Bradley Beal‘s new five-year, maximum-salary contract with the Wizards includes a no-trade clause, reports Bobby Marks of ESPN (Twitter link). That will give Beal the right to block any trade during the next several seasons.
There are several different scenarios in which a player can earn the right to veto a trade during a single league year. A player who re-signs with his previous team on a one-year contract – or a two-year deal with an option year – is given no-trade protection. So is a player who signs an offer sheet and has that offer matched by his previous team. Players who accept one-year qualifying offers after their rookie contracts expire also receive veto power.
However, an actual no-trade clause that spans the life of a contract can only be negotiated by a player who has been in the NBA for at least eight years and has spent at least four years with his current team — Beal qualifies, having spent all 10 of his NBA seasons in D.C.
Even for players who meet the criteria, no-trade clauses are extremely rare — Beal is just the 10th player in NBA history to receive one, Marks notes (via Twitter). Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, and Dirk Nowitzki had no-trade clauses in their respective deals as recently as 2017/18, but no player has had one since — until now.
In addition to featuring a no-trade clause, Beal’s new $251MM contract includes a 15% trade kicker and a fifth-year player option, according to Marks (Twitter link).
they gave him everything! who could ever trade for him now? nobody
Instead of a no-trade clause, Beal’s contract should have a no-trade-request clause. All max and super-max contracts should. You sign the big-money contract, player, you commit to the team. If you don’t know that you want to commit to the team for the duration of your contract, you want to go play for your friends on some other team, then go there and then sign, for whatever you can get there. That’s the way this stuff used to work. Now, these guys sign the monster contract with their current team, force their way out, and go someplace else. The trades that ensue wreck teams and screw the fan bases for years. But the max and super-max players get everything they want, and more.
I like that!! I could definately see that coming up in the collective bargaining agreement.
Why is it not okay for player X to want to change teams half way into a contract but teams can trade Player X at any point and not be committed to player. Look at what the Knicks just did to the players they signed last year. Now backing off of them. Why is that okay?
I would assume the Knicks told those players that since they had a Team Option in their contracts that they were trade candidates basically for their whole contract.
Its a clause. No one is arguing right or wrong. If you give someone 50 mill a year it would be nice to know they wont sabotage your team with a trade demand.
If a player signs with a new team and a new city and uproots their family and move their kids to new schools, it would be nice to know the team won’t sabotage your families life and preferences by trading you in a salary dump.
I don’t think we will be on the same page on this. I am pro player movement and believe that a player requesting a trade is not a bad thing. And if teams can trade a player with at any point, a player can request a trade at any point.
We have to realize these are, at the end of the day, workplace relationships. Sometimes we find a new job and it goes well for the first year and then the true colors of the workplace come out and you start searching elsewhere.
What????????? They are paying them million! Just stop! What garauntees does the common worker have their job will be available tomorrow? If they are afraid of being traded don’t sign the contract then. I am not understanding your stance sir.
Its very simple. When you provide an opportunity to make large sums of money. You can dictate circumstances. When you have immense talent you can alter some arrangements. So it goes back to the original point. Beal with his talent can arrange a no trade clause. The Wiz with all their money Iam sure wouldn’t mind implementing a no trade request clause for their best interest aswell. If the player wants the money and they dont have the bargaining power take it and deal with it. If the team wants the player bad enough. Leave it.
Harden and Irving would enjoy playing for Wizards
They are unlikely to win championships next 5 years
First good Sullivan post ever! #Sowizards
This take is equally as hollow and worthless as all his others.
Did’t Washington once did John Wall a humongous contract that just didn’t quite work out?