Michael Paul Beasley Jr. (born January 9, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Kansas State University for one year before declaring for the NBA draft in 2008. He is regarded as one of the best freshman college basketball players of the 2000s. Though he is ambidextrous, he shoots left-handed.\n', '

Beasley was born in the Prince George\'s County town of Cheverly, Maryland. Beasley\'s mother Fatima Smith and his four siblings moved from nearby Montgomery County to Frederick in 2005 and lived there for one year.\n', '

While growing up, Beasley played for one of the country\'s most successful AAU youth teams at the time, the PG Jaguars. Beasley won multiple national championships with this team alongside future fellow blue-chip recruits Kevin Durant (Texas) and Chris Braswell (Charlotte). Beasley later moved on to play AAU ball for DC Assault\'s 17 & Under team, playing alongside such players as future KSU teammate Ron Anderson, Nolan Smith (Duke), Chris Wright (Georgetown), Austin Freeman (Georgetown), and Julian Vaughn (Georgetown).\n', '

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