Malik Beasley

Malik JonMikal Beasley was born in Atlanta in 1996 to Michael and Deena Beasley. Michael played professional ball in Chile, the Domincan Republic and Puerto Rico. Beasley attended Saint Francis School in Georgia. As a junior, he led Saint Francis to the state championship. As a senior, he averaged 22.2 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 1.9 steals per game. Those impressive stats got Beasley named Georgia's Class 1A Player of the Year; he also made the All-State Class A First Team. Beasley attended Florida State for one year before declaring for the NBA draft. His grandfather, John Beasley, is a movie and TV actor who appeared in the movie "Rudy." Beasley is nicknamed "The Mutant." He goes by @Mbeasy5 on both Instagram and Twitter. It did not take Beasley long to establish himself as the go-to scorer for Florida State. In his lone season with the Seminoles, the Atlanta native scored at least 21 points in his first three games and reached the 20-point plateau in five of his first six contests. Despite Beasley's individual success, it was a rocky season for the team. The Seminoles lost their first three ACC games and endured a five-game losing streak as Beasley struggled with his shot. He was held to single-digit scoring three times during the streak. The 6-foot-5 guard closed the regular season with 20 points in a win over Syracuse and scored in double digits over four games in the ACC tournament and NIT combined. Over the season, he provided 15.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game while hitting 38.7 percent of his three-pointers. After the season, Beasley declared for the 2016 NBA Draft and was chosen by the Denver Nuggets with the 19th overall pick.