AirP. wrote:Shewasfly wrote:AirP. wrote:It may be a bit more complicated then that.
Beal had all the leverage. If he truly wanted Miami, the Wizards had no choice.
Look at everything else that the Wizards are giving up too. Does that read like a team that simply took the preferred offer?
At the end of the day, everybody can only speculate. But doesn't seem like it was something the FO just whiffed on. And I've been very critical of them as you know.
The point I want to keep making is that if it was his preference then why did it take 2 days for Phoenix to get this done and the only thing really done is that they agreed to make it happe and are still working on the deal. It makes very little sense if it were just up to Beal... because if it was that simple this would have been done Saturday. Why wasn't it done Saturday if it were up to Beal?
To me that makes it even more likely that it was about his choice. Otherwise if they haven't even worked out exactly what the package is going to be going out and coming in, how can you say its about them having gotten a better haul from Phx?
Idk. And honestly I don't care to go back and forth. Beal's not coming to Miami and that's the end of that particular pathway to improving. Gotta hope for a miracle with Dame, or, I guess, for similar desperation as we saw with the Wiz from the Mavs to get something for Kyrie.