Milwaukee Bucks 2016-17 Season Review: Michael Beasley

The Milwaukee Bucks were the most recent stop on Michael Beasley’s long pro career, and maybe the best one for Beas.

Milwaukee Bucks fans did not really know what to expect, or even think, when the news broke that the Bucks swapped Tyler Ennis for Michael Beasley. Ennis was a quietly solid point guard who didn’t seem to have the next gear in his game to really make a meaningful impact, but he was a fairly known commodity.

Beasley was … not that. After spending part of the NBA regular season in China, where he was fourth in both points and rebounds per game, Beas came back to the U.S. after the CBA season ended and spent 20 strong games with the Houston Rockets, who signed him through 2016-17 before dealing him for Ennis, who later ended up with the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Ennis actually ended up having a decent enough season statistically, although he only scored 10-plus points seven times, all of them in his stint with the Lakers. Those numbers are less impressive because they came in his L.A. stint–it’s easier to put up numbers on a bad team.

Beasley, on the other hand, scored in double figures in 25 of his 56 games with the Bucks. He was a potent option for Jason Kidd off of the bench, and he helped win some games for a team that ended up making a bit of noise in the playoffs. Great job on that trade, John Hammond.

To review Beas’ season, we’ll look through both the best and the worst of it, before checking out his best game of the season. Finally, to wrap up we’ll look at his summer focus and grade Beasley’s first season with the Milwaukee Bucks.