Bradley Beal could be heading to San Antonio, who are one of the favorites to land the Suns guard, according to one NBA insider.
John Gambodoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 FM Phoenix believes “there’s a zero percent chance” Bradley Beal comes back to the Phoenix next season.
“And I truly believe that, you know me, if I go out on a limb, on something I’m probably doing it for a reason,” Gambodoro said on the Burns and Gambo show. “I don’t see a scenario in which Bradley Beal can come back.”
But trading him won’t be easy. He still has two years and $111 million left in his five-year, $251 million contract.
Plus, as the entire NBA world knows, the Suns wanted Jimmy Butler this season and would have traded Beal for him, but he has a no-trade clause – so holds all the power.
“I don’t believe you could trade [Beal],” Gambodoro explained. “I think you go to the offseason and you try before to agree to any type of buyout or anything like that.”
The insider named four potential destinations for Beal following the Suns’ failed Big 3 experiment with him, Devin Booker, and Kevin Durant.
“I’ll take that guy for $15 million,” Gambodoro said. “I spoke with somebody in the NBA last night, and I was like, ‘Okay, let’s talk about where he’s going to go.’ He said, Miami, Denver, Golden State, possibly San Antonio. And this is somebody that’s in the know, and that’s what he said to me, Miami and Denver, two teams that he could go to if there was ever a buyout.”
“He said also to keep your eye on Golden State and maybe the Spurs, depending on the next coach, because for the new salary – $15, $20 million a year, you could withstand Bradley Beal missing 20 games with injuries. You can’t withstand it when you’re losing a guy making $40, $50 million a year that’s going to go out. But for a $15, $20 million guy, and any team that gets Bradley Beal, can make an argument that he’d be a better fit for that team than the Suns in Phoenix.”
