Michael Beasley Invited to Miami Heat Training Camp? NBA News & Rumors Here!

Michael Beasley is now an unrestricted free agent after being cut from the Miami Heat.

The second overall draft pick of the 2008 NBA Draft has said his goodbye to the same ballclub that drafted him in his rookie year.

But is this really the last we have seen of Beasley in a Heat uniform?

It is a known fact that the Heat are a bit strapped when you think about the salary budget Pat Riley has to work with. However, there is a chance he could suit up again after about six to eight months unless some other team ends up signing the former Kansas State University stalwart.

Beasley has been in and out of the Miami squad three times already and many feel that a fourth one is not farfetched.

But for the meantime and unless another NBA team would show interest in him, Beasley has already made mention before that he could likely take his act to China for the time-being until he gets recalled in South Beach.

As far as Miami is concerned, the club continues to do the necessary steps to somehow work around the impending luxury tax penalties. Apparently, the team found itself in this situation after offering Goran Dragic and Dwyane Wade their lucrative deals.

The decision of the Heat is of course not surprising and is certainly not the last. There are still some players that they are reportedly putting up for trade. That includes Mario Chalmers and Chris Andersen.

Andersen could be following the footsteps of Beasley soon, seeing that his $5 million deal could be too much to carry. The Birdman is likely to end up a fifth stringer in the forward rotation and paying the 36-year-old veteran that much seems a bit too steep.

Beasley was supposed to earn $1.27 million next season, according to CBS Sports, and it is a far cry from Andersen’s $5 million paycheck.

As for Chalmers, it remains to be seen if any team would be interested in picking them up. Chalmers is set to earn $4.3 million for next season. The likely scenario for Chalmers is that he may be traded for at least a second round draft pick.

Despite not picking up the option on Beasley, the Heat could invite the forward to camp, Jason Lieser of Palm Beach Post wrote.

Seeing the likelihood of him returning once more somewhere in the coming season, an invite to training camp could do well to keep their relationship intact and add more players to help coach Erik Spoelstra when it comes to practices and scrimmages.