Suns trade for Beal

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Chris Paul hints Isiah Thomas may been involved in the trade for Bradley Beal.

Actually, it sounds like more than a hint.

@jf-08 already referenced it in post #307.

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Yeah.... If there is one thing he wants the world to know..... It's that Zeke is in Ishbia's ear.
 

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Ishbia had every chance to 100% shoot down the rumors of Isiah ever being involved at the press conference and he didn’t do it. Our heads are in the sand if we don’t think he has some influence over Ishbia.
Oh, I think he has a ton. Most likely he has more influence than James Jones. Ishibia just can't formally hire him, so it has to be done off the record.
 

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If CP3 is waived, where do we think he goes? What would be his best shot to
win a title?

I’d love to see him go to either the Sixers, Heat or the Celtics.
 

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Not really. We are still going to be over the second apron with whoever replaces him.
Definitely don't want to swap him for another ginormous gigantic contract - that would defeat the purpose - I'd rather someone just take over payments so to speak - frees up some cash for us and gets the problem child off the roster - but it would be nice to get someone in return if the contract isn't gargantuan
 

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If CP3 is waived, where do we think he goes? What would be his best shot to
win a title?

I’d love to see him go to either the Sixers, Heat or the Celtics.
Ha, while I'd love to see this, hard to see him going anywhere outside of LA.
 

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Arizona Sports has a show about the trade right now.
 

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The Heat were reportedly not interested in trading for Beal.
 

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Just heard this too. Shows you how little leverage the Wizards had. The Suns said no and still got Beal.

What I don't fully understand is why the Wizards weren't more patient.

They must have wanted to get rid of Beal's contract bad.

The Wizards had probably already explored the market and that was it with Beal's no trade clause.
 

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What I don't fully understand is why the Wizards weren't more patient.

They must have wanted to get rid of Beal's contract bad.

The Wizards had probably already explored the market and that was it with Beal's no trade clause.
Nobody wanted to take on Beal’s contract plus the no trade clause as the Apron is phased in. Plus, according to another show, Beal wanted to play with the Suns and had more or less control where he went because of the no trade.
 

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Nobody wanted to take on Beal’s contract plus the no trade clause as the Apron is phased in. Plus, according to another show, Beal wanted to play with the Suns and had more or less control where he went.

We really do not know if every team was not interested in Beal, only a report the Heat weren't.

However, Beal controlled his destiny with a no trade clause.
 

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We really do not know if every team was not interested in Beal, only a report the Heat weren't.

However, Beal controlled his destiny with a no trade clause.
I don’t think anybody said every team but their local radio is reporting the market was already thin and coupled with Beal’s wishes there were limited options.
 

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What I don't fully understand is why the Wizards weren't more patient.

They must have wanted to get rid of Beal's contract bad.

The Wizards had probably already explored the market and that was it with Beal's no trade clause.
He's owed 250 Million over the next 4 years. He misses a LOT of games. The new CBA makes his contract an albatross and Washington knew it. And it was made worse by Beal's no trade contract. Very few teams would be willing to take on that kind of money for a player that misses so many games. All those things worked in our favor in this trade.

This trade might backfire on us but if it does, it really won't change things very much because of our already precarious situation. And it takes us from being a very longshot to win it all to a solid threat to do so.
 

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Gambo saying CP3 absolutely knew he was either getting traded or waived. His future here was pretty much over.
On top of that, Paul said he would not comeback for the league minimum and was trying to force the Suns hand to pay him the $30 million. Gambo said from day one the Suns were not paying him that.
 
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