Michael Beasley entered a rehabilitation centre.

[rapz]

MIAMI -- Michael Beasley told his personal manager several days ago that he was working out in Houston because it brought "a change of scenery" from Miami and Washington.

What happened next is a mystery, even to those who know Beasley best.

The Miami Heat forward checked into a Houston rehabilitation facility last week and is being treated for various issues, including depression, a person briefed on the situation told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of privacy concerns, and could not say whether the other issues included drug or alcohol treatment.

"Based on what I'm getting right now, there's a bit of concern," Bruce Shingler, Beasley's manager, told The AP in a telephone interview. "I don't really know what's going on. I just know his mom is on her way to go see him in Houston. That's it. I'm still collecting a lot of information."

It's unknown how long Beasley will remain at the facility, or whether he will be available when the Heat open training camp on Sept. 28.



Michael Beasley
#30 PF
Miami Heat
2009 STATS

GM
81 PPG
13.9 RPG
5.4 APG
1.0 FG%
.472 FT%
.772
Shingler also said he wasn't sure how long Beasley has been in Houston, or specifically why that was his destination.

Yahoo! Sports first reported that Beasley had entered a rehab facility.

"From what I know, he was just getting ready for the upcoming season," Shingler said. "The last time I talked to him, everything was going well. All this rehab and all that, I was totally unaware. It all started as he wanted to go work out in a different place because he wanted to get away. Now this, I don't know what's going on."

The spiral appears to have started in earnest Friday, when a photo of the No. 2 pick in the 2008 NBA draft was posted to his Twitter account. In the photo Beasley displayed a new tattoo across his shoulders, and the image also captured what appeared to be a small plastic bag on an adjacent table. The contents of the bag were unclear.

Under the NBA's anti-drug rules, there are some instances in which a player who comes forward voluntarily to request help with a substance-abuse issue is not penalized as harshly as a player who randomly tests positive and is thereby forced to enter the treatment program. The NBA never discloses who is in its drug treatment program.

But that punishment mitigation does not extend to players who are already in the program, as Beasley was widely assumed to be after his expulsion from the rookie orientation program.

Beasley was already getting treatment when the photograph -- and several comments, including "Feelin like it's not worth livin!!!!!!! I'm done" and "I feel like the whole world is against me I can't win for losin" -- were posted on the feed.

Beasley's account has since been closed. Another account he used was shut down July 27.


“
What Michael Jr. is going [through] is just a bump on the road we call life. Please pray for him, he needs it.

”
-- Michael Beasley Sr.,
via his Twitter feed

"What Michael Jr. is going [through] is just a bump on the road we call life," said a posting Monday on Michael Beasley Sr.'s Twitter feed. "Please pray for him, he needs it."

A phone call to Beasley Sr.'s home in Bowie, Md., went unanswered.

Beasley finished his rookie season as Miami's second-leading scorer behind Dwyane Wade, averaging 13.9 points and 5.4 rebounds. He spent much of the year as a reserve, and both Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and team president Pat Riley talked often this summer about utilizing Beasley more this coming season at small forward and power forward.

"Beas, we hope that we're going to see a lot of him at the 3 spot," Riley said in a conference call with the team's beat writers earlier this month.

At times this past season, Beasley's immaturity was of some concern to teammates. He typically laughed off such criticism, saying he was young and acting accordingly.

"The guy's got a lot of talent," Wade told The AP during a July conversation on a number of topics, including Beasley's potential. "I can't wait to see what he does with it. He's 20 years old. I'd love to see it all come together this year."

Beasley's second season, much like his first pro year, is off to an ominous start.

Beasley was fined $50,000 by the NBA in September after security officers at the league's rookie symposium detected the scent of marijuana in a hotel room occupied by Beasley, Mario Chalmers, Darrell Arthur and two women. Chalmers and Arthur were fined $20,000; Beasley drew the stiffer fine for at first trying to hide his presence from NBA officials.

Beasley told The AP in January that there were times during his first six months as a professional that he felt "everyone was against me" and that many things "get blown out of proportion" -- referring specifically to the rookie symposium incident.

He spent one season at Kansas State before entering the draft, averaging 26.2 points and 12.4 rebounds in his lone college year.

"As a rule, I do not comment about the private lives of my student-athletes, either current or former," Kansas State coach Frank Martin said in a statement. "However, Michael, like every student-athlete I've coached, will always have my undying support."

