Bradley Beal to Boston? It’s hard to see the pathway for Celtics

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The NBA offseason launched in earnest Wednesday afternoon with reports that the Washington Wizards will consider potential trade possibilities for Bradley Beal if the team elects to go into rebuilding mode this summer.

The news sent some Celtics fans sprinting to trade machine to craft a package for the soon-to-be 30-year-old guard who just completed the first year of a 5-year, $251 million supermax contract that will pay him $46.7 million next season.

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Here is why any sort of Beal-to-Boston deal feels unlikely:

1. There is virtually no way the Celtics can have Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Bradley Beal on their books as early as next summer, and definitely not by the summer of 2025. Brown is supermax-eligible this summer, while Tatum can ink his own supermax extension the following summer.

The Jays’ salaries will spike starting with Brown in the summer of 2024 and a new collective bargaining agreement makes it virtually impossible to carry three max price-tag players, at least without gutting your supporting cast and inviting the wrath of the new second apron.

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2. While Beal has a no-trade clause that could help steer him to a preferred destination, the Wizards seemingly would have little interest in a deal for the sort of parts that Boston could offer to get near Beal’s salary.

Malcolm Brogdon and Marcus Smart should only appeal to win-now contenders, and even trying to overwhelm the Wizards with younger talent (Payton Pritchard?) and picks (all projected in the…

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Publish date : 2023-06-14 19:09:18

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