment to the rigors of the NBA game. Out of the league since a nondescript NBA run with the Jazz in 2023-24, Omer somewhat found his footing last season with Panathinaikos, sharing in EuroLeague and Greek League titles, under contract for another season there. Overall, his statistics last season were somewhat middling in his 31 appearances. But a solid showing in EuroBasket potentially could change the NBA view. In that regard, EuroBasket could provide one last showcase<\/a>, with plenty of NBA scouts looking on.<\/p>\n Q: Ira, I don\u2019t see the same Heat success with this season\u2019s class of two-way players. Where is our Max Strus, Gabe Vincent or Caleb Martin? \u2013 Wes.<\/p>\n A: First, when each of those players joined the Heat, they were just as relatively anonymous as the two the Heat currently have on two-way deals (Vlad Goldin, Myron Gardner), as well as those potentially competing for a two-way deal in camp (Ethan Thompson, Gabe Madsen, Steve Settle III and Jahmir Young). That said, the Heat remain high on Goldin as the type of bulky big man they have lacked in recent seasons. They see something there going forward. Plus, also keep in mind that two former Heat two-way players, Keshad Johnson and Dru Smith, are now on standard deals.<\/p>\n Originally Published: August 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM EDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Q: Michael Beasley seems like he can still play.\u00a0 Is there any NBA interest? \u2013 Brian. Q: Should…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[57285,49,48,4245,8224,57286,459,82],"class_list":["post-98590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ask-ira","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-latest-headlines","tag-miami-heat","tag-miami-heat-blog","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}