06-23-2025, 08:01 AM
(06-23-2025, 07:26 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: I just don't know what PHX does with Beal. I know he has been disappointement and injured, but if you look at his stats they aren't bad. Not an elite player any longer, but his stats are not bad. Then you see the contract and it hits you like a sledgehammer.
Even if he waived his no trade clause, will anyone give you an expiring contract for him? That seems doubtful. I read that they should park him on the bench and only play him in blowout minutes and make him misearable to waive his no trade clause. I just don't think there is a market for him though. So maybe trying to make the best of the situation is the way to go. It seems like PHX is done with him though.
It seems like PHX, like the Mavs before Flagg, were not seeing their team clearly and plugging hole after hole with no real future. I get it that Booker wants to stay in PHX. That is important. I think in time both PHX and Booker will realize that a break is going to best for both parties.
It seems at this stage that the most likely outcome is that Phoenix eats the cost of their mistake and just cuts him. It would take huge assets to use his contract and get back something useful, plus he is blocking most (if not all) of the possibilities anyway with his no trade clause.
From Beal perspective there is some difference in being cut or traded on his current deal. If he is cut, he becomes a vet min player. Bye, bye being a star. You accept the role given to you or the team just cuts him. A list of suitors will likely be long though, as he would be a huge asset for a vet min player. So, he would have a bit of an impact on his role with the team he chooses to sign with. If he gets traded on his current deal, the new team might be motivated to feature him with a hope to sell him in a year when he becomes expiring.