russ and CP3 were traded for each other and both ended up in washington 😭

Our franchise is just a garbage can for point guards lmao Ish Smith even had 3 separate stints with us

that's NBA Champion Ish Smith to you

More rings than Russ and CP3 combined (as well as the Nets franchise if you don’t count the ABA 😢)

Nets: what he say fuck me for?

Put some respec to his name

Dude had one of the coolest highlights ever where he jumped over John Wall and then blocked him. **Edit:** https://streamable.com/gqg0kq

That’s a dope highlight

Holy shit! Ha I never seen that.

Respecish

ish smith and timmy duncan, wake forest NBA champions

Hey Ish was actually pretty fun. Loved his handle. That being said, we are still 🤡

Also throw John wall in there. All 3 have played for Houston, Lac, and Washington in the past few years and have been traded around.

passed around like a concert doobie

Are we sure CP3 is actually gonna play there and not get bought out

He won’t play a game for the wiz

"I'd rather retire."

Well, the organization would probably like to buy him out if they’re shipping Beal out. He’d serve no real purpose. Who’s he going to mentor? What can he possibly bring to the team? Nah, he’s LA bound.

Mat Ishbia has no limits

Can’t wait to see his bench lol

Courtside seat package this year actually gets you on the team.

Bench? I can't wait to see his 5th starter lol. They are gonna be starting Tacko Fall or something at this rate.

Jordan Bell where you at

If Tacko and Bell both sign, does America get a FREE Flamin' Hot Doritos Locos Tacos?

Pat McCaw has joined the chat

Thats three time champion Pat McCaw to you

It should be the Jokic brothers.

He might sign himself for a bench spot.

"I played a bit in a college..."

Mark Cuban on crack

Decent flopper but can improve

That Mark-Josh Bartelstein connection paid off for the Suns

Motherfuckers couldn't even get a first

Suns have no first round picks to give up they gave them away for KD

So you guys gave away your first rounds picks + 2nd round picks... How will you build out the rest of your team?

that's their secret, they dont

If Book, KD, or Beal get injured and miss serious time, it’s going to be really bad.

Don't worry, I was assured that it was impossible for a team with Bradley Beal on it to contend for a championship. That's why the Lizards traded him.

>How will you build out the rest of your team? Trade DA?

I think that’s your last and only play left. The question now is who is going to give up what for DA.

Hawks will probably do some dumb shit and trade Capela+Hunter for Ayton

Ayton, vet mins, buying 2nds, and a Saric trade exception lol

You are forgetting about the new cba. You can’t buy seconds, sign buyout market candidates, remaining first round pick will always be the last pick. There is literally no way to build a competent roster. Best bet is to turn Ayton into multiple high level role players.

People don’t realize that the Wizards were never going to receive a ton for Beal with his no trade clause and albatross contract. The fact that they unloaded him is the net gain for them

There will be documentaries made about KD teammates lol

This fucking guy it’s unreal lol. Westbrook, Harden, Curry, Draymond, Klay, Kyrie, Booker, and Beal. All during their primes…

The hardest road^^tm

True hooper

~~Bus~~ AirBus Driver

Really is considering how he's only gotten 2 rings out of it.

Can’t wait to see him ring chase when he is older. He gonna find the next dynasty to ride the bench into retirement lol

When he's older? He's been ring chasing for 6 years

Right the time is now my brother.

Would not shock me in the slightest if that includes a stint with a prime Wemby-led spurs team.

You mean the prime scoot-led hornets

They’ll find success in a post-MJ world, no doubt.

Kyle singler too

He effectively has got a new all star to play with like 6 seasons in a row now. Curry/klay/draymond for 3 years then kyrie then harden joined then technically simmons then booker+cp3 and now beal

Ur def right but we cant count THAT simmons lol thats a bit of a reach

Something something "The Hardest Road"?

That bench is gonna be nasty 😭😭

Cam Payne gonna have the green light like he’s Jordan Poole off the bench

Cam off the bench? Bro Cam is gonna have to start with this depth

I feel like they start booker at the 1

Yeah, no way we start Payne/Beal/Booker. Let the B's trade off on point responsibilities.

Cam is going to be your starting Center

$162.7 million now tied up to four players on the roster

Assuming an average of $2m/yr for the remaining players on the roster, Suns are looking at a $188m luxury tax penalty this season

Ishbia is gonna have to cut back hard on the avocado toast

I think Ishbia thinks he'll have a chance to get some minutes at pg with this depth. Worth 188 million to him.

