JUNE 19, 12:21pm: In addition to Beal and Goodwin, the Wizards are also sending Isaiah Todd to the Suns in the trade, according to Wojnarowski (Twitter link). Todd’s minimum salary ($1,836,096) for the 2023/24 season is fully guaranteed.
As John Hollinger of The Athletic tweets, Todd is coming off a disappointing season and was no longer in the Wizards’ plans, but from the Suns’ perspective, he’ll be a little cheaper than a minimum-salary veteran.
JUNE 18, 7:34pm: The Wizards are likely to include Jordan Goodwin in the trade, Josh Robbins of The Athletic tweets. Goodwin’s minimum-salary ($1,927,896) contract for next season is currently partially guaranteed for $300K.
JUNE 18, 3:35pm: The Wizards and Suns have agreed to a blockbuster trade that will send Bradley Beal to Phoenix, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter links).
According to Wojnarowski and Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link), the Wizards are expected to receive Chris Paul, Landry Shamet, multiple second-round picks, and multiple pick swaps in the trade. It will likely take a few days for the deal to be officially finalized, Woj adds.
Word first broke on Wednesday that the Wizards and Beal’s camp had been in contact about possible trade scenarios as the team’s new front office – led by president of basketball operations Michael Winger – mulled the possibility of a roster reset.
Beal’s contract, which has four years and nearly $208MM left on it, includes a no-trade clause, which gave him significant control over the process and limited the Wizards’ options. On Saturday, reports indicated that Washington was in serious talks with the Suns and Heat about possible deals involving the star guard.
It’s unclear whether the Wizards preferred the Suns’ offer, Beal preferred Phoenix over Miami, or both. John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 (Twitter link) hears that Phoenix was the only place Beal wanted to go, viewing it as the best fit for him and his family. However, according to Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald (Twitter link), the 29-year-old would have been happy to land with the Heat too, but the Suns were more aggressive in their pursuit.
Either way, Beal will form a new Big Three alongside Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, as new Suns owner Mat Ishbia takes another big swing following the team’s deadline acquisition of Durant. A three-time All-Star, Beal will be changing teams for the first time in his career following 11 years in Washington.
“This was an extremely complicated process with so many different hurdles to get through and (Wizards owner) Ted Leonsis and Michael Winger were unbelievable partners in making this happen,” Beal’s agent Mark Bartelstein said in a statement confirming the agreement, per Wojnarowski (Twitter link).
One of the NBA’s most prolific scorers in recent years, Beal averaged 30.5 points per game in 2019/20 and 31.3 PPG in 2020/21, but has seen his numbers dip in the past two seasons as he battled injuries and cut back on his shot attempts. In 90 games since the start of the ’21/22 season, he has averaged 23.2 PPG and 6.0 APG on .480/.333/.838 shooting in 34.6 minutes per night.
With Durant, Booker, Beal, and former No. 1 overall pick Deandre Ayton all on maximum-salary contracts that run through at least 2025/26, the Suns’ team salary projects to be over the NBA’s new second tax apron for the next three seasons or more, limiting their ability to upgrade their roster around that core, tweets ESPN’s Bobby Marks. Barring a trade of Ayton, Phoenix will have to fill out its roster this offseason by re-signing its own free agents and/or adding outside free agents on minimum-salary contracts.
Having already sent their 2023, 2025, 2027, and 2029 first-round picks – as well as a 2028 first-round pick swap – to Brooklyn for Durant, the Suns could only offer the Wizards a pick swap in 2024 and/or 2026 in addition to multiple second-round selections. Phoenix’s 2029 second-rounder is the only one that was traded away in a previous deal.
Meanwhile, Winger’s tenure in D.C. will begin with a cost-cutting trade of a franchise player who signed what was – at the time – the richest contract in NBA history just one year ago. Paul and Shamet are under contract through at least 2024/25, but aren’t owed any guaranteed money beyond ’23/24, so they’re essentially on expiring contracts, while Beal would have made an average of $52MM through ’26/27.
