{"id":24603,"date":"2019-08-11T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/?p=24603"},"modified":"2019-08-11T13:05:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T17:05:45","slug":"report-michael-beasley-signs-one-year-deal-with-the-detroit-pistons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2019\/08\/11\/report-michael-beasley-signs-one-year-deal-with-the-detroit-pistons\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Michael Beasley Signs One-Year Deal With The Detroit Pistons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/detroit-pistons\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Detroit Pistons<\/a> are continuing to make more moves to reconstruct their roster with signing Michael Beasley.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran forward <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/beaslmi01.html#all_5951271911\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Beasley<\/a><\/strong> has agreed on a one-year deal with the team. Shams Charania of The Athletic was the first to report the deal Saturday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Free agent Michael Beasley has agreed to a one-year deal with the Detroit Pistons, league sources tell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticNBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheAthleticNBA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stadium?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Stadium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1160371066847391744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Beasley was hit with a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1159562572913242112\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">five-game suspension<\/a> earlier this week due to violating the NBA&#8217;s anti-drug policy. As a result, Beasley was reportedly considering leaning towards accepting an offer in China that would earn him approximately $5 million next season. But instead, he opted to sign with the Pistons.<\/p>\n<p>Once the deal with the Pistons is finalized, he&#8217;ll start his five-game suspension once the season begins.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Report: Michael Beasley Signs One-Year Deal With The Detroit Pistons<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Beasley&#8217;s Rollercoaster Career<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Beasley has been quite the journeyman in the NBA, as he had played for seven teams in 11 seasons after being second overall in the 2008 draft by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/miami-heat\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miami Heat<\/a>. Beasley is a volume shooter\u2014someone who can make a lot of shots and score a lot of points. This characteristic has helped Beasley as well as hurt him throughout his career.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, last season with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/los-angeles-lakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>, Beasley played in only 26 games, averaging 7 points and 2.3 rebounds career-low 10.2 minutes per game.<\/p>\n<p>However, he had a strong season with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/new-york-knicks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Knicks<\/a> in 2017-2018; he played in 74 games, averaging 13.4 points.<\/p>\n<p>Beasley, 30, is a player with a lot of potential on the offensive end. He just needs to be in a situation where a team will give him the minutes to let him go to work.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Beasley&#8217;s Fit in Detroit<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Beasley will be united with his draft mate,<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rosede01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derrick Rose<\/a><\/strong>, who recently signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/2019\/06\/30\/report-derrick-rose-signs-with-detroit-pistons\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">two-year deal<\/a> with the Pistons; he was drafted first overall in the 2008 draft with the Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>Beasley will most likely come off the bench and can play either the three or four spot. Detroit should take the chance and give him between 15-20 minutes of playing time. Beasley would play well alongside<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/griffbl01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blake Griffin<\/a> <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/drumman01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andre Drummond<\/a> <\/strong>in the frontcourt and could give the team a boost with his consistent shot.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"LHDya8BHRQliFQ_t_Pey5A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/492035617\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'LHDya8BHRQliFQ_t_Pey5A',sig:'qKVcb49qevezKzObFTUpBDIegV7DihJjcvYxJQp3Bsg=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'492035617',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Pistons are continuing to make more moves to reconstruct their roster with signing Michael Beasley. Veteran forward Michael Beasley has agreed on a one-year deal with the team. Shams Charania of The Athletic was the first to report the deal Saturday night. Free agent Michael Beasley has agreed to a one-year deal with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2853,"featured_media":24609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,10,62],"tags":[1970,65,95,340,332,96],"class_list":["post-24603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-pistons","category-nba","tag-2019-nba-free-agency","tag-basketball","tag-derrick-rose","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-michael-beasley","tag-nba"],"modified_by":"Matthew Duesing","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2853"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}