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[Valkyrie]

Not suprised. No wonder Wade wasn't happy with him, time to go get rid of him, i like Chamlers over Beasley, Chalmers played like a true professional last year. The sad part is Beasley has all the talent in the world but he needs to just grow up.

[teee]

Not suprised. No wonder Wade wasn't happy with him, time to go get rid of him, i like Chamlers over Beasley, Chalmers played like a true professional last year. The sad part is Beasley has all the talent in the world but he needs to just grow up.

he has a serious illness dude, he doesnt need to grow up...

[o canada]

he has a serious illness dude, he doesnt need to grow up...

from what I have read the only serious illness he has is that he smokes way too much dope. I guess at this point nobody really knows though, maybe he does suffer from depression, I certainly don't know.

[deejay-8]

Not surprising something would happen after the posts he made on twitter before pulling his account.

[Mike]

I hope he gets straitened out. Its shitty to see someone that young flush their career down the drain.

[teee]

from what I have read the only serious illness he has is that he smokes way too much dope. I guess at this point nobody really knows though, maybe he does suffer from depression, I certainly don't know.

he basically wrote he was gonna kill himself and now he's entered in a rehab center, whether he smokes a ton of weed or not doesn't change those facts.

[rapz]

he basically wrote he was gonna kill himself and now he's entered in a rehab center, whether he smokes a ton of weed or not doesn't change those facts.

it might not change those facts, but according to the video that was on the espn link, him checking into rehab was not about his depression but rather smoking weed.

but by no means im i saying this situation can't turn out to be about his depression after all...wat he said on his twitter page was pretty wierd, but all we can do now is wait till they update on the situation.

[teee]

Whether he was depressed due to the dope he was smoking or not, the Dude needed serious help and has a major problem

[T]

Whether he was depressed due to the dope he was smoking or not, the Dude needed serious help and has a major problem

i respect that. He will get the best help availible if he wants it because he has shit loads of money. It's sad a lot of people don't have that opportunity.

There are three things people get depressed about in life.

1. Their Job
2. Money
3. Sex Life.

if you are happy with those three things amounts (which beasley is, I am assuming) life becomes a hell of a lot easier. Geez i know people that have had a crap child hood, being beaten or abused but in adulthood they have had those 3 things covered and are healthy happy human beings.

If he needs help for drug addiction so be it. But don't go palying the depression card mr. million dollar -pro athlete- that gets laid 30 times a week

[nbaqueen]

i respect that. He will get the best help availible if he wants it because he has shit loads of money. It's sad a lot of people don't have that opportunity.

There are three things people get depressed about in life.

1. Their Job
2. Money
3. Sex Life.

if you are happy with those three things amounts (which beasley is, I am assuming) life becomes a hell of a lot easier. Geez i know people that have had a crap child hood, being beaten or abused but in adulthood they have had those 3 things covered and are healthy happy human beings.

If he needs help for drug addiction so be it. But don't go palying the depression card mr. million dollar -pro athlete- that gets laid 30 times a week

i disagree.

for some sure what your saying might work.

but even though we see the lives as NBA players as amazing, were often wrong. it can be a hard life to live

i mean they're never home ever always travelling even on holidays, tey train 24 hours, workign out, eating right, watching tapes. they get chewed up and spit out by the media if they have a bad game, and b/c he's beasley and there were high expectations for him coming in the league, he has a tough job because he needs to reach thse expectations. Also they dont have any real friends. they're not around their family. and he's only 20 years old i mean that's a lot to handle.

especially the fact the last two things no friends and far away from family.
when you're famous most ppl around you only want soemthing from you and that sucks.

now, i'm not a doctor but i'm pretty sure depression can also be an imbalance in your brain, like a chemical one or hormonal ii'm not exactly sure. so his depression could vvery well be just that an imbalnce of somesort.



Also i get how a good job, money and a sex life can help ppl, but that all really superficial. Money can buy a lot of thingy but as corny as this sounds i dont think that it can neccessairly buy happiness.
I mean look at Michael Jackson he had all the money in the world,(maybe not all b/c he was in serous debt) but he had it all but he was really lonely, /c the pp around him wanted him for their own benefits.
i think it's having ppl around you that keeps a person sane!

so w/e your in rehab for beasley, get better!
...just saying i never met anyone addicted to dope.