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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The fluorescent lights beam. The red dot blinks. The camera rolls. The typically charming Michael Beasley stares into the lens, a brutish expression painted on his face. While he's known for performing roles as security guards and policemen, today's filming is focused on selling tires. \u201CIt\u2019s weird for me seeing him act so aggressive,\u201D says Michael\u2019s son, former Florida State guard, Malik Beasley.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beasley commonly worked the camera in his family\u2019s audition room when Michael and his wife, Deena, filmed four times each week in search of acting callbacks. After leaving the states as a teen to model around the world, Deena has collected her fair share of roles. She played the mother of Thresh, the blade twirling tribute from District 11, in The Hunger Games.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Michael\u2019s father, Jon, launched the family business when he appeared in the 1989 film Rapid Fire. He\u2019s played a number of recurring TV roles and portrayed Dwayne \"The Rock\" Johnson\u2019s father in the 2004 film &lt;em&gt;Walking Tall&lt;/em&gt;. \u201CIt\u2019s such a powerful role,\u201D Beasley says of his grandfather's work. Michael currently owns the most credits on IMDB. He looks back fondly on his year playing Jimmy Clay on HBO\u2019s Eastbound &amp;amp; Down. \u201CThat was a dream job,\u201D Michael says. \u201CWe would laugh for 16 straight hours.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Staying true to the family tradition, Beasley will take center stage next Thursday at the 2016 NBA draft. After one season starring in Tallahassee, Fla., he\u2019ll be at Barclays Center, clad in a fresh suit, hoping to hear Adam Silver call his name in the first round.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;\u2022 James's dominance maddening for Warriors | NBA Finals chaos&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beasley's father, who played professional basketball throughout Latin America before his son was born, smiled as his Beasley gravitated towards sports rather than the camera as a youngster.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CHe was very good at every sport he played,\u201D Michael says. \u201CFirst year he played baseball, he was an all-star. He was an all-star in football the first year he played in grade school. He\u2019s a freak of nature. He\u2019s just really good at sports. You show him how to do it one time and he just do it.\u201D Beasley once followed his grandfather to a celebrity golf tournament, picked up a club and immediately struck the ball 50 yards in a beautiful, straight arch. Father and son went on to play 18 holes almost every Sunday. Beasley regularly breaks 90 strokes on a par-72 course. \u201CHe\u2019s got such a pretty swing,\u201D Michael says, \u201Cit makes you mad.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beasley occasionally found his way to his parents\u2019 on-set shoots as well. He appeared in a Delta Airlines commercial when he was 8 years old\u2014\u201CI was always laughing and joking around and playing around, not being serious,\u201D Beasley says\u2014and giggled even harder on the set of Tyler Perry\u2019s &lt;em&gt;Diary of a Mad Black Woman&lt;/em&gt;. \u201CIt just gave them a different perspective on life. It shows you how to treat people, things that you learn and we taught on the set,\u201D Michael says. \u201CYou treat everybody how you want to be treated, all the extras, all the producers, you treat everybody with the same amount of respect that you want to have.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Scouting Buddy&amp;nbsp;Hield, the best shooter of the NBA draft&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The family\u2019s close bond encouraged Beasley to stay closer to home for college, choosing Leonard Hamilton\u2019s Seminoles program, which was only a four-hour drive away from Alpharetta, Ga. Beasley had built a bond with Hamilton and craved competing in the talent-rich ACC. \u201CI wanted the best competition every night,\u201D Beasley said. He was so eager to begin his collegiate career, he expedited his high school finals to begin summer classes and join open gym at FSU before he even walked at graduation.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The gesture made quite the first impression on the Seminoles\u2019 returning players. \u201CThey've seen how hard he works, how hard he wanted it,\u201D says fellow freshman Dwayne Bacon. \u201CThey had no choice but to respect him.\u201D Beasley hoped to help lead Florida State back to the NCAA tournament for the first time since the program\u2019s string of four-straight appearances ended in 2012. \u201CHe didn\u2019t come in trying to be a leader, he came in trying to contribute,\u201D Hamilton says.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beasley\u2019s jump start fueled early season brilliance. He led Florida State in scoring during the Seminoles\u2019 4\u20132 start, and topped all freshmen in the nation at 20 points per game entering a Dec. 6 contest vs. VCU. A vicious, open-court jam against Southeastern Louisiana on Dec. 13 punctuated the message he had arrived. \u201CI will always remember that dunk no matter what,\u201D Bacon says. Beasley and Bacon closed the campaign as Florida State\u2019s leading scorers, separated by just seven points on the season, although the team unfortunately stumbled through conference play and sat out March Madness once again.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The conference talent Beasley sought ultimately limited the Seminoles' run, but served as an excellent shot for an NBA audition. Beasley flashed the prototypical skillset for a modern two guard at 6\u20195\u201D with a 6\u20197\u201D wingspan and shooting stroke that withstood a recent stress fracture surgery in his right leg. Just weeks after the procedure, Beasley calmly drained NBA-range triples at his agency\u2019s pro day in Las Vegas.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Age, athleticism and a well-rounded perimeter game make Beasley a first-round candidate. After years of watching behind the camera, he\u2019s ready for the league\u2019s bright lights.\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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