Michael Beasley

Michael Beasley is one of those players who makes you genuinely wonder what could have been. Going second overall in the 2008 draft right behind Derrick Rose, with that effortless 6'10" scoring ability and silky footwork, he looked like a future All-Star in the making. At Kansas State he was absolutely dominant — Big 12 Player of the Year, national freshman of the year — and the Heat took a real swing on him. But the NBA never quite clicked the way his raw talent suggested it should, and his career became a decade-long tour of seven teams chasing moments of brilliance that came in flashes rather than sustained runs. Still, he kept finding ways back onto rosters into his early 30s, which honestly says something about how gifted he was. A fascinating what-if of his generation.

Name (English)

Michael Beasley

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・ビーズリー

Reading

まいける・びーずりー

Born

January 9, 1989 (age 37)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Snake

Origin

Frederick, Maryland, United States

Height

208 cm

Occupation

basketball player

High school

Bowie High School

University

Kansas State University

Awards & achievements

• 2009 NBA Rookie of the Year Award
• USBWA National Freshman of the Year
• 2008 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Motto

Private

• Xhttps://x.com/Michael8easley
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Maryland
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.