Who says the offer was even extended to the Jazz? If I'm Miami and I have a chance to get picks from Minnesota, why would I even bother talking to Utah?
Quit being foolish.
Wolves spend the second rounder on a player chosen 2nd overall. And we were the ones who just lost starting PF. Ineptness of this FO is simply unbelievable.
I had a homey who, after pullin off a coup of "identity theft," bought a $95,000 Cadillac on credit. Then he totalled it and collected the insurance. It could still kinda clunk around town, though, and the tires and wheels had some value, so when the repo man was closin in, he "gave" it to another guy for a measly $500. A few days later it got repossessed. Course my homey never guaranteed the guy it wouldn't be, so....
Beasley is a cupcake. He hasn't been tough enough to be a solid PF. Why do you think Miami was entertaining offers 1 year after he was drafted. I think he'll have a career similar to that of Drew Gooden. A decent PF, but never one who is reliable enough to be one of the "stars" on a franchise.
I wouldn't touch him with a 10-ft bong. And it's essentially giving up two picks. Miami switches 1st-rounders, so they get a lottery pick in exchange for giving Minnesota a pick that could very well be 29th or 30th.Miami was entertaining offers because they were clearing CAP to get the guys they just got. For same reason Bulls gave up picks, Thomas, Hinrich for nothing - a chance to land James/Wade/Bosh. Now they did and cleared the CAP to give them MAX or near MAX offers. As far as Beasley not being tough, he is just 21 years old. Many top draft picks this year are similar age as him or older and are putting up inferior numbers in College as he did last year on a play-off team. Certainly worth a second round pick, don't you think?
I wonder if Borat was one of those in the minority who thought Chicago was smart for takin Rose over Beasley? I suspect not, or we woulda heard about it by now, ya know?
Rose was consensus #1 choice
Consensus, eh? Too bad no one told Paxson:
Rose tries to sway Bulls into drafting him ahead of ... Beasley By Andy Katz ESPN.com
Derrick Rose desperately wants to be the face of his hometown Chicago Bulls. He's not hiding his feelings one bit. If the Bulls don't draft him with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft next Thursday, he said he'll be crushed. Rarely has a potential No. 1 pick politicked as much as the one-season Memphis freshman point guard, who played at Chicago's Simeon Career Academy. The last hometown star to be drafted No. 1 was Akron's LeBron James, to Cleveland in 2003. But James did not have to convince the Cavs to take him -- he was going to be first pick the moment the Cavs won the draft lottery.
"It's a tough decision because I think Michael will come into the league and score," Paxson said. "That's what he does. Derrick can come in and have an effect on games without scoring. You're looking at what fits for how you want to shape your roster for the future."
Representatives for both Beasley and Rose have told ESPN.com their client will be taken with the No. 1 pick. So far they have had no reason to waver.
"Both guys are going to be terrific NBA players," Paxson said. "We were looking at being at nine [in the draft lottery] and we end up at No. 1. We count our blessings and whatever we do we can't go wrong."
https://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/news/story?id=3452817
What BS. Beasley is just 21 years old putting up 15 and 6. You compare that to "kinda clunk around town." If 21 years old putting up 15 and 6 is "kinda clunk around town", what's you assessment of our roster after DWill?
Everyone stop complaining and research what the trade was. Our first round pick is not nearly as good as the Wolves.
I am sure it is protected for the first couple of years. But we did not have what it takes to get him.
It was not a salary dump. And the Beasley trade for Dooling was proven wrong and it was total speculation.
There is not much KOC could do here
"What’s it like to feel unwanted? Ask Michael Beasley. Miami has been doing whatever they can to rid themselves of his contract for the past year or so, and no one seems to want him." https://dimemag.com/2010/07/toronto-doesnt-want-michael-beasley/
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"The Miami Heat quickly followed up their triumph in the LeBron James sweepstakes by finding a taker for Michael Beasley. But they had to virtually give away the No. 2 overall pick from the 2008 draft to do so. To complete the trade, Minnesota must only part with a 2011 second-round pick to acquire Beasley. The teams have also agreed to a swap of unspecified future first-round picks." https://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5365794
Where are you gittin the "lottery pick" conclusion out of "unspecified picks?" I don't know the details of this deal, and can't find anyone who does right now. My only point here was that Beasley was not simply offered to either Utah or Minnesota, and no one else. and that chances were that maybe KOC wasn't as incompetent as you insisted, a point you seem to have now conceded: