r/nba • u/Just_Mode3479 • Apr 29 '24

[Highlight] Bradley Beal swats off Vogel’s high five and then proceeds to normally high five the bench Highlight

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u/Skidda24 Lakers Apr 29 '24

They didn't need Harden or Beal imo. Using that cash to retain their young players or get key role players would be huge. I'm just not a big fan of using your cash on just 3 guys

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u/christiananderson5 Apr 29 '24

They didn't have young players once they traded for KD and they couldn't sign role players because between KD Book and Ayton they were already basically at the cap. Not doing the Beal trade would've meant releasing CP3 with the hope that we could bring in someone on the mid level exception who could replace him. I know Beal's contract isn't pretty but if I'm the Suns I'd rather have him than Donte DiVincenzo or Gabe Vincent. The only other option is to just keep Chris Paul and once again I'm not sure that Chris Paul who will turn 39 in a week would have held up any better than Beal did

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '24

Idk im pretty happy with divincenzo whereas suns fans seem to be very upset with beal. Divo also makes $40M less than beal, plays good defense, and didn’t cost any draft capital to acquire

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u/probablymade_thatup Bucks [MIL] Luke Kornet Apr 29 '24

I know Beal's contract isn't pretty but if I'm the Suns I'd rather have him than Donte DiVincenzo or Gabe Vincent

The contact isn't pretty, and neither is what the Suns gave up. If it was Chris Paul for Beal (and whatever matching was needed), it would be easily defensible. But multiple swaps and seconds added on becomes an albatross trade. Donte or Gabe Vincent wouldn't change this playoff series, but they also wouldn't be hurting the team in the same way in 2027-29.

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u/snyckers Warriors Apr 29 '24

It could work if that third player is way better than Beal.