Paul’s $30.8MM salary for next season is currently only partially guaranteed for $15.8MM, but that guarantee will need to be increased by nearly $10MM in order to meet the NBA’s salary-matching rules.
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A league source tells Josh Robbins of The Athletic (Twitter link) that the Wizards would like to keep Paul for next season, but if CP3 decides he wants to be on a club closer to contention, the Wizards and Suns would work to expand the trade to get him to a third team. It’s unclear whether Paul might be waived or bought out if he doesn’t want to play in D.C. and the trade can’t be turned into a three-team deal.
If he’s cut by Washington, Paul would be ineligible to return to the Suns, but would almost certainly pass through waivers and be able to sign with any other team as an unrestricted free agent. The Lakers are reportedly among the clubs expected to have “strong” interest in him in that scenario.
Shamet is owed $10.25MM in 2023/24 with non-guaranteed cap hits of $11MM and $11.75MM for the following two seasons.
Having moved on from Beal, the Wizards will now face major decisions on Kyle Kuzma and Kristaps Porzingis, both of whom can become unrestricted free agents if they decline player options for 2023/24.
If Washington pivots to a full rebuild, it will have a ripple effect on the Knicks, who are owed one of the Wizards’ first-round picks. That pick is top-12 protected in 2024, top-10 protected in 2025, and top-eight protected in 2026. It would turn into a pair of second-rounders if it hasn’t conveyed by then.
As for the Heat, they intend to shift their focus to Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard and genuinely believe that Lillard could seek a trade out of Portland this offseason, reports Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report and TNT (Twitter link).
Beal has a 15% trade kicker, but because he’s already earning the maximum salary, it will be voided in this deal, Marks notes (via Twitter). Crucially, the guard’s no-trade clause will carry over to Phoenix, so the Suns would need to get his approval if they want to trade him down the road.
Wow?
link to sportingnews.com
Wow, so nothing
Al’s preachings yesterday telling the board about a haul didnt age well
I don’t think Al has aged well, hence why he yells at strangers on the internet.
The dude literally was just telling me on another thread Washington wouldn’t just give Beal away and all 29 teams wanted him. 5 minutes later Washington gives Beal away,
Are you talking about the knick Al? The expert?
Good move by Washington. Getting off all that money had to happen
Yeah, but this trade is like 4 years to late.
Pretty sure GSW offered Poole right after they drafted him as the headline in a Beal package. GSW was in on Beal pretty bad for a while there, until Poole got good.
Did he though?
Great trade for the wizards. That contract is going to hurt more and more over the next 4 years. He simply isn’t worth super max money. The Suns… should have learned from the Nets lesson. This will not work. It’s going to be 3 studs and a bunch of nobodies. Salary cap hell and no picks to improve with. Bad move Suns. Bad move.
Yup. And not even any exceptions to use on vets, either, because they’ll be over the super apron for years. Only way this makes any sense is if they have something lined up with Ayton where they’re taking back short term money.
You can always get vets who are willing to play for the minimum salary exception. Also, in terms of bodies, I believe the league is moving to three two-way players per team. It’s an odd situation with Phoenix since they don’t have their own G-League affiliate yet, but they can still fill those spots.
Wow. That is going to be one hefty tax bill or a complete shell of a roster in terms of depth. I still wouldn’t pick them over Denver. Was scoring the rock their biggest concern?
Ishbia is loaded. He doesn’t care about luxury tax
Until he does
It’s not just about paying the luxury tax anymore. Going above the second luxury tax apron severely limits how you can shape your roster.
Great trade, 5yr ago.
Team is about to set a record for mid-range jumpers attempted
That’s one of the most anemic returns for a star ever
in fairness beal’s star has faded a bit
It’s one of the worst contracts ever.
$50M per on average is pretty bad. Washington has to be happy about getting out from underneath that contract.
