BREAKING: The Washington Wizards are trading three-time All-Star Bradley Beal to the Phoenix Suns for Chris Paul, Landry Shamet, second-rounders

[pete clemenza]

Denver has 3 max players.

All drafted by the Nuggets tho. It wasn't acquiring one star player for like three dudes and four first rounders

 

[firemanBk]

I think lillard would be better for the heat he got more playoff experience than beal

The Heat do not have the assets to get Lillard and never did
Idgaf if Lillard says he would like to play with Bam, the Blazers aren't trading the best player in franchise history for Tyler Herro and some wack mid-late first rounders

 

[FAH1223]

 

[Shadow King]

Denver has 3 max players.

He's talking about teams trying to form Big 3s again, not payroll. Murray and Porter aren't superstars though Murray plays like it come April.

 

[Mirin4rmfar]

He's talking about teams trying to form Big 3s again, not payroll. Murray and Porter aren't superstars though Murray plays like it come April.

Murray is a super star, Porter is not but with Porter and Gordon, you have two big ass strong starters.

 

[No1]

He's talking about teams trying to form Big 3s again, not payroll. Murray and Porter aren't superstars though Murray plays like it come April.

I think he is talking about payroll because there’s no reason that you can’t build a balanced roster with a big 3 otherwise. Being a superstar is irrelevant if you’re still paid like one. The Bucks, Warriors, Nuggets were all well-rounded teams with a high ass payrolls. Denver will be in the luxury if they try to bring their whole team back. Denver literally has 4 all star caliber players in their starting lineup - they’re just not big names outside of Joker. Talent still reigns in the NBA. The only team to win two games against Denver had 2 top 10 NBA players.

 

[No1]

All drafted by the Nuggets tho. It wasn't acquiring one star player for like three dudes and four first rounders

But that has nothing to do with how their salaries effect building a talented roster. OKC could’ve had 3 young max players and would’ve played the Heat in 3 straight finals and they decided to not pay Harden. The key isn’t not having a big 3, it’s about paying the right people and putting the right pieces around them.

 

[Shadow King]

Murray is a super star, Porter is not but with Porter and Gordon, you have two big ass strong starters.

Superstars are more persistent as an offensive threat from October onwards.

I think he is talking about payroll because there’s no reason that you can’t build a balanced roster with a big 3 otherwise. Being a superstar is irrelevant if you’re still paid like one. The Bucks, Warriors, Nuggets were all well-rounded teams with a high ass payrolls. Denver will be in the luxury if they try to bring their whole team back. Denver literally has 4 all star caliber players in their starting lineup - they’re just not big names outside of Joker. Talent still reigns in the NBA. The only team to win two games against Denver had 2 top 10 NBA players.

The payroll is the byproduct of having a Big 3. But as you said, Denver has that balance. The teams looking into Beal, won't.

 

[Mirin4rmfar]

Miami : Bradley Beal, Monte Morris Wizards: Duncan Robinson, Lowry, number 18, future first round pick, Oladipo....


Monte Morris
Bradley Beal
Jimmy Butler
Caleb Martin
Bam Adebayo

2nd unit
Chris Paul/Tyler Herro, Jovic, Highsmith, Andre Drummond, Kevin Love

 

[drifter]

Denver ain't exactly a blueprint of things, just like Miami turning trash into semi treasure isn't either. Teams just can't plan to copy rarely ever do you get 3 max players and quality depth.

Nuggets benefitted from the Nets not having enough to pay Jeff Green and then KD/Kyrie being weird and running off quality players like Bruce Brown. They traded for Aaron Gordon. Even they know the stars aligned which is why they plan to use 1st round picks for depth going forward because you can't count on getting players like that for cheap like Bruce. Most ring chasers are over the hill.

 

[Volt]

We're talking about straight up bs like Phoenix trying to dump CP3 and Shamet for Beal but it's not like the Wizards can't just pull a Sixers/Nets and wait for a better deal, right?

Miami can at least sweeten the deal with picks and expirings, what can Phoenix realistically offer?

 

[RubioTheCruel]

I think lillard would be better for the heat he got more playoff experience than beal

True, but the problem with that is you’re going to have to give up Bam to get Dame, which kinda defeats the purpose of the trade in the first place. Beal makes more sense because he can force the Wizards hand by invoking his NTC and they get to keep Butler, Bam(and even Herro).

What was Tommy Sheppard thinking giving him that NTC? Man must have been drinking on the job

 

[Trapperman Dave]

True, but the problem with that is you’re going to have to give up Bam to get Dame, which kinda defeats the purpose of the trade in the first place. Beal makes more sense because he can force the Wizards hand by invoking his NTC and they get to keep Butler, Bam(and even Herro).

What was Tommy Sheppard thinking giving him that NTC? Man must have been drinking on the job

Herro probably gone if they can get beal robinson strus martin can hit some open shots without the cost

 

[FAH1223]

The Beal clan lives in Bethesda, MD.

Their house is off market at moment.

 

[Rigby.]

If the league's owners (or any American professional league for that matter) allow for sheikh ownership that's exactly what's going to happen. And because of that I don't see that happening anytime soon unless they create a hard cap.

Yeah that probably wouldn’t be the absolute last league to have them join (NFL owners seemingly have more power as a unit than any other sport), but they’d be #2. You could create a Man City model under the soon to be conditions rather easy