MVP chants for Michael “Waffle Fries” Beasley? The crowd at MSG maybe overdid it a bit, but I’m in favor. They’ve been doing it a bunch for Porzingis, and what Beasley did tonight, 32 points in 25 minutes to go with a bunch of rebounds, was just in line with what the Lithuanian does regularly. Except with more swag. And with fewer threes. But mostly lots of swag, an excess of it, dripping from his pores and soaking the court.
Is that what we would’ve been seeing on a nightly basis if his career had turned out the way most people expected? I wasn’t caring too much about basketball when he was drafted, but from what I gather he was a sure-fire prospect after being a total beast in college. We’ve seen flashes over the years of what he’s capable of, but he’s never put it all together for a long stretch of games. It’s easy to wonder how great he’d be if he had a different head on his shoulders, but then, he wouldn’t be Beasley, would he?
That was unexpectedly profound. Whoa.