This is why you never give a no trade clause…
If you read past the first paragraph he had a no trade clause. He could pick his destination. Limits what you get back.
He also kind of stinks. No defense and his offense has been declining lately. And very injury prone. Unloading that deal for a short term one in CP is a master stroke. Wiz will have the most cap room in the NBA next off-season.
Good deal for Washington to get out of the contact.
Suns running Beal, Booker , Durant for all minutes and Ayton for like 40 he can’t handle and who at this point
At this point anyone who can dribble to the half court line. Whoever is at point will never see the ball again after the initial pass.
That’s it???? Suns absolutely fleeced them. The Heat couldn’t beat that?
Beals contract is possibly the worst in the NBA. No one wanted to give up anything for that
Have fun Phoenix.
It’s not a good contract but he’s still very productive and efficient (he just had the best FG% season of his career), which is key to these super teams being successful. I think Beal will actually mesh as one of the better players to have as part of the core of a super team, particularly as a third option.
It’s an awful contract. It’s brutal.
two years ago Beal shot 30 percent from 3. Last year he shot 36 percent. If he is shooting 50 percent on mid range jumpers…who cares.
I mean, being one of the better players on 2PT percentage shots isn’t a bad thing. Like I said, he’s efficient, which is huge for building a super team that can actually be effective. He will be a third option. Having a third scoring option that fills a role in this way probably increases the odds that he can mesh seamlessly on a team with two superstars.
Yeah, having him take up $50 million of their space is brutal, but it’s not like Beal is a bad player. If Ishbia doesn’t care a thing about the tax bill, then this is an easy trade to make.
Ok but that contract prevents the Suns from getting quality bench players. Its not a disrespect to Beals performance, but its his money that handicaps them on the court.
Suns are going to play we can out score your team. Problem is look at how bad that defense is going to be. They better go out and grab defense first player for minimum wage.
The defense isn’t going to be that bad. They went out and got a defense coach Frank Vogel. KD is a terrific defender Booker and Beal have actually improved each year on that end. They can go out and sign defense players.
We don’t really know what kind of tax bill Ishbia is willing to run up. It certainly seems like he will be a Steve Cohen-type owner. I know he has limited options now, but it seems like he will find a way to build out the roster. This team will only need to go like 9 deep anyway. They have 4 worthwhile starters and it won’t surprise me to see them trade Ayton for a few role players.
Best case is something like that, but they’re also $8m from the super apron with five guys on the roster. It will be those five, one rookie, and 8 minimum salary guys. Good freakin’ luck.
Worst contract in the NBA? Ben Simmons contract is still active for two more seasons.
I said “possibly” the worst but…
Simmons is owed roughly 78 Million. After this year his contract becomes a positive trade asset.
Beal is owed 206 Million. When Simmons is not getting paid anymore, Beal will still be owed 160M
So…yeah.
At least we expect Break to be on the floor and unsaid to shoot
Is that what we expect?
He may of wanted to go to suns
may of? might have
you may of corrected him, but that doesn’t make you as smarter as the rest of us!
Makes me curious how many pick swaps are involved. Miami would rather go after Lillard anyway. I’m assuming Washington was making it impossible for the Heat to get both players, and Miami figured it wasn’t worth their time if they can just get Lillard instead.
Lillard isn’t going anywhere.
@styles …….. again, it’s the no-trade clause.
Yep that’s why it was limited suitors for Beal
Beal is better than Paul when healthy Phoenix will have no money to spend and not much after Booker,Durant also injury prone and Beal still a far way off from competing against Denver
They still have Ayton
True, but Ayton isn’t a needle mover. It might be an idea to move Ayton for Turner and Heild. Defensive big and one of the best catch and shoot 3pt shooter in the league. That starting 5 might be on par with Denver.
But with Beal KD and Booker that starting 5 will be very rare considering they’re all injury risks.
