The belief around the NBA is that signing a new contract with the Wizards is the most likely offseason outcome for veteran guard Bradley Beal, writes Shams Charania of The Athletic. However, multiple sources tell Charania that the Heat are considered a “legitimate” suitor for Beal if he decides to seek a change of scenery in free agency.
Even if Beal were interested in going to Miami, it would be a challenge for the capped-out Heat to acquire him. As Charania writes, a sign-and-trade would almost certainly be necessary, and it’s a safe bet the Wizards would drive a hard bargain if they were sending their franchise player to a division rival. Reacting to the report, Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald says he’d be surprised if the Heat were willing to move Tyler Herro in a sign-and-trade for Beal.
The entire scenario remains hypothetical for now. Although the Heat are one of several teams that have monitored Beal for years in case he asks to be dealt – Charania reports the Sixers also did plenty of work this season on a possible Beal trade before acquiring James Harden – the longtime Wizard has always remained committed to D.C. It sounds like there’s a good chance that trend will continue this summer.
Here’s more on the Heat:
- Caleb Martin (hyperextended left knee) said on Monday that he’ll play vs. Philadelphia tonight, and head coach Erik Spoelstra said that Jimmy Butler (right ankle sprain) will warm up with the intention of playing (Twitter links via Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel and Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald). Sixers center Joel Embiid, meanwhile, will sit on the second night of a back-to-back set due to back soreness, tweets ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne.
- Victor Oladipo didn’t travel to Philadelphia due to back spasms, but the Heat don’t seem concerned about the veteran guard, tweets Chiang. “He’s just rehabbing and trying to get ready for Wednesday,” Spoelstra said of Oladipo.
- Heat big man Udonis Haslem remains interested in getting involved in the franchise’s ownership group after he retires, as Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald relays. “This is always the place I wanted to win. This is always the place I wanted to retire. This is always the place I felt I could make the biggest impact,” Haslem said, noting that he took discounts earlier in his career to stay with the Heat. “… You don’t give up $40, $50, $60 million dollars temporarily because it [isn’t] temporarily coming back. So everything I’ve done is to be part of this organization for the rest of my life.”
UH speaks like he was actually a really good player.
Bro you put up 12-9 in your best season playing 37 minutes a game and averaging 0.3 blocks.
Your born and raised Miami Florida, went to high school and college there, went undrafted and ended up on the Heat. No body was offering 60mil. Your lucky this team has stuck with you for so long.
Your great for culture and stuff but cmon man don’t be speaking like your owed this and that
You clearly didn’t watch the heat back in the day. He was arguably the most important player for their 2006 championship besides O’Neal and Wade. And also for the LeBron teams.
Based on your opening sentence, at first I thought you were going to talk about Beal. I would have agreed with you if that was the case.
Udonis Haslem absolutely gave up tens of millions multiple times to stay here, and it is also known he turned down between 40-60 million elsewhere twice. Just b/c you are still salty a guy is loved by his franchise and fanbase, doesn’t mean you are speaking some sort of real truth
Seems like every season Miami is “in the market” for big name FA. Pat Reilly wants to win basketball games…shocking!
I’m sure every team would love to add a superstar, but wanting and actually doing it are completely different things. DM me when Gino signs that Heat deal…I’ll wait
You ain’t getting beal without herro to start
Beal will be a S&T and they won’t get nearly what you think they should.