Qwigglez wrote:No where did I hear Beal mention he didn't like the weather in the Midwest is all I'm getting at, and it might not be that big of a factor for him. And I didn't mention anything about him disliking the weather in AZ, I was simply asking questions because you seem to infer that weather environment could be important. I'm saying.. it might not be as big a deal as you are making it. The nightlife might not be as important. That's it. You bring up weather, and nightlife like those are huge important factors for Beal.
Beal mentioning he got the stamp from Book and KD is great. But that was before the Suns traded for him. Now that the three have played together, it obviously isn't working out as they all had hoped. Which is why the whole Jimmy Butler thing is even a rumor right now.
Beal mentioning he wanted to win a championship in D.C is just fluff talk because he just signed a max-contract.
There is nothing there. Beal also cannot easily dictate where he goes, he can only dictate where he won't go. Big difference there.
Beal definitely hears the rumors.
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So just as easily as you might infer it's not as big of a deal, even though he himself said in that very video clip (tweet) that the weather in Phoenix was the icing on the cake for him and they all agreed that nothing beats the weather in Phoenix! That comment illustrates it possibly being more of a factor than you might view it. And it's only an important consideration to the context of each environment involved in this whole trade premise. Also If you look at what most players actually sight in reasons why they choose specific destinations, the majority actually sight weather, nightlife, etc as considerable factors in their decisions. If this was not so, why is it that teams like Los Angeles, Miami, Golden State, etc have such frequent success attracting stars/ players or being high on stars/ players preferred lists of destinations? Opinions being individually scalable, just as much as those factors might not be a big deal to players, the inverse is that they just as easily could. But again, all you really need to do is look at
4:14 of that video clip to hear Beal himself say the weather was a clear factor! Of course, it isn't working! It was never going to work putting together such a redundant grouping of ball-dominant players all ending possessions just to be effective in their style of play! But that doesn't mean that the players don't get along or hate each other! In fact, just look again at that quote from the article I referenced about his agent saying......... No one has spoken to him or Beal about any trades or waiving the NTC. And just after that, he directly says that.........
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2025/01/22/bradley-beal-agent-addresses-no-trade-clause-suns/77884295007/#:~:text=Bartelstein%20added%2C%20%E2%80%9CAt%20this%20point,have%20a%20no%2Dtrade%20clause.
Bartelstein added, “At this point, there has not been one conversation about a trade because again, his focus again has been on getting healthy and making it work in Phoenix.”
Honestly, The Butler trade rumors speak so much more to Ishbias' irrationally compulsive nature and delusional NBA 2K mentality than they actually do about Beeals' redundancy issues. Isghbia sees a "Big name" and is just all tingly and excited! He can't control himself. But actually, joking and chiding of Ishbias' decisions aside, The real root reason that I'm sure most everyone's deduced by now, really has nothing to do with Beal. But is due to Ishbia trying to pander to Durant by bringing in his good friend in order to secure his extension!
According to ESPN's Kendrick Perkins, Kevin Durant has said he will extend his contract with the Phoenix Suns if they trade for Jimmy Butler. Perkins also reported that the Suns have a two-year, $121 million contract extension ready for Butler.
Ishbia is such a KD (big-name fanboy) that he'll practically do anything to appease Durant rather than possibly see him leave! Beal is just a convenient excuse for him to trade for Butler and secure Durant staying longer rather than jumping ship as he's shown to do in the past! Also, you may believe that Beal saying he wants to win a championship is just fluff talk, but I disagree! He was always going to get that max deal anyways and didn't need to say any of that for any logical reason unless he truly did mean it. Because you could simply look again at the fact that he didn't choose to veto going to Phoenix when he very easily could have. He also chose Phoenix because BOTH KD and Booker were already there and the clear goal was winning a championship! If that wasn't true, he could have just as easily told the Wizards he wouldn't agree to go there and to just send him elsewhere.
But at the time we traded for him, There were no other teams that Beal even offered as an alternative. Why do you suppose that was?? If he didn't care about trying to contend, why not offer a list of other teams he'd be willing to go to? Lastly, It really isn't a big difference because Beal having full control of where he
"won't go"! logically only leaves the team that's trying to trade him with
" where he is agreeable to go!" Otherwise they're just stuck with him. So he does dictate where he wants to go simply by having full authority to veto any alternative options. This very simply means that in order to be able to even trade Beal, he clearly has to accept the trade or agree to go to that destination, and by eliminating all other options under his NTC, all that's left as an option is
" where he wants to go!" Regardless of how it's framed or phrased, it's still the same outcome wherein he only goes where he wishes to go or accepts! If this wasn't true, he would've already been traded. So no real difference at all aside from the wording. The semantics of the phrasing still yields the same outcome/ results in the end.