… to trade for more pieces or
Good for the Suns. Good for the Wizards. Suns have a limited window with KD. They’ll use the MLE and add several vet mins to round out the roster. Wizards clearly had buyers remorse, even before he was extended they tried to trade him. So they reset their cap. They are going into a tank, and I expect CP3 to be waived and Shamet possibly dealt by the deadline.
In a matter of months the Suns went from a large patio slider to a limited window
Suns cannot use the MLE. That’s the primary penalty for exceeding the super apron. They can use no exceptions except draft pick and minimum salary (and their own free agents, but most are non-Bird so they can only pay them 20% over last year’s salary, which for most of them is a nonstarter.) While they are technically still a few million under, that’s with only 5 players under contract. They need to fill out the roster with minimum salary players and that puts them well over.
Suns will
Probably trade Aston for depth they can get 2-3 good role players for him . Guess we will see if beak can play third fiddle to KD And Booker
Aston and Beak are going to be quite the combo.
Do the Suns have any draft picks left after Durant & Beal trades.
This maybe the last NTC we will ever see lol
WSH panicked, plain and simple. They get no real benefit from merely getting rid of Beal’s contract, because it wasn’t a problem for them and wouldn’t be for several years at a minimum. Maybe the organization (ownership) wanted to accommodate Beal. If this is Winger’s brainchild, he’s off to a REAL BAD start.
This trade is literally 3 years too late – they did the opposite of “panic”
looking at their payroll they will be one of those teams that bring in a max young player with no problems. If a player wants a big pay day Washington will be the place to be.
I’ll believe a young max guy actually moves when it happens. Has it in a decade? RSC guys that are even close to max almost always get extended in advance and never become FAs at all. But, yeah, WSH can sign offer sheets for them, maybe two in the same off season.
Problem is, no one wants to play in DC. Thus they have to overpay to retain their drafted or trade acquired . They’ll likely loose KP to FA and Kouzma will likely leave to. They could’ve kept Beal and it wouldn’t matter
What talented young player wants to go to the Wizards???
There was no panic here whatsoever. Strategic if anything. They can literally take bad contracts with picks and rebuild fast. They weren’t going to win with him. May as well reboot.
Fournier and a couple of firsts? No problem. Tobias Harris and a couple of firsts? Welcome to the team. And anyone else expiring or has two years left, how many picks can you attach? They’ll meet the minimum amount of cap while hoarding picks like OKC did.
If this trade rests on the myth that there’s some liquid market giving teams the ability to take on bad contracts for FRPs, then its another demerit for Winger. Maybe a market like that develops based on the new CBA, but I doubt it. Right now its circumstantial and any FRP involved is usually highly protected, and the greater point is WSH would still have plenty of cap space to do something like that even with Beal on the roster. Of course, now they’ll have even more.
Beal’s contract wasn’t a problem for Washington? Are you crazy? Wiz need a full rebuild and this gets them on the way there
Not crazy. Unlike you, I understand the NBA payroll rules. Nothing WSH would need to do as a rebuilding team would be negatively impacted by Beal being on their payroll. Even a little.
Disagree. Maybe The Wizards figure that this is their chance right now to rid of Beal’s contract and hardly take anything. If the Wizards don’t take this trade, will there be another offer as good?
FU Bradley Beal. You certainly F….ed the Wizards.
By signing a contract they offered him?
Don’t blame Beal, blame the front office
Like I said, there will be no major haul for the WIZARDS, coming from a Beal trade ……. all because of their horrendous mistake of giving Beal a no-trade clause along with that albatross contract.
The SUNS don’t get to lose by 30 points in the playoffs now …… thus begins the CP3 curse (or not).
It’s quite ironic that the trade is going in that direction when KD is from DC, but it makes sense that Beal was more likely to be traded than KD.
Somewhat surprising haul. I thought Beal would return more even considering the awful contract. I guess the Wiz just really wanted him off the books. Maybe the Wiz can flip Paul for a late first to a contender.
