While teams throughout the league covet Bradley Beal, the Wizards remain intent on holding onto their star guard, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (video link).
Appearing on NBA Countdown, Wojnarowski said that Washington isn’t close to beginning another rebuild by moving its top player.
“He is not going to be on the trade market here in the near future and he’s not expressed, really at all yet, that he’s ready to move on,” Wojnarowski said. “He has loved that city, that organization and he’s fought through a lot there and he’s fighting through a lot right now.”
Beal expressed frustration on Wednesday after his team dropped to 3-11 despite his 47-point outburst against New Orleans. The All-Star guard signed a two-year, $72MM contract extension in 2019 that will keep him under team control through at least next season. He entered Friday’s action leading the league at 35.4 points per game.
Wojnarowski said if Beal went on the market, Washington could receive a “massive” haul. A lot of potential suitors are hoping the Wizards will finally reach the point of listening to offers.
“He fits anywhere,” he said. “Teams every day in this league are monitoring the situation. They want to know if he gets lodged free, in terms of the Wizards being willing to talk about trades.”
Wizards should trade him….they need the picks and he has no interest in staying and is gone anyway after next year.
Is that true? If he really is gone after next year then they should.
I was going off the story but it looks like wizards control him thru the 22-23 season….I think hat contract extension starts next year….still wizards should trade him.
He’s very vocal about wanting to stay in DC. Unfortunately for Wiz fans he’s also very vocal about being fed up with losing when he drops 40
Every athlete not named LeBron James, James Harden or Kevin Durant is always very vocal about wanting to stay on their current team, yet the hundreds of athletes who have said that left their teams anyway. It’s all smoke and means absolutely nothing.
Agreed, also right now is peak value for Beal –
if they wait until he’s in the last year of his contract a lot of teams with rich offers now will probably be more hesitant to get involved
Chicago would get a nice offer if he was!
I think he’ll end up where some people expect
Which is who? There are 8-12 teams who could realistically pull off that trade. Doesn’t mean they could or should.
Yeah that’s what I mean?
Just trade him and start the rebuild already. All your doing is frustrating a star player and looking like a bad organisation.
There’s a long list of interested teams: Sixers, Heat, Knicks, Nuggets, Pelicans, etc etc
I think Washington should just bite the bullet and trade him but not for an all star level player but instead aim for a bunch of picks and future pieces.
1. Micheal Porter Jr, Gary Harris, Bol Bol and 2 firsts and 2 seconds.
2. Tony Snell, Cam Reddish, Onyeka Okungwu, DeAndre Hunter 2 first round picks
The second would be the best option cause you get more young pieces. Yes you still have Russ, yes you didn’t get Collins but you got a bunch of pieces.
Your future would consist of Hachimura Avdija Reddish Okungwu Hunter Bryant and Brown Jr.
Plus with the way your playing your going to have the worst record and be in with a good chance of getting either Cade Cunningham or Jalen Suggs at the top of the draft to be the future point guard.
Then at the start of next year you will have all this young talent and 2 years left of Russ. Maybe you suck enough for another good pick and then it’s all go and your a very solid playoff team. This would be perfect timing for the Wizards in the east too with Toronto (Lowry), Boston (Walker), Milwauke (Lopez, Holiday), Nets (the whole big 3), Heat (Butler) all starting to get older. You’ll hit your prime with these guys in say 2024/25 just as these guys either retire or are near retiring. You’ll be competing with Boston, Sixers, Hawks for the top spots in the east.
Send him to Dallas for KP and other players
I doubt the Mav’s are looking to trade KP…don’t believe he would be happy going to Washington either.
Wiseman + wolves pick in a great draft class is the best package for them
That package would never ever happen. Why would GSW trade Wiseman when they have so few bigs? Also Beal makes $30M a year, if they aren’t taking back Wiggins in the deal then they’re trading Beal as a salary dump pretty much and not getting back anything big. GSW already has Dray/Klay/Steph/Wiggins – you cant have 5 $30M guys I think.
Wiggins + wolves pick + gsw 1st rounder + Mannion + Smailagic probably gets it done.
To move Wiggins you need to attach draft picks. Washington would be stupid to do that. Wiseman+oubre+wannamaker+wolves pick works in the trade machine. Looney and Chris can play center for them + there will be a lot of buyout guys.
