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Rehabbed NBA Star -- Sleeps Off Temptation

It looked like rehabbed Miami Heat forward Michael Beasley had drifted back into the danger zone, passing out in front of a table filled with open bottles of beer. But team officials claim there's more to these pictures than meets the eye.


The photos were taken Oct. 10, after the NBA star and a female companion boarded a boat in Miami Beach during the Columbus Day Regatta. We called team officials for an explanation -- due to the fact that Beasley just emerged from a stint in substance-abuse rehab last month -- and boy did they give us one:

TMZ spoke with Miami Heat exec Tim Donovan, who told us it was all part of a "fishing trip arranged by the team ... Michael was not drinking at all ... except for water and purple Gatorade."

Donovan also claims Michael's counselor was with him on the trip and the woman sleeping next to him is just a friend.

So why was Beasley passed out?? Donovan says Beasley was simply tired from practice earlier that day and needed some shut eye.

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1. First!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 1:48AM on Oct 24th 2009 by Simone

2. GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 1:51AM on Oct 24th 2009 by Simone

3. Let the man drinks peacefuly, TMZ!!!!!!!!!!!! Hahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahha.

Posted at 2:04AM on Oct 24th 2009 by Simone

4. For some reason I don't think he was drinking and he was just tired.

And for some reason, I actually care enough to leave a comment when I don't even know who this is. On a Friday night.

Goodbye.

Posted at 2:20AM on Oct 24th 2009 by Jenny

5. Jenny, I don't know who he is either. Your comment made me laugh.

Posted at 2:46AM on Oct 24th 2009 by LOL

6. Shame on TMZ for thinking the worst!! Give dude a break, you've never slept during a fishing trip??

Posted at 7:10AM on Oct 24th 2009 by Charles

7. This is how rumours get started...

Posted at 7:44AM on Oct 24th 2009 by Christine

8. The woman is fully clothed. They're just sleeping it off. Nothing happened. Move along.

Posted at 8:03AM on Oct 24th 2009 by greg6363

9. 8. Shame on TMZ for thinking the worst!! Give dude a break, you've never slept during a fishing trip??

Posted at 7:10AM on Oct 24th 2009 by Charles



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And......if you believe in fairy dust & leprechauns....

Posted at 8:15AM on Oct 24th 2009 by janalal4

10. In any case, this photo shows how ghetto the NBA is. It's a trashy photo no matter how you spin it. I would never sleep amidst party debris. That's just wrong no matter how the ghetto new money trash of the NBA wants to spin it

Posted at 8:43AM on Oct 24th 2009 by tootskoot

11. SPEAKING OF DRUNKS....DID YOU KNOW THAT A 7 TIME DWI CONVICT WAS RELEASED UNDER NO RESTRICTIONS.......Support the "releasor" to be "disbarred".....CONTACT Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission and suggest the disbarment of "releasor" St. Clair County Illinois States Attorney Robert Haida........."The appearance of impropriety here leads to DWI Tragedy"..Aristole

Posted at 9:27AM on Oct 24th 2009 by AllRight

12. WHO took the picture? A teammate, a friend? Lesson learned here is to always behave or you may end up on the TMZ website.

Posted at 9:29AM on Oct 24th 2009 by baller

13. if it is a team sponsered fishing trip i would say they made a poor choice to let him come along if alcohol is being consumed if he just got out of rehab..thats like inviteing michael jackson to a mickey mouse club outing with a bunch of little kids,,,,,,,

Posted at 9:44AM on Oct 24th 2009 by dr feelgood

14. WOW stalkerish much?? I'd hate to be a celebrity for this very reason. Why don't they take pictures of the bums on the streets who pass out every night??

Posted at 10:04AM on Oct 24th 2009 by Pete

15. Yeah he looks REALLY tired, riiiiiight! He looks drunk tired!! Wasted! lol

Posted at 10:18AM on Oct 24th 2009 by Glmourpuss

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