Trade & FA 2025-26: Free Agency Starts 5pm CST/6pm EST

[DallasMaverick]

I think Beal genuinely doesn’t care. I think he self aware and knows how much power he has. 

And I also think he’s not very motivated to give that power up

It's not like Beal is a bad player.  He's had good shooting percentages, plays a well-rounded game. There was some drop-off to his offensive production after being traded to the Suns, but on a team with Booker and KD, that's understandable.

Availability hasn't been good - averaging about 50 games a year for the past several years.

At $20m/yr., you'd probably say "Good value!".  But at $50m....

I suspect he understands that, at age 32, he's not ever getting a deal like he has now.

He's always struck me as a pretty competitive guy.  I wonder if that's faded, or if his wife just loves Phoenix so much that he'll never voluntarily leave.

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