Miami ? He’s 19.

Myriad skills on a 6-foot-8, 6-10, whatever, frame; No. 2 overall selection in the NBA Draft; an introductory media session at AmericanAirlines Arena with the light ring welcoming “Michael Beasley and Family” and listing his impressive honors and numbers. None of that changes the fact that Michael Beasley is the age of a callow college sophomore.

And here’s why that might not be such a big risk for the Heat’s future: Beasley knows he’s only 19.

Know how it seems like just last week that Dwyane Wade got here with the Heat’s last top-5 pick? On Friday, Beasley, said, “I grew up watching Dwyane Wade.”

That’s probably not ingratiating hype – he was 13 when Wade’s last season at Marquette began.

One thing college often teaches those who pay attention is how important it is to know what you don’t know. Beasley joked with former Kansas State administrative assistant Bruce Shingler throughout last season that when he went to the NBA, Shingler would be going with him. Shingler, who spent one season at Kansas State, brushed aside such suggestions until Beasley told him with the seriousness of a flagrant foul, “I need you.”

“Those words made it hard for me to tell him, ‘No,”‘ Shingler said Friday after the news conference.

So Shingler will stay with Beasley in South Florida one, two, three years – however long it is until Beasley tells him, “I’m good.”

Then, Shingler will go on with the rest of his life and leave Beasley to go on with his.

The NBA life – different cities, entry into the best clubs, a babes-and-bucks buffet if you so desire – can drown the most solid of citizens. That’s especially true of stars, who often have had things done for them for so long, they have forgotten the skills that some learn in elementary school but most don’t learn until late in college. Beasley realized he might need a little help.

“He adapts to situations really fast,” Shingler said when asked what will allow Beasley to make this Evel Knievel jump without crashing.

As an example, he pointed out that Beasley is a Washington metro-area guy, but adapted to small Oak Hill Academy (Va.) and Manhattan, Kan., which only gets mentioned with the other Manhattan when discussing what it isn’t.

The Heat needs Beasley’s upbeat, loose, off-the-court attitude. Life around the Heat was dour last year and Wade has been showing signs for the past 18 months of the NBA superstar life wearing on him. Not only will Beasley take some of the focus off Wade, but his demeanor might remind Wade why they grew up wanting to do this.

“It’s a business, it’s my job now,” Beasley said. “In order to do well, you have to love your job. I think basketball is the most fun thing in the world to do. As long as I’m a player, I’m going to smile every day and play it like that.”

As soon as someone said, “He’s got that million-dollar smile,” Beasley flashed a $100,000 version for the media corps, showing that he thinks on his feet or in his seat. That’s the kind of 19-year-old who will be all right.