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Michael Beasley says everyone needs to chill out over Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro heated altercation in Las Vegas ... 'cause the former NBA hooper says teammates scrappin' ain't anything new! TMZ Sports caught up with the former number 2 overall pick at LAX on Monday, and we asked him about the biggest story in the NBA. "Brothers wrastle all the time. Sometimes it goes too far," MB told us. But, doesn't (allegedly) throwing punches go too far, we asked. "Brothers play too rough sometimes. That's all," Beasley responded.
Chris Haynes: BIG3 News: Miami 305 stars Michael Beasley and Lance Stephenson will be suspended one game each for their altercations during Saturday’s contest against the LA Riot, sources tell me.
Chris Haynes: To ensure Miami has four minimum required players available, Lance Stephenson will serve his suspension Week 2 in Detroit and Micheal Beasley will serve his Week 3 in Miami.
Lance Stephenson can scrap a little bit. On Saturday night, Stephenson squared off with Michael Beasley in the co-main event of Brand Risk 14, Adin Ross’ influencer fight promotion. The two former NBA players have some personal history, competing against each other for years on the basketball court, but in the ring, it only lasted for 90 seconds, as Stephenson ran Beasley over. Beasley clearly had some experience training his boxing and came out with a long jab, but Stephenson ducked inside, grabbed a body lock and dumped Beasley to the mat quickly. From there, Beasley tried for a guillotine choke unsuccessfully. Stephenson broke free and Beasley then gave up his back, allowing Stephenson to lock in a rear-naked choke. Beasley tapped moments later, clearly untrained on the ground.
Fullcourtpass: Lance Stephenson made Michael Beasley tap out.
Lance Stephenson made Michael Beasley tap out pic.twitter.com/djbNxDrfFm
— Fullcourtpass (@Fullcourtpass) May 24, 2026
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Heat Central: Michael Beasley says things were never the same after Pat Riley took LeBrons cookies. “Spo and Riley tried to swing their d*cks. I seen it. I’m just watching. Spo and Riley tried to take his cookies and didn’t tell him. I’m pretty sure if they would’ve went to him like a man, it maybe would’ve been a different story. But he personally brings those cookies himself. That’s the part of the story they not telling…. That boy stood up like Thanos… He stood up and yelled… That’s the first time I seen the whole organization get scared. From that point on they tip toed around him. They knew he was out” (Via @ClubShayShay)
Alex B.: Such a sad & F’d up story about Michael Beasley’s time on the Lakers. Multiple deaths in his family at once & nobody was there for him. They laughed at him when he did dumb stuff while grieving (including LeBron). Only guy that tried to help was Josh Hart. “LeBron James and Magic Johnson were laughing, too.” - Michael Beasley
The HEAT Realm: Michael Beasley addresses the rumors of his 1v1s against LeBron James in practice during their time in Miami “The story was told wrong. I used to guard him in practice and I used to 94 foot this n**** just because I wanted to him make him better…one day it was mid season — he was just tired, he wasn’t scared of me, we weren’t playing 1 on 1…I was going to guard him 94 feet — I didn’t give a f*ck about the tired sh*t…so I get down to guard him and Bron yells at the top of his lungs ‘Mario Chalmers is guarding me today’…the reporter that told the story — he’s there all the time…he don’t know Bron tired — all he sees is Bron don’t want Michael Beasley to guard him and that’s the story he ran with…I was depressed so I let the story run.” (via @ClubShayShay)
Michael Beasley addresses the rumors of his 1v1s against LeBron James in practice during their time in Miami👀
— The HEAT Realm (@WadexFlash) April 22, 2026
“The story was told wrong. I used to guard him in practice and I used to 94 foot this n**** just because I wanted to him make him better…one day it was mid season — he… pic.twitter.com/38r90IiMc2
Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson: People on the outside often think you and Michael Beasley have beef, but the reality is the opposite. What’s the truth there? Lance Stephenson: Michael Beasley? Man, we grew up together. We spent years playing against each other and playing on the same teams. But when you’re playing one-on-one, all that “friends” stuff goes out the window.
Ivica Zubac: It was the third year. I finished my first season strong, played pretty well. Then Magic Johnson came to the team. Before Summer League, they told me I had to be Summer League MVP. If not, they’d be disappointed. I wasn’t MVP. Q. You weren’t? Zubac: No. We won the Summer League. I played well, but not MVP. That team was loaded. The best team in Summer League history. Me, Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart, Kyle Kuzma, Alex Caruso, Thomas Bryant was coming off the bench. Seven or eight legit NBA guys. How can you be MVP on that team? Sometimes you can’t even get the ball. We won it all. Summer League ends. The season starts soon. Two weeks before the season, they sign Andrew Bogut. Magic Johnson calls me in. Says I didn’t improve all summer. “You didn’t improve. You won’t play.” Camp hadn’t even started. And he’s telling me I won’t play. I’m thinking, I stayed all summer, didn’t play for the national team. All summer in L.A. with my trainers. Strength coach, skill coach, did everything they wanted. What else could I do? If I didn’t improve, that’s on you. Second season, I barely played at all. Third season starts, they sign JaVale McGee. He’s the starter, no other real center. Michael Beasley plays backup center.
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During that 2018-19 Lakers season, things were looking bright until LeBron James went down with a groin injury. Do you think that squad was talented enough to make the Finals if everyone had stayed healthy? Brandon Ingram: [Laughs]. I don’t know if we would’ve made the Finals, but I will say we were a very talented team. We had our young core in their second and third years—Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart, Kyle Kuzma, Ivica Zubac. We had LeBron, Rondo, and Michael Beasley. It was a smart group. We would have had a chance, but we were also pretty inexperienced. I’m not sure about the Finals, but we were definitely talented enough to make a real run in the playoffs.
Q. You averaged 30 in the NBA. I'm going to be straight with you: You supposed to still be there. Michael Beasley: My body thinks so. But then, everything happens for a reason. Lately, I just been trying to not even figure out, just accept that reason. Just living in my emotions trying to figure those out. But I think if I was supposed to, I would be there. And not to like hurt nobody's feelings or not to say that I don't want to be there or not to say that, we about to go hoop right now. Q. You still get to hoop. Beasley: Yeah. I love hooping. But it's just, how long I am supposed to stand outside in your yard with the mariachi band?
Michael Beasley: He was my first real, real, real friend. He was my first, like first real friend. I just knew he was going to be KD. I ain't knew Kevin Durant was going to be on our shoes, I just knew he was going to be KD. I got an intuition like that. And it's like I can see sh*t before it happens, but I don't know if it's going to be good or bad. So like most time I just shut my mouth.
Michael Beasley: Everybody looked at me every time like I'm high. Now I'm back pissing every Monday. Back pissing every Monday from 21 to 25 years old. And this why I hate the world cuz like from 21 to 25, I couldn't smoke a black amount. And every lap, ‘he high’, ‘he this, he that’. Everything I didn't do good, ‘he was high’. Everything I did wrong, ‘he was high’. He was high. He was high. Was high. It's like if I was high, I'd be in jail right now. Real sh*t, for four years. That's why like as soon as I turned 25, I picked that sh*t up(smoking marijuana) and I ain't never put it down again. It's like f*ck that. Y'all going to say I'm damned if I do, damned if I don't. And the world never got that.