Michael Beasley Took Improper Benefits as a Teenager? I’m Shocked
Nobody should be surprised when space cadet Michael Beasley is embroiled in some kind of scandal. From the Washington Post:
A Maryland-based sports agent and a youth basketball power broker conspired to foster a relationship with NBA player Michael Beasley from the time Beasley was 14 years old with the intent of securing the rights to represent him professionally, according to a civil suit filed by Beasley in Montgomery County Circuit Court.
A runner, an agent, Beasley’s mom, rent-paying … I could go on and on, but you should just read it yourself. The most interesting part? As Gary Parrish notes, three of the top four recruits from the class of 2007 have now been connected to some type of dirty recruiting: Derrick Rose’s SAT, OJ Mayo’s under-the-table payments, and now Beasley.
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October 27th, 2011 at 10:05 AM
Dirty recruiting? I don’t believe it. Fans only cheer for the jersey, not the players, so why would anyone care to cheat to get the players they desire?
October 27th, 2011 at 10:07 AM
if they had only paid him in high school…
October 27th, 2011 at 10:07 AM
the lack of captioning on that picture is quite disappointing.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:07 AM
and here I was thinking college basketball recruiting was clean. I’m so naive. I can’t believe this was happening in the world, and I just sat around oblivious, calling everybody’s dribbling skills a “handle” and hoping that players I liked would get some “burn.”
I’ve learned my lesson. From now on, expect the worst from black people.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:09 AM
So here is the question. Does Frank Martin and indirectly media fav Bob Huggins now get the Calipari treatment. Because, you know, they HAD TO KNOW. Just scathes me that Calipari is seen as a seemy personality while Pretty Boy Roy Williams, Coach K, et al get a complete pass in all of this by the media. Roy left Kansas on probation. K played Maggette. Complete double standard.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:11 AM
Fuck Calipari
October 27th, 2011 at 10:11 AM
nice question.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Coach K is the biggest asshole in all of college athletics.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:15 AM
#23 ranked in that class – Blake Griffin
October 27th, 2011 at 10:19 AM
Did anyone watch the Colbert Report last night?
October 27th, 2011 at 10:20 AM
no, but i’ll watch it this afternoon. funny? more frank luntz?
/please tell me there’s more frank luntz
October 27th, 2011 at 10:23 AM
I hate Duke basketball but don’t put Coach K in the same league as Calipari. Maggette was bad but Duke was really not very connected to it. Chris Duhon’s mom getting a sweetheart job is the story that people should know. However, Calipari has built this reputation as being this unbelievable recruiter and this ability to get kids to the pro’s on the back of his relationship with World Wide Wes. Just such a shady shady figure in the world of basketball. For the record I don’t think Calipari does anything dirty anymore. But he did to get where he is at. The college basketball fans that defend the Caliparis and Calhouns of the world are really sad.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:27 AM
The college basketball fans that defend the Caliparis and Calhouns of the world are really sad.
What do Roy Williams, Bob Huggins, Coach K, Calhoun, Calipari, Donovan, Matta, etc have in common? Everything……
October 27th, 2011 at 10:27 AM
If there’s a dirtier sport than college basketball, I don’t know what it is.
SG, I didn’t watch Colbert, but I finally caught up on Boardwalk Empire…kind of a gruesome episode this week.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:28 AM
Also as a UMD basketball fan I am very interested to see where new UMD assistant coach Dalonte Hill ends up in this whole saga. He was an assistant to Frank Martin at KSU and also was involved in the DC Assault program. He was basically the guy who got Beasely to play at KSU. Whether he is involved in this mess or not the Post is going to be all over him.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:29 AM
He had on a guy who wrote a book about paying college football players. He was a complete moron. I thought he might be the sousedinbergin guy that comments here.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:29 AM
Agreed, seeing Shooter McGavin get blown was unsettling
October 27th, 2011 at 10:30 AM
I think watching that knowing a character was going to get got made it more intense.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:32 AM
I don’t blame KSU for taking Beasely. He made their program relevent for a bit and made the university some money. Really, fuck the NCAA rules. However, Beasely is one of the dumbest athletes ever to play in the Big 12. Space cadet doesn’t even come close to how low his IQ is.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:33 AM
I can’t believe John Diebler didn’t get drafted. That cat is money.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:34 AM
ooo…salacious.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:34 AM
complete moron. I thought he might be the sousedinbergin guy that comments here.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/picable/2009/07/26/1205361_Really-CUTE-Puppies_620.jpg
You try to have a good day.
