Former NBA player Michael Beasley breaks down over personal tragedy: ‘They was laughing at me, I hated them’
BY ALEJANDRO LOPEZ
A player’s career trajectory isn’t always decided by their ability. Sometimes it has more to do with circumstances.
On Wednesday, former NBA player Michael Beasley opened up about the circumstances that made him want to quit his career in the NBA.
Beasley recounted his time playing with the Los Angeles Lakers from 2018-19, a difficult period in his life where he dealt with the death of his mother and cousin.
“That day, James died two days before, my cousin. I was supposed to be at the funeral and I was at shootaround like ‘Damn, should I get on this flight or just play because if I get on this flight they gonna think I’m lying about people dying’, I ain’t want to play at all,” an emotional Beasley told Shannon Sharpe on the ‘Club Shay Shay’ podcast. “I didn’t want to play at all, they (Beasley’s teammates) was just laughing at me and sh***, they was just f*** laughing at me man, I was hot. I hated them.”
With his playing days now behind him, you can expect to see Beasley cheering on his son, Michael Beasley III at national powerhouse Archbishop Stepinac (N.Y.) next season.
As the former No. 2 overall pick of the Miami Heat in 2008, Michael Beasley’s playing career did not turn out the way he might have wanted it to.
However, he now has the opportunity to cheer on his son, a lefty scorer just like his father.
Stepinac has won a record four straight New York City Catholic League titles and will look for a fifth straight with Michael Beasley III on the roster.
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