What future for Malik Beasley in the NBA, a few days before the opening of the free agency ? Several franchises (the Magic, the Rockets and the Warriors) are already interested in his services, and now the Bleacher Report adds that the Bucks should have difficulty re-signing him this summer.
Suffice to say that a return from the rear to Milwaukee seems unlikely, coming off a season averaging 11.3 points, and 41% 3-point success. Performances which should allow him to earn more than the minimum salary over one year, which he had to be content with last summer, after a failed second part of the exercise with the Lakers in 2022/23.
Mainly renowned for his quality 3-point shooting (present in the Top 15 in volume and in the Top 25 in percentage this season), Malik Beasley however suffers in defense and his limitations – which ultimately cost him his starting place at the Bucks at the end of the year – have something to give potentially interested teams pause for thought. In particular the biggest teams in the league…
But the key to today's basketball remains spreading the play and hitting 3-pointers, and Malik Beasley has a role to play.
| Malik Beasley | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2016-17 | DEN | 22 | 8 | 45.2 | 32.1 | 80.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.8 |
| 2017-18 | DEN | 62 | 9 | 41.0 | 34.1 | 66.7 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.2 |
| 2018-19 | DEN | 81 | 23 | 47.4 | 40.2 | 84.8 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.3 |
| 2019-20 * | All Teams | 55 | 22 | 42.5 | 38.8 | 81.8 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.2 |
| 2019-20 * | DEN | 41 | 18 | 38.9 | 36.0 | 86.8 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 7.9 |
| 2019-20 * | MIN | 14 | 33 | 47.2 | 42.6 | 75.0 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 20.7 |
| 2020-21 | MIN | 37 | 33 | 44.0 | 39.9 | 85.0 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 19.6 |
| 2021-22 | MIN | 79 | 25 | 39.1 | 37.7 | 81.7 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12.1 |
| 2022-23 * | All Teams | 81 | 26 | 39.5 | 35.7 | 76.9 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 12.7 |
| 2022-23 * | UTH | 55 | 27 | 39.6 | 35.9 | 84.1 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 13.4 |
| 2022-23 * | LAL | 26 | 24 | 39.2 | 35.3 | 61.9 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 11.1 |
| 2023-24 | MIL | 79 | 30 | 44.3 | 41.3 | 71.4 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.3 |
| Total | 496 | 23 | 42.5 | 38.5 | 80.0 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 10.9 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
