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Detroit Pistons 2019-20 preview: Michael Beasley’s profile

By David Borowicz

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 5: Michael Beasley #11 of the Los Angeles Lakers handles the ball against the Indiana Pacers on February 5, 2019 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - FEBRUARY 5: Michael Beasley #11 of the Los Angeles Lakers handles the ball against the Indiana Pacers on February 5, 2019 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 21: Michael Beasley #11 of the Los Angeles Lakers goes up for a dunk against the Golden State Warriors on January 21, 2019 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 21: Michael Beasley #11 of the Los Angeles Lakers goes up for a dunk against the Golden State Warriors on January 21, 2019 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images) /

Setting Beasley’s 2019-2020 Season Expectations

Realistically, what fans can expect from Beasley this season with the Pistons is somewhere in between his stint with the Lakers and his stint in China. It is unreasonable to expect that Beasley will be able to put up the sort of big numbers he put up while overseas in China.

Beasley is definitely capable of putting up big scoring games but to expect him to average 20 points per game for the season with the Pistons is putting way too much hope in him at this point his career.

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While he won’t play as large of a role as he did in China, Pistons fans can expect to see Beasley play a much more integral role for this Pistons team than he did for the Lakers. The Lakers were chalked full of talented forwards with LeBron James, Kyle Kuzma, and Brandon Ingram being just a few of the names. With so much talent on the wing there was not much room for Beasley to get playing time.

The Pistons are a completely different story. With the way the Pistons roster is constructed it would not be unreasonable to say Beasley could end up as the first small forward off the bench behind Tony Snell by season’s completion.

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The amount of time Beasley will spend on the floor is dependent on how well he can fulfill his role with the Pistons. What is that role you ask? Beasley’s role with the Pistons will be solely to get buckets.

Put plainly, the Pistons struggled to find scoring from their second unit once the starters rested last season. With the signing of Derrick Rose and the emergence of Luke Kennard those issues appear to be in the rear view mirror. Beasley would aid the bench scoring immensely by bringing another pure scorer off the bench. A bench unit of Markieff Morris, Rose, Kennard, and Beasley is leaps and bounds more respectable than the bench lineups the Pistons featured last season.

For the first time in what seems like a long time, it appears as if the Pistons have a solid bench unit to rely on for this upcoming season. Normally the issue with the Pistons is playing guys who do not deserve minutes. Now it seems as if the issue is finding minutes for all the guys who very well deserve to be on the floor. Casey will have his hands full juggling minutes for all these guys and it will be very exciting to see what he puts together.

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