/Canadian’d
October 27th, 2011 at 10:34 AM
Calhoun and Calipari are on another level. Look I fucking hate Duke basketball and would love to throw Coach K under the bus but Calipari is on another level. He left Memphis when the writing was on the wall that he was in trouble and moved to UK. He also had a guy William Wesley whose relationships with agents, high school players, NBA players, and Calipari was so shady that Henry Abbot at TrueHoop basically built a side career reporting on Wesley’s connections.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:35 AM
I think watching that knowing a character was going to get got made it more intense.
Agreed. The scene with Harrow in the woods was very intense. I kept waiting for it to happen…and then a dog shows up. Great scene.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:37 AM
Yeah he did! Portland.
I can’t believe Lighty didn’t get drafted, but he’ll find a spot somewhere and stick.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:37 AM
I think watching that knowing a character was going to get got made it more intense.
Agreed. The scene with Harrow in the woods was very intense. I kept waiting for it to happen…and then a dog shows up. Great scene.
After the episode was over, I had to go back and play Where’s Waldo, with Dominic Chianese. I didn’t see him the first time through.
I liked the dog thing though, and the bite marks remaining a thing later.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:38 AM
Love Colbert. Dude is so good with his character.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Really? He was the first person I saw when Nucky was giving his speech!
October 27th, 2011 at 10:39 AM
He left Memphis when the writing was on the wall that he was in trouble and moved to UK.
Cal left Memphis becasue Kentucky was a LOT better job. He had been lobbying for it for years. Don’t let facts get in the way of a good narrative.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:39 AM
Testing to see if I am going to get moderated again.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:39 AM
SG
Did you get the feeling like Colbert didn’t agree with the guy about paying players?
October 27th, 2011 at 10:40 AM
The scene with Harrow in the woods was very intense. I kept waiting for it to happen…
you didn’t really think a character who got developed that much would just die and disappear in the woods, right?
It’s like thinking Juice actually hung himself to death in that other stupid show. You know the one where he jumped out of a tree with a chain around his neck, got hung briefly by the neck (and all that that entails) before the tree limb broke, and walked away, keeping his (integral to the season) story alive.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:40 AM
Rusty
Do you expect huge years from Amir Williams and D Thomas?
October 27th, 2011 at 10:40 AM
Really? He was the first person I saw when Nucky was giving his speech!
i didn’t know to be looking for him. I was probably obsessively playing blackjack.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:41 AM
What? Was he at the party or something?
The Richard Harrow stuff was awesome. Really glad those rednecks gave him a pep talk or at least a ‘Dont shoot yourself in my woods talk’
October 27th, 2011 at 10:42 AM
that head-bashing scene in the garage was straight outta Irreversible
October 27th, 2011 at 10:42 AM
btw…that dog was fucking awesome. what was it? looked like a german shepherd with a brindle coat. dutch shepherd? it looked awesome with the scars on its face too…hella authentic. wonder if those were real scars because it was an actual hunting dog.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:42 AM
All the Walking Dead talk has finally gotten to me. It’s on Netflix, so tonight I have appointment viewing.
/fingers crossed
October 27th, 2011 at 10:43 AM
yysa that was a great scene, and my kids got to see what roast squirrel looks like
October 27th, 2011 at 10:43 AM
you didn’t really think a character who got developed that much would just die and disappear in the woods, right?
