Beast of the Night:

Stephen Curry finished his stellar first season in the NBA with a bang, finishing with 42 points, 4 threes, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and 2 turnovers. He shot 52 percent (13-25) from the field and 100 percent (12-12) from the line.

Catch him tonight vs the Lakers at 10:30pm on espn :)

Stephen Curry went Jurassic on the Raptors on Saturday with 35 points, 5 threes, 6 rebound, 10 assists, 4 steals and 1 block. He shot 62 percent (13-21) from the floor, 100 percent (4-4) from the line and had 2 turnovers. In fantasy terms, Curry is clearly the rookie of the year.

Stephen Curry Schools the Birdman

Steph Curry hitting Chris Anderson with the crossover, the one-handed- scoop- fake, and the spin back, baby hook in the lane. oowww

“It’s On Me For My Brotherhood”

You already know that basketball is a brotherhood, so check out adidas‘ new spots featuring Dwight Howard, Derrick Rose, Kevin Garnett, Chauncey Billups, Tracy McGrady, Tim Duncan, Michael Beasley and Josh Smith. More videos after the jump.

J. Cole: A Star is Born pt.1

J. Cole @ A3C

Back when he was 16

Michael Beasley

Marshall County Dunk Contest his junior Year in high school at Oak Hill Academy.

The most important rookie of the ‘09 playoffs

It’s a little too late to wrest Rookie of the Year away from Derrick Rose, but Michael Beasley’s late-season run has him playing better than any rook in the League heading into the playoffs.

Overshadowed by D-Wade’s double-nickel, Beasley dropped 28 points and 16 boards against the Knicks yesterday, capping a three-game stretch against New Orleans, Boston and New York where he averaged 25 and 12. Beasley has been more aggressive going to the basket than he was at the start of the season, which has opened things up for his reliable mid-range jumper and made him the offensive weapon everyone expected when he came out of college.

Another big difference? Playing time; Beasley has been playing 38-40 minutes a night lately, opposed to his season average of about 24-25 minutes. Miami coach Erik Spoelstra to the Miami Herald:

”Offensively, he’s finding his rhythm — he’s finding his groove,” Spoelstra said. “He’s getting better with the reps and these are critical minutes right now. You can’t back up now. Can he continue to build on this and not relax?”

Beasley is likely to return to his sixth-man role for the playoffs. But he is confident that he will continue to produce at a high level as long as he plays consistent minutes.

Whether he comes off the bench or starts, the Heat need Beasley to keep it up if they stand a chance at advancing in the playoffs. Jermaine O’Neal got hurt (calf) in the first half of yesterday’s game and sat out the second half, and Udonis Haslem (finger) is also banged-up.

Going into Miami’s first-round series against Atlanta (the Heat also play Atlanta tomorrow), 20-and-10s from Beasley will do a lot against a higher-seeded Hawks team that’s 30-10 at home. When the Knicks finally started double-teaming D-Wade after he’d scored his 55th point on Sunday, Beasley took over, scoring 11 points in the fourth quarter in the final minutes of the fourth quarter and pulling down six rebounds.

Source: Miami Herald

I love this highlight video

Ive been slacking on the beasley posts. Here it is tho.

Live

I’m currently in the lobby of the downtown Phoenix Sheraton, watching somebody excitedly get their picture taken with Gheorge Muresan while My Giant was trying to check into his room. Rookie/Sophomore practice ended a little bit ago, and we’re now a couple minutes away from the All-Star Saturday Night and All-Star Game media sessions … Imagine lazily shooting around with your boys at the gym — and I mean “lazily” to the extent that no one is jumping when they take jump shots — with a coach trying to teach the principles of pick-and-roll defense on deaf ears, and you get the idea of how these “practices” go. Luis Scola looked like he’d just gotten out of bed 15 minutes beforehand … A number of guys on the Sophomore team had some pretty ill purple/orange/white Huaraches, including Thad Young, Aaron Brooks (206!) and Al Thornton. Although when I asked Al about his kicks, he referred to them as Hyperdunks. Kevin Durant had some special makeups of his Nike KD’s, which were almost a blend of OKC and Phoenix colors, and Scola had what I think were Li Nings that looked alright … I cut in on an Al Horford interview and was all prepared to ask him questions, until I realized he was talking to a throng of Spanish-speaking reporters. And while I took like three years of Spanish between high school and college, I wouldn’t have been able to formulate anything beyond “What’s your name? How are you?” So I left …
Michael Beasley on the Rookie Team’s roster: “We nice, man. We niiiice. We nice.” Asked if it was fair that the Rooks had Greg Oden on their side, The Bease snapped, “Hell yeah! He’s in his first season, right?” Beasley told me he’s gotten 18 tattoos since the Draft … Earlier this morning I was at a Subway restaurant, where Tony Parker was making an appearance as part of a contest where a fan can win a day of hanging out with TP. At one point, some guy who was dressed like a valet was telling everyone how excited he was to get his mini-basketball autographed, then — I kid you not — turns to a teenage girl and asks, “What’s his name again?”

mmm mmm mmm

Rookie Challenge

Rookie Roster		Sophomore Roster
Michael Beasley Miami Heat | Forward Drafted No. 2 in 2008		Aaron Brooks Houston Rockets | Guard Drafted No. 26 in 2007
Rudy Fernandez Portland Trail Blazers | Guard Drafted No. 24 in 2007		Wilson Chandler New York Knicks | Forward Drafted No. 23 in 2007
Marc Gasol Memphis Grizzlies | Center Drafted No. 48 in 2007		Kevin Durant Oklahoma City Thunder | Forward Drafted No. 2 in 2007
Eric Gordon Los Angeles Clippers | Guard Drafted No. 7 in 2008		Jeff Green Oklahoma City Thunder | Forward Drafted No. 5 in 2007
Brook Lopez New Jersey Nets | Center Drafted No. 10 in 2008		Al Horford Atlanta Hawks | Forward-Center Drafted No. 3 in 2007
O.J. Mayo Memphis Grizzlies | Guard Drafted No. 3 in 2008		Luis Scola Houston Rockets | Forward Drafted No. 56 in 2002
Greg Oden Portland Trail Blazers | Center Drafted No. 1 in 2007		Al Thornton Los Angeles Clippers | Forward Drafted No. 14 in 2007
Derrick Rose Chicago Bulls | Guard Drafted No. 1 in 2008		Rodney Stuckey Detroit Pistons | Guard Drafted No. 15 in 2007
Russell Westbrook Oklahoma City Thunder | Guard Drafted No. 4 in 2008		Thaddeus Young Philadelphia 76ers | Forward Drafted No. 12 in 2007

Team beasley 09 tee...

yeah, that would be nice with the valentines mess ;)

I won't let you forget.

On The Verge With Michael Beasley

Sean john! yes do the nelly thing baby lol

Michael Beasley & Kevin Durant