Bradley Beal Departure Thread

[Mainstreet]

The Bucks buying out Lillard for $113 million was much more costly.

 

[SactownSunsFan]

Beal is not slow and will cover the best guard. Will not be surprised if we all hate buying him out and not trading Booker

lulz what?

 

[95pro]

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Beal is a tool. I hated this guy sitting on the bench as his was just joking and laughing away on every game that i watched.

 

[Adrian]

New Report on Warriors Failed Offer for Bradley Beal

The Golden State Warriors are still the only NBA team that has yet to make any moves this offseason, as fans are growing concerned about their lack of change af

www.si.com

 

[Hoop Head]

New Report on Warriors Failed Offer for Bradley Beal

The Golden State Warriors are still the only NBA team that has yet to make any moves this offseason, as fans are growing concerned about their lack of change af

www.si.com

The note about Milwaukee being a strong candidate makes me wonder how far, if any, trade talks between Phoenix and Milwaukee were regarding Beal and Lillard. Two guys on similar salaries being bought out is odd when you'd think there would be interest in swapping them. Lillard won't play next year and that buys time for the Suns, if a deal were to happen. Who knows. Maybe my want for Lillard is clouding my perception. He's been one of my favorite non-Suns for years now so I would have liked something to happen.

 

[Adrian]

James Harden was reportedly 'the key voice' in recruiting Bradley Beal to Clippers

The Clippers landed Beal with a big assist from their star point guard.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Adrian]

Bradley Beal's Agent Gets Honest on Suns Departure

The Phoenix Suns' no longer employ Bradley Beal - which is likely best for both sides.

www.si.com

 

[95pro]

James Harden was reportedly 'the key voice' in recruiting Bradley Beal to Clippers

The Clippers landed Beal with a big assist from their star point guard.

sports.yahoo.com

Just watched First Take, my god the Clippers are going to be bad. Did they just become the Suns?

 

[Adrian]

Bradley Beal's agent: Guard got away from identity with Suns

The Bradley Beal experiment failed spectacularly in Phoenix but it wasn't until the very end of his tenure he knew he would be changing teams.

arizonasports.com

 

[Yuma]

Bradley Beal has only been bought out.

He has not yet been waived and stretched. The Suns have until August 31st to do it.

These are two different things.

Going forward we can add salary over the luxury tax and stay below the two aprons, whenever the Beal contract occurs. It's the end of the season when everything is finally tallied up.

 

[Yuma]

I was listening to 98.7 and they had Kellan Olsen in this week. It's coming out the Bradley Beal buy out was really contentious on both sides. Kellan said some of the info is coming right from Beal's agent, not anonymous sources. Seems like this wasn't just some "the NBA is just a business" transaction.

 

[Hoop Head]

I was listening to 98.7 and they had Kellan Olsen in this week. It's coming out the Bradley Beal buy out was really contentious on both sides. Kellan said some of the info is coming right from Beal's agent, not anonymous sources. Seems like this wasn't just some "the NBA is just a business" transaction.

Well it involved a father and son negotiating the buyout. Definitely uncharted waters for the league. Beal's agent is Josh Bartlestein's dad, who is the Suns CEO.

I know that was mentioned by a lot of outlets once completed.

 

[Yuma]

“With the decision on the waive and stretch, people all thought the no-trade clause caused an issue. The no-trade clause wasn’t an issue with Brad Beal. Brad Beal would have done whatever we needed to do. He’s nothing but a good guy across the board. Problem is nobody really wanted to trade for someone on a $53 million salary that wasn’t playing at that level.” - Matt Ishbia

 

[GatorAZ]

Except you did two years ago, Matt.

 

[Hoop Head]

Except you did two years ago, Matt.

That's the problem. He was cool paying the tax for a minute but didn't consider the weight of taking on that deal for 4 years.

 

[elindholm]

Except you did two years ago, Matt.

As I said after the Durant acquisition, Ishbia is the guy you want at your poker table because he has been sitting there an hour and hasn't figured out yet who the sucker is.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

ouch lol at least ish started it off nice

 

[GatorAZ]

That's the problem. He was cool paying the tax for a minute but didn't consider the weight of taking on that deal for 4 years.

I just don’t need to hear it from him. We know why it’s immovable and bringing it up as a partial shot at Beal does nobody any good.

 

[Yuma]

That's the problem. He was cool paying the tax for a minute but didn't consider the weight of taking on that deal for 4 years.

If he would have played as Ishbia thought, he wouldn't have been getting rid of him now.

 

[boisesuns]

It’s nice to know that we will be paying Beal to not play some games for the clippers.

It’s really next level thinking by the suns!

Another prediction: Beal will torch the Suns once for 45 points this year, then be out 4 weeks with a hammy

 

[Adrian]

Clippers HC Reacts to Signing Suns Star

Bradley Beal's in Los Angeles - and the Clippers are excited to have him.

www.si.com

 

[Adrian]

Suns’ Mat Ishbia breaks silence on Bradley Beal buyout

Suns owner Mat Ishbia revealed his conversation and thought process behind the team waiving Bradley Beal on Thursday.

sports.yahoo.com

 

[Dr. Jones]

As I said after the Durant acquisition, Ishbia is the guy you want at your poker table because he has been sitting there an hour and hasn't figured out yet who the sucker is.

Absolute truth.

 

[Hoop Head]

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[Hoop Head]

He was my favorite player after Kevin Duran At least he left for good money

We still got Booker. Hopefully he can return what he was. Hope you stick around.


Welcome to the board, also.