Michael Beasley

Sources say the Lakers are intrigued about he possibility of acquiring Michael Beasley.

The Lakers could absorb Beasley due to their $8.9 million trade exception.

Sources say Minnesota is interested in trading Beasley, who has not matured as hoped while with the club.

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Apparently Timberwolves forward Michael Beasley was not the only NBA player who lost his cool in a summer game Thursday night.

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Beasley pushed a heckling fan in the face during a streetball game against Kevin Durant’s team in New York, but on the other side of the country, Los Angeles Lakers forward Matt Barnes’ victim was another player.

Barnes reportedly punched an opponent during a San Francisco Pro-Am game Thursday, according to San Francisco’s KGO TV.

“He elbowed me and pushed me, so he got one,” Barnes told ESPN.com college basketball writer Diamond Leung.

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Minnesota Timberwolves forward Michael Beasley was cited for marijuana possession and speeding in Minnetonka, Minnesota last week.

Beasley was pulled over on June 26 for speeding around 3 a.m. on Interstate 394 and Carlson Parkway.

He was clocked at 84 mph in a 65 mph zone.

Police also found 16.2 grams of marijuana in Beasley’s vehicle.

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Michael Beasley injured his left ankle for the third straight game on Tuesday against the Spurs and says he will give it time to heal.

Beasley turned the ankle Friday against Portland, aggravated it Sunday in San Antonio and then again in the final four minutes of Tuesday’s loss. He plans to give the ankle some rest before returning to action.

“I wasn’t 100 percent coming into the game, but I felt like I was good enough to play meaningful minutes,” Beasley said. “That’s the third game straight I stepped on somebody’s foot. It was just one of them things.”

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Kevin Love may be making the media rounds, but Michael Beasley is Minnesota’s go-to guy.

He has averaged 32.6 points a game — the most prolific five-game stretch in team history next only to Kevin Garnett’s 34.4 average in 2000 — since he and Jonny Flynn ordered room service at a Sacramento hotel nine days ago.

“We were talking about AAU ball, high school, about how it used to be,” Beasley said. “It was a long conversation and then there was an awkward moment for like three seconds and he just came out and said, ‘Man, you got to be that Mike Beasley that I remember growing up.’ ”

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While some predicted it would be the case, Michael Beasley went ahead and stated it over the weekend.

Before [Saturday night's 109-89 loss to Memphis], the board was filled with a checklist of items to remind Wolves players of their responsibilities.

Whatever game plan Wolves coach Kurt Rambis had intended was never executed, prompting claims from Rambis of a lack of professionalism in his players and an alarming assessment from a frustrated Michael Beasley.

“I feel like everything we’ve been working on since training camp went out the window tonight,” Beasley said. “As of right now, we’re the worst team in the NBA.”

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The Miami Heat quickly followed up their triumph in the LeBron James sweepstakes by finding a taker for Michael Beasley.

Heat agreed to a trade that will send Beasley to the Timberwolves, who can simply absorb Beasley into empty salary-cap space and furnish Miami with additional financial flexibility to continue the dramatic transformation of its roster.

To complete the trade, Minnesota must only part with a 2011 second-round pick to acquire Beasley. The teams have also agreed to a swap of unspecified future first-round picks.

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