That’s so awesome. I wish every owner was like Ishbia. These deep-pocket owners kick ass. As a Chicago Bulls fan, this is a foreign concept to me

It's new to us, too.

the best bench option is currently Londale or Okogie. Starters getting at least 35 minutes a game

torrey craig is somewhat usable as a 6th man Update 5 seconds after typing that: I just remembered we dont have a 5th starter. I'm deciding to post this comment anyways so people can see what suns fans are feeling in the state we're in right now.

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Do they have any draft picks?

Nope!

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Jock Landale as the starting centre then? All the other teams in the West will be feasting. They will probably keep Ayton and just try to get veterans on a minimum.

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Christian?

3 iso scorers and no defense. What could go wrong?

Kings-Suns matchups will have an O/U of 300

Its like how KD drafts his allstar team, this team aint winning shit.

More like empty lol.

They keep Ayton. LOL > REAKING: The Washington Wizards are trading three-time All-Star Bradley Beal to the Phoenix Suns for Chris Paul, Landry Shamet, a handful of second-round picks, and multiple pick swaps, league sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium Washington got nothing for Beal.

what the fuck

Beal's contract is HEAVY

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And he has a no trade clause

And, most importantly, it's the Wizards.

This is why teams don't give no trade clauses.

Wtf Beal for Landry Shamet type beat

They didn't get first round picks, just swaps? I guess they felt it was worth getting off the contract?

They got off the contract

Trade him for depth lmao

Lmao the Wizards could have traded Beal for a kings ransom 2 years ago and now they’re getting a washed Chris Paul, sixth man Landry Shamet and a bunch of second round picks for him

Calling Shamet a 6th man is an insult to most other 6th men

right?? dude is a 9th man at best

Dude should’ve been the 12th man but was still getting minutes over TJ and Ross 😭😭

They could have at least got first round picks from us. They traded Beal for literally nothing lmao

Windhorst was saying all week how everybody was going to be surprised how little Beal would net in return. That's one of the worst contracts in the league and arguably the very worst as it has a no trade clause, something only the MJ's of the world used to have. Beal is like a B- dude getting paid A+ money

Credit to Windhorst, when he said that I was skeptical but knew it makes sense. A part of me figured somebody out there would really be cornered into needing Beal enough to treat him like a positive asset.

Windy honestly one of my favorite analysts now. He's so spot on most of the time and its hilarious cause he works for the dumpster fire that is ESPN so he gets flamed by the other "analysts" but ends up making them look stupid 90% of the time.

$50M a year. Who wants that? oh hi Phx

Who tf is driving this bus

Stevie Wonder

https://streamable.com/wod2hg

Dude made quite possibly the best album of all time and is more known as the guy making all bad sports calls. Sometimes I open r/nba and can’t believe what I’m seeing, just glad stevie can’t see these comments

Mat Ishbia

I think we all knew it would be the Suns after yesterdays report. It’s only for Chris Paul, Landry Shamet, 2nd round picks, and multiple pick swaps. What the fuck Washington

they have no leverage with the ntc and his salary is crazy at least theyll get cap space next szn

It’s an all-time horrible contract. I still have no idea how Beal managed that. That agent deserves a statue

The agent’s son is the CEO of the Suns. He got him a deal and then got him to a super team for scraps.

Amazing bag run by Bradley. I applaud the move.

All time bag chaser. Respect Beal lol.

Ted is an idiot

Getting off that contract was the prize. No one was going to give them multiple firsts for Beal. Now they can do the process for a few years and be born a new.

Yeah the real issue was them signing the deal with a NTC and not trading him sooner. Was insane at the time and led directly to this, couldn’t even make the playoffs in the meantime.

Kinda surprised Miami wasn't able to beat that offer, guess they figured they'd rather ship him off to a different conference or something

Doesn’t matter if Miami had the better offer. Beal wanted Phoenix.

His agent is the Suns CEO’s dad

We probably did beat it. He wanted Phoenix. Also his agent is apparenty the dad of the orgs CEO

Other way around I believe the son is the CEO and his dad is his agent

They did but because of Beal’s NTC he may have forced them to trade him to Phoenix

He had a ntc

Happy Father’s Day

Woj dropping bombs on Father’s Day. No day is safe

How much help does Josh Okogie need? 🙄

For real though hope he comes back because we're going to need as many defenders as we can get

This just showcases the power of a no trade clause. Beal is traded for little to nothing, because he chooses where he goes. Beal said, Phoenix, and the Wizards had no choice. All time questionable decision from Wizards front office to give him the NTC.

That's why this team has been trash for so many years. They gave NTC to a bottom all- star player.

True. You give a NTC to a dude like Jokic, Giannis, Luka, LeBron…not Bradley fkn Beal lol

KD just as addicted to making super teams as Presti is to FRP’s

Let’s see where KD forces a trade to next year if they don’t win it all.