I think Dallas would jump at the chance to trade KP right now, esp if they could get Beal in return
Not sure how interested WAS would be tho
Maybe they should send Russ to the Nets and reunite him with Harden and KD?
Crossed my fingers and waiting.
I think pretty much all NBA fans would love to see that.
Funny the Knicks are mentioned. Why would he go from a Train Car off the tracks to a full blown train wreck?
Knicks are turning it around this year. Not the same old knicks of years past. They have some young talented players.
Eh, right now I would rather be the Knicks than the Wizards.
One, two young player and Picks are a good deal for the wizards. Mabye Herro, olynik, Leonard and two, three firstrounder
Wizards becomes a young scorer, picks and cap Space in the next offeseason
[and, this, deal is, realistic)
Heat shouldn’t trade for Beal if it means Herro leaves
Mabye but that’s is a win-win situation. Beal is the better scorer but Herro is contract is smaller and he is a young shooting guard. And Picks are logical. But I like Herro too
Westbrook is not having a good yr. But injuries and players not consistently playing has hurt them too. They could have easily won 3 more gms. Then it’s whole different story. Fact is Beal would bring in a haul. Warriors have pieces even in a three way. Westbrook can lead the rebuild and could be move as expiring contract later. Wizards keep losing I think Beal gets moved. It could be a 3-4 way deal. Like Harden was. Hawks, Heat, Warriors I think would be most interested in him.
One must wonder why y’all wants him traded, he is happy in WAS, loosing apart, so no news there.
Also fans have to realize that any contending team will have to gut the team to get him, good thing you ain’t getting him cheap, you gotta give a current All-Star level (not a washed out one) some young All-Star potential player & many picks… is gonna be very expensive!
If a contending team gutted itself, it wouldn’t be a contending team anymore.
Also fans like you have to realize that your comment would only make sense if Beal was getting paid nothing, but he’s one of the highest paid guys in the game who is ONLY on a 2 year deal after this year – no matter who that player is, that tanks trade value. In this case it limits WAS to having to take back a big contract if they want to get lots of picks and pieces. If they dont take back money, then they’d actually have to add to the deal to get the haul you seek, this is how trades work. I hope you aren’t thinking Beal is the same tier of player as AD and how bad the Lakers wanted to overpay for him and are basing your trade value on that, because, no.
Again, Andrew Wiggins is the best match in terms of fit, ceiling and salary. Westbrook+Wiggins makes WSN better than Westbrook+Beal. GSW has Minny’s 1st rounder and their own one in next years loaded draft. Those 3 pieces are almost all that would need to be done, but some more future picks and like Poole, Smailagic and Mannion would be feasible too.
Westbrook + Wiggins > Westbrook + Beal?????
?? Seems like you agreed with the expense of trades. If not put quote marks around the first sentence.
So you’re ok with Harden leaving. But not Beal. When Wizards are much worse than Rockets right now.
#FreetheBeard —— but #KeeptheBeal …. Right
Harden wanted to leave, so HOU had no right to keep him.
Beal wants to stay so no one, not even WAS can tell him to go, when or if Beal wants to go, then I am all for it, if then WAS won’t, then will be time for #FreeBeal.
No idea why the Wizards wouldn’t trade him at this point.
El Don the only one with any common knowledge in this comment section. Couldn’t agree more
Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota’s 1st rounder (could land at #4-10 in the lotto, giving them potentially 2 picks in the top 10) and GSW’s first rounder in next years absolutely stacked draft, is fair for both sides – Wiggins is actually good now and fits better on that team than he does on GSW.
Then trade Oubre for Lonzo
Wiseman-Green-Ball-Beal-Curry = might get a chip this year but
Wiseman-Green-Klay-Beal-Curry = broke the league 2
Since when Wiggs is good?
Do you live in another dimension, dude?
Wiggs is even worse now than he was in MIN!
Anyone can see that, right?
Imo Wiz should get creative as possible and find a 3rd or 4th team to include shipping Westbrook out at the same time as Beal and hit that reset button with authority
it’s a player option… he can bolt after next yr
Beal will be traded. Just at matter if when.
Oubre Wiseman Looney and two picks would get it done. Warriors don’t have three years to wait for youngsters to mature. Cash in Wiseman and picks now and salary dump Oubre and Looney.