For a moment, yes. The guy had a gun in his mouth and was about to pull the trigger. I can see now, in hindsight, why they didn’t kill him off…but at that moment, I did think that there was a good chance of it.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:44 AM
He’s the dude with the mutton chops on the Council of Elders that’s bugging Jimmy for the $70K
October 27th, 2011 at 10:44 AM
you didn’t really think a character who got developed that much would just die and disappear in the woods, right?
I thought in line with his character he would not turn back after making that decision, it took a dog to stop him. Characters get killed all the time on HBO shows, I was probably preparing for the worst assuming he’d pull the trigger.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:44 AM
that head-bashing scene in the garage was straight outta Irreversible
Eli is coming apart at the seams. I can’t say I’m surprised that Nucky told him to fuck off. Eli isn’t trustworthy at all anymore.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:44 AM
Yeah definitely. Especially when the guy made his serf comment.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:45 AM
harrow’s gonna get it on w/ jimmy’s wife
and vega….are you the last netflix customer?
October 27th, 2011 at 10:46 AM
“but Calipari has never been convicted of anything!!!!1!!”
/Vitale
//still don’t understand why he defends him so much
October 27th, 2011 at 10:46 AM
maybe. kids use it too much to shut it down. i rarely watch anything there.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:47 AM
You realize that the majority of us hate the show and only watch it so we can come here and pick it apart, right?
October 27th, 2011 at 10:47 AM
I still have netflix. When my niece or nephew come over it is always nice to have all those kids shows at a moments notice. Also because I am too lazy to cancel it.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:47 AM
harrow’s gonna get it on w/ jimmy’s wife
And Jimmy is going to get it on with his mother while his wife watches.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:48 AM
Eli is coming apart at the seams. I can’t say I’m surprised that Nucky told him to fuck off. Eli isn’t trustworthy at all anymore.
and one more thing….get on your fucking knees and kiss my feet! nucky fights like a pussy tho
October 27th, 2011 at 10:48 AM
Characters get killed all the time on HBO shows,
nobody ever suicides in the deep, deep woods after having their picture painted while giving 6 tons of expository monologue, and later, having their only friend tell his wife that even he doesn’t understand him.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:48 AM
having a three yr old that needs enormous amounts of Caillou episodes has forced my hand.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:48 AM
I can’t stand Eli. I hope he gets killed soon. He’s such a pussy.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:49 AM
Oh okay. Guess we will be seeing more of him. Shows need more scalping. That was enjoyable.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:50 AM
I can’t stand Eli. I hope he gets killed soon. He’s such a pussy.
Agreed. He plays the part of the whiny younger brother with an inferiority complex well.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:50 AM
Because Cal is a huge V Foundation donor. Vitale will never bad mouth anyone that gives money to his pet project.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:51 AM
Shows need more scalping.
it needs some interracial sex, and it needs some fratricide. And more of that hot Irish maid. Oh, and Paz de la Huerta to get shot squarely in the face.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:51 AM
nucky fights like a pussy tho
Nucky hasn’t had to get into fisticuffs with anyone since he was probably a kid. He pays people to do that now.
And yes, I can now agree with YYSA and spencer and whoever else said it earlier this week: Katy has nice boobs.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:51 AM
the “paisan” factor?
October 27th, 2011 at 10:51 AM
So I’ve heard (seen?). But I totally sleep on zombies as a viable monster, so I need to get up to speed on what makes them tough. Anything I can outrun does not concern me.
And people pick apart everything, gotta see for myself.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:51 AM
Look, I understand that there has to be scapegoats so everyone can feel good about the college basketball game. The fact is it is ALL dirty. They ALL play the game. But who is to blame is left to media narrative.
As far as Calipari is concerned, at this point if you are an elite player the question is why would you go any place else?
