I feel like folks talked the same way about Jamal Crawford for a long while.
He does? My first reaction when I hear Jamaal Crawford is "Ricky Davis v.2" (a.k.a a ball hog that never met a shot he didn't like).
That's a fair description of Crawford -- doesn't make him dim. That's also a fair description of Beasley, I'd say. He just strikes me as lost.
Ricky is a guy who
did improve his team play in green, even if marginally. If Beasley could take the limited steps forward Ricky did, he'd be a far more palatable player.