2023-06-18 23:49:01
Bradley Beal is expected to leave the Wizards to join Kevin Durant and Devin Booker at the Suns.
Wizards star Bradley Beal to sign with Kevin Durant and Devin Booker’s Suns in a player trade that sends Chris Paul to Washington, the Insiders report Sunday. ESPN et The Athletic.
The 29-year-old point guard, three times selected for the All-Star Game, will come to form a “Big 3” with very strong offensive potential with Durant and Booker, since he was still averaging 31.5 points in 2020 / 2021.
Last season, he scored 23.2 points per game, with a career-best 51% completion rate, despite missing numerous games due to injuries.
The Suns eliminated in the semi-finals of the Western Conference, during the last play-offs, by the future champion Denver, will have no other ambition than the quest for a first title.
«It was an extremely complicated process to finalize, with many hurdles to jump through, but (Wizards owner) Ted Leonsis and (President) Michael Winger were incredible partners in bringing this project to fruition. We are extremely grateful to themsaid Beal’s agent, Mark Bartelstein.
Phoenix, which may face a salary cap issue with three such stars in addition to DeAndre Ayton, will buy out the last four years of Beal’s contract with the Wizards after playing there for 11 years.
This transfer, which will dramatically open the transfer window, also leads to the departure of Landry Shamet in Washington, who will also receive several second rounds of draft, specifies ESPN.
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