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Suns End Bradley Beal Experiment


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The Bradley Beal trade didn't look good at the time for the Phoenix Suns given his contract and positional overlap with Devin Booker. Now, following a first-round sweep at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves, it looks even worse moving forward. Beal, Kevin Durant and Devin Booker will be the most expensive trio in basketball next season at roughly $150.7 million in combined salary. Phoenix should try to shop the remaining three years and $161 million on Beal's contract, but it will be limited by the new second-apron trade restrictions. The Suns won't be able to take back more than Beal's $50.2 million 2024-25 salary in a trade, can't send any cash in trades and aren't allowed to aggregate contracts in a trade. Despite that, the Miami Heat stand out as a potential trade partner, especially since the Heat finished the regular season ranked only 21st overall in offensive rating and could use Beal's scoring and playmaking. Beal would join a core of Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr. and others without Miami giving up any future first-round picks. For Phoenix, this would be a way of getting off Beal's contract while slightly trimming the payroll (roughly $2.8 million in savings) and adding three starters/rotation players around Durant and Booker. Rozier (19.8 points, 4.0 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 36.3 percent from three) could slide into Beal's starting backcourt spot while making less than half as much money, and Robinson (12.9 points, 39.5 percent shooting from three) would help keep the floor spread for the stars to operate.

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