Not with his salary, no way.
Paul is an expiring right, that should get a late first rebounder from a contender that wants to win now
I don’t think they will be able to flip Paul to a contender. Those would wait for him to be waived.
Maybe they can get some assets for him from a team that wants to move off of an unwanted contract of two or three years to reduce their tax bill.
Only realistic option that brings back extra assets I see so far is Ben Simmons. Brooklyn could reduce the tax bill, have a big name for the home crowd that they trade away at the deadline if needed. Washington could get some assets and if Simmons improves during the time he’s with the Wizards, his stock might go up again.
This is an nba 2k in real life type trade
I think it’s almost a guarantee that the Suns are going to move Ayton. No way they can afford to pay all 4 of these guys max deals. They can probably recoup a first or two plus decent role players. Circle back to Indiana. They really wanted him last year. They have the capital to get something done. They are in a rebuild now so top 10 picks are probably off the table for the next 2 years. As for the Wizards they are probably going to tear it down and go all in on a rebuild. Kuzma and Porzingis have value but I don’t see them getting much for them. Look what the Pistons got for Jeremy Grant. Look what they got for Andre Drummond a couple years before. The Wizards will probably try and trade Paul but probably the most realistic option is buying him out. He’ll probably go to the Lakers or possibly follow Monty to Detroit but can’t rule out a minimum deal with Phoenix. Wasn’t that the whole reason they were going to waive him was he cost too much?
Goodluck beal… thanks for being a good player that cannot bring the wsh team to any championship and it’s 2-3 yrs late. It’s impt to get rid off beals humongous salary to re start the wash team… let’s see 3 yrs from now if this restart will come to fruition. Now all we need is to get rid of porzingis and kuzma also for young budding stars or picks.
Why didn’t Washington trade this dude years ago? They got absolutely nothing in return. My dog could run the wizards better than the current front office
2k would nix this trade. The current front office is all of what? Two weeks old.
No, your dog could run the Wizards better than the old front office. The new front office just got put into place and immediately dealt him.
I wonder what the Knicks are thinking. I would say there is a strong chance those picks meet the protections, even the top 8 in 2026. The Knicks might be looking at the dreaded ‘turns into second rounders’ nonsense that teams keep agreeing to. I think the NBA should outlaw that nonsense, but if the teams want to keep doing in then so be it.
Agree, anything to do with teams intentionally losing should be curtailed (See Dallas last year) . But Silver seems to want to curtail winning first, maybe its next on the agenda tho
$8m from the super apron with five — that’s right, FIVE — players on the roster. They’ll go over with just four minimum guys, so 9 total. No MLE, no BAE, nothing. Most of their free agents can do better on the open market so won’t re-sign with the Suns. This is gonna be a complete trainwreck. It will literally be maybe 6 or 7 dudes on real contracts and 7 or 8 minimum salary guys. And 2 of the 4 max guys are major injury risks and a different two play precisely the same position.
To be fair to Phx, they can probably retain some of their own free agents by offering the 20% above min raise, they should be a prime destination for hop ons (who hopefully play D) , have Ayton to chop up into 3 smaller salaries (would help if Bis and Lawndale took the 120% vet min), will have Payne, and can get a liitle creative with Bazley Lawndale (RFA) and Craig serving for moveable contracts next break.
Also last year they can accompany buy/outs if so later on – Probably a bill around 200+ …which was still less than Clips/GSW
It’s limited, but they have some moves still
Man ohhh man….
WAS signed the dude to a max contract and traded him for nothing.
PHO is going against the new CBA, that is clearly punitive for 3-max players on the same team.
These two franchises need better Front Offices.
I thought someone on here told me a while back a team couldn’t have more than 3 (actually I was thinking 2..) max contract players on their roster. Am I completely misrememberizing or did something change so it’s allowed now…?
