After two tours with the Miami Heat, Michael Beasley‘s time in South Beach came to end this offseason. The team’s No. 2 overall draft pick in 2008 signed with the Memphis Grizzlies after Miami didn’t pursue re-signing him.

Pat Riley explained that decision to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel’s Ira Winderman.

“I love Mike, but we’re moving on,” Riley said. “When [LeBron James] left, we just cleaned the table. It’s time to move on. It really had nothing to do with anything but we’re just moving in another direction, in another way, and it was nothing punitive, there was nothing bad. “I wish him nothing but the best. But we decided, in the long run, Josh McRoberts and Shawne, Chris [Bosh], Chris Andersen, Udonis [Haslem] and the guys we had there. I didn’t want him to be put in the position of not playing, maybe.”

Replacing Michael Beasley’s role in Shawne Williams. Williams is a capable scorer with the body and length to play both forward positions. During Miami’s live-steamed scrimmage and first preseason game, Williams hit four three-pointers in the scrimmage and finished with 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting in the preseason loss to the New Orleans Pelicans in Louisville.

Now in Memphis, Beasley could supply some instant offense to a squad that typically lacks that at the forward position. But the Grizzles did also sign Vince Carter this summer, so that should help. It will also make Beasley’s chances of making the final 15 that much more difficult. It will be the same thing as it always is for Beasley: if he wants to stick to the roster, he’ll have to prove he can fit in with the defense and offensive schemes.