October 27th, 2011 at 10:52 AM
Shows need more scalping.
it needs some interracial sex, and it needs some fratricide. And more of that hot Irish maid. Oh, and Paz de la Huerta to get shot squarely in the face.
/I’m going to build a time machine, and go back to when moderation was underage, and molest it
October 27th, 2011 at 10:52 AM
Agreed
October 27th, 2011 at 10:52 AM
Or at least I can join in the hating. Either way I win.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:53 AM
boardwalk needs more dutch shepherds.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:53 AM
There is no way Jimmy’s wife sleeps with Harrow unless he rapes her which is even less likely.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:54 AM
it needs some interracial sex, and it needs some fratricide. And more of that hot Irish maid. Oh, and Paz de la Huerta to get shot squarely in the face.
I agree with all of this.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:54 AM
vega, ugh on caillou. of all the kids shows, that is the worst. sorry you have to go through that
October 27th, 2011 at 10:55 AM
There is no way Jimmy’s wife sleeps with Harrow unless he rapes her which is even less likely.
I don’t know, the writers are building some major tension between them. I can see it evolving into something more than just a shared interest in drawing.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:55 AM
jimmy and nucky team up again and kill eli…holding the same gun at the same time. then they high five.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:56 AM
jimmy bangs farrow in the eye hole.
/said what YYSA was thinking
October 27th, 2011 at 10:56 AM
jimmy and nucky team up again and kill eli…holding the same gun at the same time. then they high five.
only it’s not a gun, it’s chalky white’s weenie!
October 27th, 2011 at 10:56 AM
I’m on your side on this one. I think they will do it.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:57 AM
I am completely uninterested in Paz and the baby and her baby daddy.
Margaret needs to make up her mind – Either stop doing bad things to help Nucky or shut the fuck up about the way her life is now that she’s dating and aiding a criminal.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:57 AM
I’m too far removed from the recruits to know anything about Amir. CursedCleveland knows them well, though.
I think Thomas is a lottery pick, if he’d ever start banging down low and fighting for boards, but he’s too content to jack 3s. I think he’ll be much better than last year, at the very elast.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:57 AM
I’m on your side on this one. I think they will do it.
he almost beat his wife to death for banging a chick last year.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:58 AM
Dear God, I hate that show
October 27th, 2011 at 10:58 AM
and i bet it comes to a head once farrow does something huge like kill owen or eli or the commodore or some shit.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:59 AM
Margaret needs to make up her mind – Either stop doing bad things to help Nucky or shut the fuck up about the way her life is now that she’s dating and aiding a criminal.
Her lack of empathy is retarded. She even told the servants she used to be a servant, and now she’s stealing from them.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:59 AM
I would like to see Richard and Chalky work together on some killings. One being black and one being deformed in those times should make for a great friendship. But who knows, maybe Richard has a ‘I’d rather have a hole in my face than be of the dark race’ hood in his closet.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:59 AM
seriously…i was pretty disappointed when more didn’t come out of her saving nucky. i thought it was going to be the beginning of ruthless margaret.
October 27th, 2011 at 10:59 AM
Margaret needs to make up her mind – Either stop doing bad things to help Nucky or shut the fuck up about the way her life is now that she’s dating and aiding a criminal.
Well said. Fucking Margaret. Just as she starts to build some credibility with me, she has to go and be whiny about the lifestyle she willingly joined.
October 27th, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Well, they’re obviously building something between Jimmy’s wife and Harrow…what’s the purpose there?
October 27th, 2011 at 11:01 AM
he almost beat his wife to death for banging a chick last year.
Maybe they do it, Jimmy starts to beat her, Harrow comes in and shoots Jimmy?
Too drastic?
October 27th, 2011 at 11:01 AM
Well, they’re obviously building something between Jimmy’s wife and Harrow…what’s the purpose there?
so that when he kills himself dead in the woods, 30 miles away, they can show her frowning.
