The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Straight Fire w/ Jason McIntyre - "Beal or No Beal": Breaking Down the Trade Market for Bradley Beal

Episode Date: June 15, 2023

On today’s episode, Jason and Super Producer Rob G (Robert Guerra) breakdown the breaking news that the Washington Wizards have agreed to field trade offers for All-Star guard Bradley Beal. Problem is, with Beal having a no-trade clause and the NBA's new - and extremely punitive -  Collective Bargaining Agreement coming down the pike, it's not as simple as selling to the highest bidder. That's why the guys have decided to play a game of 'Beal or No Beal' aimed at finding the perfect trade partner. Would a deal built around Tyler Herro be enough to get Beal to the Miami Heat? Can the Los Angeles Lakers field a competitive offer without including Anthony Davis? Should the Boston Celtics flip Jaylen Brown to pair Beal with Jayson Tatum? Would the New York Knicks empty their treasure trove of first round picks to get Beal out of DC? Is Tyrese Maxey and Tobias Harris' expiring contract enough for the Philadelphia 76ers to get into the mix? Could the Portland Trail Blazers offer the #3 overall pick to pair Beal alongside Damian Lillard? The guys have all those answers - and more! Click here to subscribe, rate and review all of the latest Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre podcasts! #Volume #HerdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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But after that, who the hell knows? Sounds like a lot of trade chatters picking up. And we got some big names potentially moving around in the NBA. I'll tell you what I think is behind it. But the huge news Wednesday, obviously Bradley Beale, according to every NBA reporter, I guess it was a mass text sent from the agent. The Wizards and Bradley Beale are working together around his no trade clause to get him to a contender, to a better city.

Because we know Washington, new GM, Michael Wanger, they are looking to take. the whole thing down. I know nobody outside of me and like my 9 DC friends who listen to the pod, nobody really cares about the Wizards. But there is a, there's a feasible quick turnaround in Washington with Porzingis and Kuzma, both on player. Expiring contracts, I think both will opt out. And now if you move Beal, like, holy cow, we got a lot of potential. So I need to start with Bradley Beal because he turns 30 this month. And I actually thought he had a bit of a better resume than he actually does because I had this hot take that I floated to our group. So guys, Bradley Beal now, by the way, obviously Damian Lillard has been the big name for the last

two weeks during the NBA finals. Oh, if they can get Lillard, if he can get Lillard, well, what does Washington do? Hey, hey, hey, we got Bradley Beale. We got Bradley Biel. He's younger. He's a little cheaper. By the way, I did look this up. This is insane.

The final year of Damian Lillard's contract in Portland. when he is, I believe, 37, he'll be making $63 million. Now, I know you'll say the CBA's going up. Everybody's going to be making that. Damien Lillard's last two years has been hurt. Okay? A lot of playoff games under his belt. By the way, more than Biel.

And Lillard's going to be making 63 mil when he's 37. Bradley Biel, his contract a little less onerous, and he's younger. Bradley Biel, when he is 34, will be making 57 mil, which is a lot. And Bradley Biel is only a one time all-end. NBA guy, Damien Lillard, seven. So on the surface, everybody, oh, come on,

Lillard's a better player. Not so fast, my friends. You guys know I love to go to Costco, right? Costco, my favorite store. If they sponsor on this podcast, I'd be honored. Straightfire sponsored by Costco. Like, it would be cool. When I go to Costco, I'm loading up on the essentials.

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which sounds, oh, come on, that's off-brand, that's cheap. Jason, who's drinking Kirkland vodka? If we did a vodka taste test, I'm 80% sure that you would not be able to identify whether it's Kirkland vodka, whether it's Grey Goose or whatever other vodka. Really? Would you be able to? And I know you're saying yes, but you wouldn't know.

You just get the up brand models when you're getting bottle service in Vegas or you go to Miami, try to impress the ladies. Maybe, oh, the guy's got a bottle of goose. We got to go hang out with them, you know? That guy has a bottle of Kirkland? let's say, you know, like, but you're getting more bang for your book. And this is what I'm thinking with the Damian Liller, Bradley Biel situation.

Bradley Biel is the gray goose. He's got an all-NBA. He's, I believe, gotten some MVP votes. He's got two series clinching buzzer reading shots, something nobody else in NBA history has. Michael Jordan does not have that. Lillard is the brand name. You're going to pay a premium for it. You want Damian Lillard.

You got to ante up a lot of traffic. or would you rather have Bradley Beale? By the way, Lillard turns 33 next month, Beal turns 30 this month. So you're getting a guy about three years younger. And oh, by the way, Damien Lillard logged more career games. They both came into the same draft, 2012. Lillard has more career games, average more minutes.

Like, you're getting a guy with a lot of tread on his tires and older and a higher contract. As such, if I am the Miami Heat, if I'm the Dallas Mavericks, if I'm the Philadelphia 76ers, I would sooner go after Bradley Beal than Damian Lillard. And I don't think you're getting that less in return as a player. I know what Lillard has done

with the seven all NBA nominations. And Beal just has one. And I did the player comparison. You guys know I like this site. I don't know who started it. I'm not going to give them too many props. But it's something called Land of Basketball. And you could compare any two players you want.

