3. He has some playoff experience
The Lakers will be relying plenty upon their young guys to make the difference between them just barely making the playoffs and making a deep playoff run that could, if things go their way, could even lead to the NBA Finals. Youth alone doesn’t win in the NBA, and it really helps to team them up with vets who already know what the postseason is like.
Which is exactly why the Lakers signed the vets they have signed. Rajon Rondo and JaVale McGee have won championships, and Lance Stephenson has played in the Eastern Conference Finals multiple times. It also doesn’t hurt that Lebron himself has won three rings and has been to the championship series a whopping eight years in a row.
Beasley has also experienced the bright lights and hot pressure of the postseason. His Miami Heat made it to the playoffs in each of his first two seasons in the league, as did his Milwaukee Bucks in 2017 and his Houston Rockets the year before that.
He may not have played in every playoff game or logged a ton of minutes, but he must’ve gained a little bit of wisdom sitting on the bench, watching and listening to big-name superstars such as Dwyane Wade, James Harden and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
At the very least, he can give the Lakers another key contributor who won’t be nervous come playoff time, as players are expected to be when it’s their first time playing in the NBA’s “Second Season”.
After a couple seasons of playing for second-rate teams such as Minnesota and Phoenix, he returned to Miami for the 2013-14 season as they reached the NBA Finals with a certain someone who, like Beasley, also just joined the Lakers this summer.