BREAKING: The Washington Wizards are trading three-time All-Star Bradley Beal to the Phoenix Suns for Chris Paul, Landry Shamet, a handful of second-round picks, and multiple pick swaps
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1670529647023468545?t=-Ncg55e9lK0IYQmzC7ptrQ&s=19
I feel like the Wizards could have gotten better offers for Beal than this. Is CP3 just a buyout candidate now?
Apparently Beal had A LOT of leverage due to his no trade clause. Seems like it limited the return Washington could get
Pretty sure the strategy at this point is to just tear down and really worry about the actual rebuilding process when they get his anchor of a contract off of their necks. Maybe they could get more for Porzingis or Kuzma through sign-and-trades, but right now, with fuck-all leverage and a terrible contract, the best that can be done is to just make space.
I think you're underestimating how nightmarish Beal's contract is. Wizards are the GOAT team for somehow unloading so many horrible, un-tradable contracts.
I get that, but there are definitely teams that are desperate to sell more tickets/win more games.
But I guess the Beal contract was pretty bad, I just don't see how they build a viable team from here.