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2025 Free Agents - Malik Beasley

Beasley has established himself as one of the top shooters in the league. After hitting a very good 39% of his 3-pointers during his two and a half season stint in Minnesota from 2020-2022, Beasley starting increasing his volume with the Jazz, Lakers and Bucks, and now Pistons. Around 70% of Beasley's field goal attempts have been 3-pointers over the past four seasons. Beasley didn't shoot as well in '22-'23 for the Jazz and Lakers, hitting 36% of his attempts, but on high volume. He hit 41% from 3 in '23-'24 with the Bucks, and 42% from 3 in '24-'25 with the Pistons, on over nine attempts per game. While you never want a player to be too one-dimensional, Beasley taking more threes is probably good for him. He doesn't finish well at the rim, since he's not a super explosive athlete that can finish above the rim, and doesn't have a ton of craft to finish consistently below the rim. Beasley isn't a play-maker for others, putting up low assist rates consistently throughout his career. To his credit, he's not a one-dimensional shooter, as he can hit shots off movement, and is not just a stand-still spot-up shooter. He can take a couple dribbles, and has the pump-fake, sidestep three-pointer in his game. Defensively, Beasley has decent size for a wing, but at 6'5" he is better off defending guards and smaller wings rather than some of the bigger, stronger forwards. He moves his feet decently as an on-ball defender, but defense certainly isn't his strength. Beasley isn't a very disruptive defender, posting really low block rates and below-average steal rates for most of his career.    Beasley was a big reason why the Pistons had such a surprisingly good season, and was one of the best outside shooters in the game last season. He should continue to be a good rotation player for a long time as long as he continues to hit shot at a high rate and performs adequately as a defender. He struggled with the Lakers and fell out of the rotation completely in the 2023 playoffs, and ended up moving to the bench for the Bucks in 2024 once the games mattered the most, mostly because of his defensive deficiencies. He played his usual rotation minutes for the Pistons in the 2025 playoffs, although he only hit 33% of his 3s.

Summary

Beasley will be an unrestricted free agent with a $7.2 million cap hold and Non-Bird Rights. This means that the highest starting salary the Pistons could offer him using the Non-Bird Exception is $7.2 million. If that is not enough, the Pistons could use cap space or the Room MLE, if they operate under the cap, or their Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level Exception, if they operate over the cap to re-sign Beasley if he demands more than $7.2 million.  For other teams, if Beasley demands a starting salary of more than the full $14.1 million Non-Taxpayer Mid-Level Exception, only teams with cap space will be able to sign him. It's possible that Beasley could be signed for the full MLE or slightly less, meaning teams without cap space could sign him.

Cap Considerations

Buddy Hield (4 years, $36 million, 2024) Grayson Allen (4 years, $70 million, 2024) Donte DiVicenzo (4 years, $50 million, 2023)

Player/Contract Comparison

Potential Teams: Pistons, Magic, Clippers, Spurs, Raptors

Predicted Contract: 3-year, $44.4 million with the Pistons

Last updated: 6/24/2025

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