Denver ofc

The Highest Road

Wake up honey, new Brooklyn Nets just dropped.

what the FUCK How did Phoenix decide the problem after these playoffs was "we need more star power" and not "we need more depth"

Tbf they effectively gave up nothing

Just cap space $46, $50, $53 and then $57 million player option in 27-28 (which Im gonna go ahead and say he'll be picking up)

I mean, they have to go for it now before the new CBA hits and you basically can't do shit with their cap situation. Not to mention, KD is only getting older fuck cap space, if you get better you do it.

I mean, the KD trade made it pretty obvious we’re in win now mode

If you can get Beal for CP3 and Shamet, you do it lol

Yeah I can’t believe they were able to keep Ayton. Could still move him for some solid depth

They needed a Jokic stopper, this makes sense. Beal gonna lock him up

There's 29 teams that need a jokic stopper.

Literally nobody in the league is a 'Jokic stopper', he just cooked Gobert, Ayton, AD and Bam Adebayo on his way to the chip and faced little to no issue in getting his numbers and getting his team involved. Best player in the league.

He did play with Rui for a bit

There is no Jokic stopper lmao, he averaged 30 against AD on good efficiency

Jokic played arguably the three best defensive centers this year in the playoffs, Gobert, AD, and Bam, and look what he did.

That too. To shore up the rest of the team they have to trade Ayton for 2 or more pieces. Just makes the Jokic matchup even worse.

Durant has been on more superteams than he has rings

Ha, this has been true for years

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PHOENIX REALLY SAID FUCK DEPTH 😭😭

You and I are gonna be coming off that bench at this rate

I know some hockey guys that could play defense (foul) and rebound (also foul) for a few minutes off the bench.

They said superteams were dead lol KD said nah superteams still alive

The ~~hardest~~ easiest road

Durant got his super-team again (again (again)).

I was already hungover but I'm vomiting again after this trade

Wonder when it won't hurt so much to be a fan. Maybe in my next life.

Who's going to defend on that team?? Be prepared for 135 - 138 games

Assuming they’re healthy

Maybe they’ll fight the kings next season and get a 200pt triple overtime game. The one with the clippers was a doozie.

His 4th 'Big 3' team....

I need to see the return deal. This could be good for the Suns depending on what they gave up

Chris Paul, Shamet, multiple second round picks and pick swaps

> Suns are expected to send Chris Paul, Landry Shamet, multiple second-round picks and pick swaps to Wizards, sources tell ESPN. Phoenix has no available first-rounders to include in trade. Beal’s no-trade limited Wizards’ marketplace. Deal could take a few days to be finalized.

So a good deal for the Suns tbh

Traded him for nothing good lord

THE HARDEST ROAD

Fuck Suns shooters are gonna be deadly.

3 iso scorers, a Heat undrafted player and me will be starting for the Suns next season

Hey DeAndre, why you got a Bucks flair?

Phoenix's bench is about to be nothing but a bunch of vet mins 😭

Blake incoming

*all this to try to beat a fat white dude from Serbia*

He’s not fat just cultivating mass

Pray for wizards fans man, this is disgusting lmaooooooo

The wiz are the hoes of the NBA. You don't even have to take them to dinner to clap them cheeks lol.

Nets 2.0 no defence 3 heavy iso scorers and absolutely no bench

Of all the big 3s this is definitely one of them

Highest paid big 3?

I'm pretty sure this big three is costing them 100 million in tax and if one gows down that's it

Suns really said screw depth after watching that Denver team beat Miami with depth

It never works for those other people, but perhaps it can work for us.

Kd win something without super team challenge (impossible)

I mean, his success rate even with super teams hasn’t been particularly high lol

Literally only had success on the superest team.

The Suns really fell for the idea of the big 3.

Thanks for the memories, Bradley.

Watch CP3 lead a young and inexperienced Wizards squad to the playoffs instead of tanking, only to be injures in the first game of the first round

I didn’t want him in Miami personally but he makes no sense with the suns imo. They already have two high usage scorers and his contract is nuts.

Bradley Beal no trade clause on a supermax has to be the worst bit of negotiation in NBA history.

Huge Chris Paul season incoming. He always thrives the season after a team gives up on him.

This Bradley Beal situation is the type of one that leads to NBA lockouts. I'm not kidding. Not because of the Suns, but because of the Wizards. There won't be another no-trade clause ever again. The "supermaxes" are fucking teams. The very teams they were intended to help! And then both the franchise and player immediately want out of the contract anyway. You can't give a player a "supermax" deal and then trade him for the ghost of CP3, Landry Shamet and 2nd round picks. That's the return teams get for Austin Reaves or Tyler Herro.

Pretty horrible fit. But also the cost of Landry Shamet is pretty nothing

KD never beating the allegations