MIAMI HEAT RESIGN - MICHAEL BEASLEY - ALL-MET ELITE

MIAMI HEAT

 RESIGN 

 MICHAEL BEASLEY 

 ALL-MET ELITE

OAK HILL ACADEMY
MOUTH OF WILSON VA.

 

The young forward is back with the Heat, signing a contract on Wednesday that will give him another chance to prove he belongs in the NBA.

"Michael had the best years of his career with us," Heat president Pat Riley said. "

 

We feel that he can help us. Yahoo! Sports reported on Saturday that the Heat were interested in bringing Beasley back, and the team quickly and emphatically denied that a reunion was in the cards. Four days later, the deal was done, and Beasley will be in training camp with the two-time defending NBA champions on Oct. 1.

 It took some doing on Beasley's side to make the Heat offer become reality. A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that the team initially had no interest in bringing Beasley back, then was swayed after the former Kansas State star offered to accept a non-guaranteed contract. That's what it took for the Heat to "give him a shot," said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because neither side had released specific details of the talks.

 

He's the latest entry in the low-risk, potentially high-reward moves the Heat have made in the past year, first signing Chris Andersen this past January and seeing him become an important part of the rotation on the way to the second straight title. Miami also signed Greg Oden to a veterans' minimum deal this summer, the same sort of deal that Beasley is getting from the club.