Beal to Orlando?

[orlando_joe]

Just to clarify, Beal has 2 years left on his deal inclusive of his player option. KCP has the same terms (2 yrs with PO) but Isaac just signed his extension through 28/29

isaac contract has injury out 3 of 4 yrs not guaranteed

[brackdan70]

Suns would have to attach at least one first round pick, maybe 2 here.

[Skybox]

PHX owes compensation which they do not have.

...and I would suggest that even adding picks doesn't soften the blow to ORL's upcoming cap crunch. ORL, IMO, is past the point in their rebuild where they can "absorb" a really sketchy contract in return for some marginal picks. ORL also doesn't really have any heavy contracts they want to unload going back...I would say that Cole and WCJ(upcoming) are the only negative values and Cole's is only one year. Taking on Beal's horrendous deal, at his age, would be a mistake.

[vxmike]

Yes, but both Isaac and KCP do qualify as bad contracts as well.

Isaac and KCP contracts are nowhere near as toxic as Beal. I bet most teams would rather have KCP than Beal even if the contract was the same.

That's a nice mix of hate and exaggeration.

Beal is never healthy and will be paid almost $60m his last season. What am I missing here?

[wemby]

Makes sense for both teams.

Yeah, makes perfect sense for both Phoenix and the Suns.

[gswhoops]

While I do think that Beal would look better away from Phoenix - he's a terrible fit with Booker - and provide some on-court help for Orlando his contract is a huge problem. The contract downside for Orlando is too high without incentive that Phoenix can't provide.

This is really all that needs to be said. Beal has some positives for Orlando but there's no way to make them outweigh the negatives here - most obviously his contract.