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NBA Star Bradley Beal and the Washington Wizards are looking for a trade but Beal has a no-trade clause. Here are three teams that can get him to waive it.
Bradley Beal has been one of the NBA’s best players for the last six seasons. He is a three-time All-Star, was All-NBA third team in 2021, and was a 30-point-per-game scorer in 2020 and the 2021 season. One of the things that plagued Beal is that he hasn’t played over 60 games in the last four seasons.
Over this past season, Beal averaged 23.2 points, 5.4 assists and 3.9 rebounds on career-high efficiency from the field at 50.6 percent and 36.5 percent from 3. But he only played 50 games.
As the Wizards have two other 20-point-per-game scorers in Kristaps Porzingis and Kyle Kuzma and Beal enters his 12th season at age 30 it is time for him to move on. Beal is currently under a five-year, $250 million deal with a player option for $57 million in the final year and a no-trade clause meaning he can nix any trade he doesn’t like.
Teams that can get Bradley Beal to waive his no-trade clause: 3. Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers have one of the best packages to offer to the Washington Wizards. For the last six seasons, the 76ers have failed to get past the second round. They have tried many different things, hiring Doc Rivers, trading Ben Simmons for James Harden, and in their latest attempt firing Rivers for Nick Nurse.
With the uncertainty of where James Harden wants to go this offseason, Bradley Beal could be a nice change of pace. To make things a little better 2023 MVP Joel Embiid had expressed interest in trading for Beal at the 2022 trade deadline.
Bradley Beal will give the 76ers scoring and a little bit of playmaking. Playing alongside a superstar like Joel Embiid, forces Bradley Beal to not be the guy, as he has been for the last six seasons in Washington. Beal has not been known to have playoff flameouts like Harden and Embiid have had, so he can give them an extra push come the postseason.
The only way that the 76ers can pull off this trade is to send something like Tobias Harris and two future first-round picks. Since the 76ers are giving up Harris, they might still have enough room to sign James Harden if he chooses to come back in the offseason. The 76ers could have a starting lineup with James Harden, Bradley Beal, and Joel Embiid with Tyrese Maxey coming off the bench.
That should be very appealing to the 76ers and appealing enough to Bradley Beal to waive his no-trade clause.