The Wizards have given Bradley Beal and his representatives – including agent Mark Bartelstein – permission to talk to rival teams about a potential trade, sources tell Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report.
While Beal has not requested a trade, per Haynes, the Wizards are reportedly mulling the idea of a roster reset that would involve moving the star guard. Since Beal has a no-trade clause, he’ll be very much a part of any trade negotiations, so it’s no surprise that his camp has been granted permission to talk directly to potential suitors.
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The Heat and Bucks are among the teams expected to speak with Bartelstein, sources tell Haynes. The Heat and Beal have been linked in the past and appear to have mutual interest, but the 29-year-old isn’t attempting to force his way to Miami or to any other specific team, a source tells Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald.
As for Milwaukee, Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports confirms there have been rumblings about the Bucks having interest in Beal, as others have reported. But a Bucks trade for Beal would probably have to include Khris Middleton, according to Fischer, who says all indications are that Milwaukee intends to bring back Middleton and free agent center Brook Lopez.
Here’s more from Haynes’ latest rumor round-up:
- The Pacers have made the No. 7 pick available and are in the market for a starting-caliber wing, per Haynes, echoing a report from ESPN’s Brian Windhorst (Twitter video link via Evan Sidery of Forbes). According to Fischer, Indiana previously explored trade scenarios for Hawks forward De’Andre Hunter (for Chris Duarte and draft capital) and Raptors forward OG Anunoby. The Pacers are also expected to be among the suitors for Celtics restricted free agent forward Grant Williams, Fischer adds.
- The Clippers are considered unlikely to reach an agreement on a contract extension with head coach Tyronn Lue this offseason, Haynes reports. Lue has one more guaranteed year on his contract, with a team option for 2024/25. Haynes adds that the Suns never officially made contact with the Clippers about their interest in Lue this spring, since L.A. would have wanted draft assets to release Lue from his contract, and Phoenix used most of its draft picks at the trade deadline to acquire Kevin Durant.
- Nate McMillan turned down an offer to join the Mavericks‘ coaching staff and intends to take a year off from coaching to spend time with his family, sources tell Haynes.
- Scoot Henderson will return to North Carolina on Monday to meet with Hornets owner Michael Jordan, writes Haynes. Fischer previously reported that Charlotte wanted to bring both Henderson and Brandon Miller back early next week to meet with Jordan. It’s unclear whether or not Miller will also return to Charlotte.
The Hornets aren’t nearly good enough to draft for need. I think taking Miller over Henderson would be a mistake. Having two ball handling scorers isn’t the worst thing in the world. Miller reminds me of Jabari Smith. He can’t really create his own offense.
Miller creates his own shot by blowing past and steamrolling anybody that gets in his way. He’s like a Lamborghini engine inside a tank. Either one would be a good option though as I think Melo would be better off ball as a shooter and connecting passer.
Remember, Phoenix drafted DeAndre Ayton with the #1 pick. He played at AZ and they already had Booker, but failed to draft Luka Doncic. Instead of trading away a whole lot of assets for Durant, they could have just drafted Luka.
Why stop there
28 teams had a crack at Joker his draft year
The entire NBA decided to pass on Austin Reaves 2 years ago
Milwaukee can offer a better deal than what Miami can. Would think that Brad Beal prefers Miami over Milwaukee.
Bucks don’t have anything to offer lol. They have no picks. And no young talent. Bucks are still the best in East healthy. Just run it back …….
Beal goes where he wants to go.
Only Knicks, Kings, Heat can make real offers. And have the team to contend with him.
WSH giving Beal and his reps permission to talk to other teams suggests two things.
1) Even if he didn’t formally ask for a trade, he or his agents must have said something along those lines. Teams don’t grant this permission out the blue.
2) The trade market for him, at least at this point, doesn’t look so robust. His right to approve a trade isn’t a reason for the team to relinquish control over the alternatives. At least if it looks like there might be some good ones out there.
Beal and Monte Morris, and the 58th pick thos year for Holiday, Grayson Allen, Pat Connaughton, 2024 2nd, 2029 1st…
Probably let Lopez go, and try to retain crowder and ingles, and. Add depth from there
Beal, Matthews, Middleton, Crowder, Giannis
Portis, Ingles, Morris, Beauchamp
A pretty decent foundation for how that would look. Again, not saying it’s great asset management, but I could see it happening more than dismissing it.
I thought they had the most depth this year, but they didnt use it. Not sure how much different they necessarily have to be, and Jrue is a tough person to move in a scenario like that
Smart thinking by Indy.
Have tradable contracts like Theis, Heild, McConnell etc and then use the 7th overall pick as a sweetener to see what you can get on the trade market. This is what I’d do..
Buddy Heild, Andrew Nembhart and pick 7 for OG and Thad Young
Promote Mathurin to a starting position and bring in Thad to share the PF position with the young guys. OG actually went to university at Indiana so I think he’d adjust easily and Nembhart is born and raised in Canada so that would be a home coming for him.
Indy could fill out the bench with other local vets such as Cody Zeller or Mason Plumblee for back up centre. Plus they also still have picks 26, 29 and 32, they could look to move up or move out guys like Theis. Id go..
Isiah Jackson, Jordan Nwora and picks 26 and 32 for Obi Toppin
Then line up …
Tyrese Mathurin OG Thad Turner
McConnell Duarte Nesmith Toppin Plumblee
Teague Jaquez Guy Smith Theis
So let me get this right. I give up Beal. For a guy who is older and gets hurt more than he does.
Don’t we understand what a Beal trade means to Washington. It means total rebuild. It means blow it up and go for youth. Maybe Kuz is only one who stays. And that’s if he wants to ……. Washington wants youth and picks. And some expiring money, maybe. They are testing the waters. Before the draft. Doesn’t mean he gets moved. They can wait till TD.