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“I want to win” – Malik Beasley details strong reason why he joined the Milwaukee Bucks

As he holds lofty championship aspirations, Malik joins the Bucks to become a winner.

Matthew Dugandzic

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Malik Beasley has been a massive revelation for the Milwaukee Bucks this 2023-24 season.

With the Bucks this year, Malik is savoring the best and most consistent shooting form of his career. For 40 games played, he is averaging 11.7 points coming from a scintillating 49.1 percent shooting from the field — a career-high. His outside shooting is also on a sizzling surge as he is leading the league with 47.2 percent in the three-point rate out of 8.6 attempts per game.

From what he's been showcasing splendidly, Malik has proved to be the franchise's most important free agent signing for the last offseason. But for the veteran, it was just a strong demonstration to fulfill the main motives that he had in joining the franchise.

Eyes on the prize

In a recent interview with Shams Charania of The Athletic, Beasley revealed the utmost reason why he joined Milwaukee as a free agent: to win a championship.

He did so by inking a one-year, $2.7M minimum deal to join them — a significant decrease from the $15.6M that he managed to earn from last season with the Los Angeles Lakers.

“Definitely wanted to win a championship, that was one of my goals,” Beasley said. “I felt that I’m at a point in my career where I just want to win and do whatever I can for the team. With the Bucks I felt like the dynamic of Giannis (Antetokounmpo) and being able to space the floor for them, I felt like that was huge. I looked into all that, making sure I would be able to get some reps, making sure I’d be able to get some playing time.”

Aiming to learn more in winning it all

Despite taking a massive pay cut, it proved to be a worthy sacrifice for Malik to join the Bucks. With what he's been performing thus far as a starter and the team's deadly marksman, he is soon positioning himself for another huge paydon this summer.

As he vies to win a title, Malik also finds interest in the Bucks' battle-tested, veteran core that has already tasted what it feels like to be a champion.

“I’ve been on a lot of teams with veterans. … I wanted to be with veterans who won a championship also who know the game and can help me out.”

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MATTHEW DUGANDZIC

Matthew finished his bachelor's degree in Economics (Management) at the University of Split and got his master's degree in the same field at the University of Zadar. Whether it is playing the game as an undersized 6'3'' power forward or simply watching it, Matthew can't get enough of it. After all, he has been an avid NBA fan since the 2000s. But don't get him wrong, as Matthew still loves the old-school NBA and is a true student of the game. From on-court moments to off-court stuff, whether it's about the stars of modern-day basketball or legends of the game, Matthew covers every category of the NBA world and basketball in general, as long as it makes for an engaging and exciting story.