It’s allowed but it’s a really really bad idea. I think that was the point. Unless the Suns trade Ayton (in which case, who the heck is gonna play defense) they will have all guys off the street after the starting five.
It’s super confusing, but it’s specifically 5-year maxes, and you’re right, it’s two. The thing is, Durant and Ayton are on 4-year maxes. So that leaves Beal and Booker.
Funny how the Suns risked bad blood with Ayton to get him on a 4 year contract, signed CP3 to a particular contact with team options, and overpaid Shamet on a contract with team options — just to retain flexibility for star trades. All of those were needed to make this happen.
Ok, it must have been the 5 year thing I was told about.
Any way you slice it, PHX looks to be in a pinch now. If they don’t win it in the next 2 years they may have nothing to show for these big moves, except a huge financial hit (yeah, i get it..the new owner is loaded. How are the Mets doing withe their “buy a WS” philosophy?) and a prolonged rebuild with basically no draft capital to help it along…and neither KD or Beal will be much of a trade asset by then either.
The idea is that when you need new stars, new stars come to you because of the culture/winning/Booker/etc. That’s what’s happened so far, and while Durant was a high price, CP3 and Beal were not.
As a lifelong Suns fan, I much prefer to try to win by developing our own guys, yes even keeping Mikal. See how the Nuggets did it. But the GM is not a big draft guy, and the owner is not a lifelong Suns fan, so he doesn’t care about the sentimentality. I guess I’ll be happy for Booker and whatever All-Star weirdos and ragged vets he’s playing with.
Now that the Whizz got out from under a terrible contract, I wonder which foolish team they trade CP to?
Can’t see this one from the Suns perspective. Their downfall in the playoffs was a lack of distribution and facilitation – Booker and Durant are predominantly scorers and they couldn’t quite make up for CP3’s absence. Adding another scorer in Beal just muddies the water further with another guy who shoots volume, and doesn’t help move the ball.
Think that the three will be able to share the ball. Don’t see any of the three stars being like Harden who spends so much time dribbling the ball. Obviously the Suns have to get a title from this or will be bad for so many years.
Booker will request/demand a trade at the 2025 deadline. This team is not made to win. Beal clearly is used to it, but KD is not going to be a quiet soldier while they fail the reach the conference finals and Booker will see in less than 2 seasons that there is no chance at a championship in Phoenix.
I could play the other two positions and Phoenix would still win. And getting back 3 serviceable players for Ayton (probably 1 very good player included in those three), the Suns will be favored to win the championship. Booker, Beal, and Durant are all willing passers and at this point in their careers, they all want to win.
Agree. The three star will play well together. All three can score and pass.
On paper it looks great, however I don’t know how the chemistry is going to work. Another mouth to feed for shot attempts is really going to cramp some egos.
I think not only does Beal Booker and KD not work and will be unsuccessful but the wizards basically get nothing in return for an all star level talent.
Makes zero sense to me.
Phoenix has 3 ball dominate scorers. In the playoffs the problem was a lack of depth and role players being good fits. Look at the teams in the finals 1 superstar, 1 all star sidekick and then good role players and depth. Look at how Brooklyn’s big 3 didn’t work and nor did the lakers. I suppose they aren’t giving up bigger all but doesn’t make much sense to me.
As for Washington why? Surely there’s a better return out there and if your going to extend Kuzma then your just getting rid of a bad deal and getting another ….
I’m a Suns fan and this bummed me out at first. Felt better when it was pointed out that we got a great deal for a player we were going to waive. (We really just traded flexibility for Beal.) I’ll actually feel good once I know that someone is willing to be the Bosh here and rein in his game to serve the team.
They got Beal without giving up Ayton. This is a fix. Silver should rescind this trade. BS man ……
And no I don’t want Beal. I’d rather DeR
But I know Knicks have the better assets …..
Bro, why do you keep on insisting on the KNICKS ….. when it’s up to Beal where he wants to go, because he has the all-powerful no-trade clause.
