Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 at 11:30 am  |  12 responses

Pat Riley Forces Beasley to Wear Knee Brace

Remember, Michael. Riley is in charge, and is (apparently) always watching: “After declaring he was done with his knee problem and the accompanying brace on Friday, Beasley not only was back in the brace by halftime of that night’s Rookie-Sophomore game, he was also in it for Monday’s practice. Beasley wants no part of the brace and feels that it is slowing him down at this point. The Heat believes he needs to protect his hyperextended knee for at least a few more games. The semi-power struggle played out behind the scenes during Friday’s game. Actually, it wasn’t a power struggle at all. The moment team president Pat Riley saw Beasley flying through the sky and dunking with naked knees, the call went out from and ultimately got to Sophomore team coach Patrick Ewing. Next thing we knew, Beas was bucking the brace request, until it became a brace demand. From what I understand, it was either a strap up or sit down proposition. Rightfully so.  ‘The man upstairs called Pat Ewing on me,’ a hilariously animated Beasley said Monday in jest. ‘I had no choice. When The Man makes the call, I had to do it.”‘

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  • slamfan4life Posted: Feb.16 at 11:36 am
    i thought the dude was smart and knew he should wear one…..oh wait

  • Eboy Posted: Feb.16 at 11:46 am
    Hmmmm……two games on the Heat’s schedule before the trade deadline? No further injury to a trade piece? Kneebracegate!!!!! I smell something fishy!

  • JoeMaMa Posted: Feb.16 at 11:53 am
    Patrick Ewing needs a head coaching job. Questions?

  • Cheryl Posted: Feb.16 at 12:10 pm
    Me, too, Eboy! And I’m betting he’ll be happy about a move. He’ll get to Phoenix and fall in love with Nash. Then Amar’e will not fall in love w/Alston-Chalmers-Arroyo and all will not be well in SoFla. All will not be well.

  • T-Money Posted: Feb.16 at 2:25 pm
    I’m losing faith in Beas. He’s just not professional enough.

  • The Philospoher Posted: Feb.16 at 4:01 pm
    Much respect to Riley for doing that. Someone has to be smart, because these guys for the most part don’t wear any kind of knee protection. Then they have knee injuries and everyone, especially the player, is at a loss. One could wonder if Oden regularly wore knee protection would he be this injured this often. Many of players.

  • onlyclipsfanonslam Posted: Feb.16 at 4:05 pm
    DIDN’T YOU LEARN ANYTHING FROM DERRICK COLEMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • The Philosopher Posted: Feb.16 at 4:06 pm
    It’s about time. From a business standpoint, you want to protect your assets. From a player’s standpoint, one might think it’s about protecting your career.

  • Marco Posted: Feb.16 at 6:59 pm
    Patrick Ewing has accomplished the remarkable feat of losing the rookie game with the sophomores.He doesn’t need an head coaching job

  • Sporting-Lisbon-Blazers Posted: Feb.16 at 9:56 pm
    lol at marco,PW took out westbrook when he got to 40 and a omeback was inevitable…

  • R1se Above All Posted: Feb.16 at 10:53 pm
    does anyone know wat brand of knee braces he wears?

  • James Posted: Feb.17 at 5:14 am
    Sometimes I just can’t believe this guy. He has all the talent in the world, he could be great! But he’s just to ”B’easy”. If that guy had a kobe drive, imagine what he could do. Such a waiste.

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