/YYSA’d
October 27th, 2011 at 11:03 AM
wait, that’s supposed to be an ms621.
You assholes both needs better handles.
October 27th, 2011 at 11:03 AM
ah, that makes sense then.
October 27th, 2011 at 11:05 AM
She would be smiling! because she saw a bird with mangled wing out her window and the bird looked at her for just a second and magically flied away. She would know then that Richard was in a better place.
/shakes fist at dirt
October 27th, 2011 at 11:05 AM
Her lack of empathy is retarded. She even told the servants she used to be a servant, and now she’s stealing from them.
Is she trying to accumulate money to run away? Also she seemed unconcerned that the guy who is helping to raise her kids purposely got himself accused of transporting whores across state lines.
October 27th, 2011 at 11:05 AM
The stuff with Harrow is to show how much he envies Jimmy even though Jimmy is miserable and hates his life. Jimmy needs to get some shit going with Chicago. Trying to take over Nucky’s territory is a stupid plan. He should be in competition with Nucky, not trying to steal from Nucky.
October 27th, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Williams may start, but his impact will be mostly defensive. OSU will need him to protect the rim.
Thomas has lost 12 lbs and improved his vertical, which will be necessary for him to be successful inside. I keep hearing that he has improved his basketball IQ, which means that he doesn’t shoot every time he touches it!
Sounds like the freshmen are all very good. Add in Sibert and Smith, who saw very little time last year because of the marathon men, Diebler and Lighty, in front of them, and OSU is way deeper than they have been in… forever.
But, make no question, it’s Sully and Buford’s team. They will lead them well!
October 27th, 2011 at 11:06 AM
She would be smiling! because she saw a bird with mangled wing out her window and the bird looked at her for just a second and magically flied away. She would know then that Richard was in a better place.
Ha.
October 27th, 2011 at 11:06 AM
magically flied away.
I have a nice safe place. I’m putting this there.
October 27th, 2011 at 11:08 AM
The stuff with Harrow is to show how much he envies Jimmy even though Jimmy is miserable and hates his life. Jimmy needs to get some shit going with Chicago. Trying to take over Nucky’s territory is a stupid plan. He should be in competition with Nucky, not trying to steal from Nucky.
Jimmy is ruled almost completely by his mother, especially since he’s left Nucky’s patronage. He resents his surroundings because he knows he’s a capable person, but that he’s also susceptible to follow someone rather than to go out on his own.
October 27th, 2011 at 11:09 AM
then they high five.
and the show ends with that freeze frame!
/80s TV
October 27th, 2011 at 11:09 AM
Walked into that one.
October 27th, 2011 at 11:10 AM
I think she’s accumulating money because she thinks Nucky is going to go broke, get killed, or go to jail, and she’ll end up poor and homeless.
October 27th, 2011 at 11:10 AM
Jimmy is ruled almost completely by his mother
Gretchen Mol is gross. The person, not the character. I just have no interest in any of what Gretchen Mol does with that character, because I hate looking at her, and listening to her.
October 27th, 2011 at 11:11 AM
They’ll really miss Lighty. Could bite them against a team with an NBA swing man. Luckily, there aren’t many of those teams.
October 27th, 2011 at 11:14 AM
idk, dirt, when she was doing that laughable dance number for the commodore, that ass and those breasts compensate for that weird incest thing she has going on
October 27th, 2011 at 11:15 AM
idk, dirt, when she was doing that laughable dance number for the commodore, that ass and those breasts compensate for that weird incest thing she has going on
Her character is messed up in the head. It’s like she’s still 12 years old at times.
October 27th, 2011 at 11:20 AM
It’s like she’s still 12 years old at times.
12 is when her development stopped as that’s when the Commodore raped her and eventually impregnated her.
October 27th, 2011 at 12:30 PM
I’m shocked, shocked to find out that gambling is going on here!
/ Pockets winnings, walks out