Even if the KNICKS has the most, the better, the greatest hoard of assets for the WIZARDS ….. it wouldn’t matter at all, if Beal doesn’t want to go there.
Besides this trump card, no-trade clause, the 2nd tax apron basically dictates, pressures the WIZARDS to make a deal this offseason and only this offseason.
Wake up dude. The Knicks do have the most to offer. Nobody cares about a no trade clause. You need me to list all the players with no trade clauses that were traded. Look It Up ……..
Even the Heat had a better offer. Better offers mean negotiation. This was too easy. Smells to me.
Apparently, Beal and the WIZARDS cares about his no-trade clause, when both agreed to a max extension contract last year.
Bro, no one is disputing your claims about your beloved KNICKS offerings ……. the simple fact is, it won’t matter at all as Beal (not the Wizards) only approved trades involving Miami and Phoenix.
This is the power of having a no-trade clause.
Outside of your posts, there wasn’t any mention of the words “KNICKS” or “NEW YORK” during this whole Bradley Beal saga.
Lol. Why you think anyone was going to give up real value for an injury-prone overpaid player is beyond me. Thank God our Knicks didn’t bite. And don’t get me started on DDR, we already have too many players who work best inside the arc.
Injury prone …. really.
Get informed lol.
It’s amazing how little you know.
They got more for Russ ….
Russ was worth TONS more, because his contract was expiring. Dude, for a guy who claims to know a lot about the NBA, I dunno …
Beal shares long time acquaintences (I think that’s what they’re being called these days) with people in the NYK FO. While anything is possible, I think if the NYK wanted Beal, then he’d be a Knick.
To the extent that Beal was traded for less than his basketball value, because of his negative contract value, that’s a good precedent for the Knicks (or anyone else looking to trade for “star”) over the next couple of years.
That’s my point. It had to be more from them. Cause for this. I’d certainly take him. Even Randle is better than Chris. They could of flipped him for more.
This is rigged. Silver shouldn’t let this go thru. PA shouldn’t let this go thru.
Wow what a trade. I think the no trade cause affected the return bc obv Beal is owed a lot of money but he’s still a good player.
Suns will be fun to watch I wonder which vets they’ll target.
They will score 130+ a game but the opponents will score 131+. That is not fun to watch!
Smh Knicks.
I hope the league blocks this.
PHO seems to be the clear loser, I mean how do you play Book, Beal and KD together???
I think they just ruled themselves out of title contention, right?
Adams, Luke K and a pick for Ayton. Beal is the PG.
Beal is one the way down In his career and hasn’t played more than 60 games in 4 years. Washington smart to get rid of the 100+ mil left on his contract.
Good move for Wizards. Good luck for Suns!
Todd and Goodwin getting sent to the Suns is somewhat interesting. I assume they will have a shot of getting a rotation spot
Isaiah Todd is pretty skilled and an interesting player at the 4/5. He is still pretty raw, and his decision making needs to improve, as well as his defensive consistency, but he has a lot of theoretical things about him that makes him potentially useful, especially for a team like Phoenix who only has 6 guys on their roster, and needs a potential skillset like that at those positions
Goodwin can potentially be a good steals guy that guards some. He was inconsistent when I would see him in summer league, but I could see him holding a depth role on their roster. They arguably needed that before
Wow, I never thought the Wizards would ever be able to unload that contract! Assuming the Suns pay all of Beal’s remaining contract this is a lopsided win for the Wizards. The Suns will be in cap and luxury tax hell for a long while. Even if Paul moves on to a third team the Wizards could still get some good, young talent in return since his contract isn’t nearly as bad. The question for the Suns is who plays defense in that starting lineup other than Durant?
PHX basketball is cursed! No one understands how things work yet? Throwing money at your problems just creates future problems. Brad Beal is Tyler Herro .5
Landry did not deserve this fate.