Beasley returns to Heat summer league practice

Forward day-to-day with chest bruise, expected to play in Monday game

	One day after leaving practice from an inadvertent elbow to the chest, Miami Heat rookie forward Michael Beasley returned to the court Thursday. Beasley is listed as day-to-day with a chest bruise, and is still expected to take part in summer league play next week.
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updated 7:31 p.m. ET July 3, 2008

MIAMI - Michael Beasley returned to practice with the Miami Heat on Thursday, one day after the No. 2 overall pick in last week’s NBA draft was knocked out of his first official summer-league workout with a chest bruise.

Beasley was inadvertently elbowed by a teammate during a defensive drill about 45 minutes after Miami opened its summer-league camp Wednesday morning. He was taken to a doctor for evaluation and treatment, and did not participate with his summer Heat teammates in practices Wednesday night or Thursday morning.

Beasley returned for a non-contact session Thursday afternoon, the team said.

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He is listed as day-to-day, and is still expected to take part in summer league, which opens Monday in Orlando.

The forward averaged 26.2 points and a college-best 12.4 rebounds this past season as a freshman at Kansas State, and signed his first pro contract with the Heat on Wednesday.

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