So I did the Bradley Beal comparison. And of course, Lillard hasn't beaten a lot. but this is not a forward-looking indicator. This is just the past. So all NBA first team, Lillard was won. Lillard was rookie of the year. Beal wasn't. All-Star game, 7-3, Lillard.

But again, these are all in the past. Look forward. Beal is younger and he's less costly. And oh, by the way, I would argue Beal has had weaker teammates in his career. There's a reason he's been in the playoff once in like five years. John Wall fell apart and all of a sudden they fell apart.

Bradley Beal obviously can't carry a team. and this is where it gets really interesting. We're going to play a fun game here in a second called Beal or No Beal. You like that? I can't take credit for that. Someone of our deep and robust staff came up with that. But I look at what the Golden State Warriors did, adding Andrew Wiggins,

former top five pick, almost bargain basement. He could not be a number one in Minnesota. Andrew Wiggins' goals to Golden State. He's second or third best player in the finals against Boston. He was very good defending Tatum.

They win the championship. Thanks to Andrew Wiggins coming on board. You could even go back to their Andre Igu Dugala edition. Wow, that one just hit me. Agu Dala was a high draft pick

of the Sixers. Clearly not a number one. Like, good player. Maybe led them to the playoffs once. I think once or twice they got to the playoffs been like, he's better as a 3-4

and he gets the MVP of the finals with the Warriors. Then you look at this year. Aaron Gordon goes to Denver. You know, top five pick in Orlando. Not at number one. There's nothing wrong with that.

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Search Learn the hard way and listen now. All right, so I want to bring in Rob G., who's back from Vegas. I know exploring the netherworld, the jiggle joints, the golf courses, the expensive gray goose bottles, obviously for Rob G. I'm a Kirkland kind of guy, Rob. I would take Beal over Lillard,

so we're going to play Beal or No Beal. would you trade for Bradley Beal on this team? And a couple of them make more sense for Lillard, but I do believe, and again, I like Damien Lillard a lot. I've been a champion of his. I wear his sneakers, as you know, my men's league basketball, even when I play pickup. I think I like Beal over Lill in a lot of instances.

So Rob, Beal or No Beal, how do you want to team me up? So Sharm Sharanio reported on Wednesday that there are two teams that he considers to be like the most serious suitors for Bradley. So we'll start off with them and we'll kind of work away down the list. But first and foremost, the one everyone's talking about, they just lost the NBA finals, the Miami Heat, they seem to be in on Lillard and Beal. But for the purposes of this argument, Beal or no Beal, Jason, Tyler Hero, the expiring contract of Kyle Lowry, Nikola Jovich, and Caleb Martin, plus whatever, I think they have

two first round picks for Bradley Beal and Filler. I'm doing that in a heartbeat. And it's weird because, again, chemistry, heat culture, that's like a thing. Rob, this is a tricky one, but I would actually do Beal over Lillard here in Miami. Here's why, and I don't know if everybody's going to agree with this. Because I've been saying Lillard to Miami for a while. Miami, I would say, is a heat culture Jimmy Butler team. He is the alpha on that team.

He is the leader. Damian Lillard was the leader in college. Damian Lillard was the leader in Portland for his entire career. I think this would be a little difficult maybe. I don't know if that's the right word. I don't think it would be seamless to bring an alpha leader in Damien Lillard, who you could argue he's a bigger star in name. I think he's a bigger star, Damian Lillard, better well-known star than Jimmy Butler.

I think it would be difficult to transition him into Miami because is there going to be that tug of war over whose team it is? Dame, you know, got the rapping stuff. he's an alpha. I don't think, I don't know. I mean, I'm sure he would fit there, but I think it could be a little clunky knowing Jimmy and Bam have been together.

They've accomplished a lot. Like, Dane's going to have to kind of slide in, whereas Bradley Beale has never been a verbal, vocal leader. John Wall was the leader in Washington. I don't even think they had one in the last few years. So I think Beale can slide in. He's an easier, seamless transition to me in a lot of teams, Rob.

So I would actually go Beal to Miami. and then, you know, I know Lillor would probably want to go there, but I think Biel makes more sense. Would you agree? Yeah, I mean, especially because you mentioned the age, and the only thing, I guess, the caveat for either of these guys in Miami is assuming you want to keep Jimmy Butler and Bamatabio out of these deals,

to add in Bradley Biel, those three guys alone will be making $123 million. And that's one thing that may be working against some of these teams is this new CBA is so punitive. It makes it really difficult to keep three stars. What Miami has going for them, though, is that they're really good at getting these undrafted second round players, and maybe they can build out the rest of the roster that way. Maybe he culture will be a success, you know, once and wrong.

If I could get Caleb Martin in that deal, that would be nice if I'm Washington. Again, I forgot to cover the Washington angle, by the way. So Beale gets traded. No big contract on the books. Porzingis is on the hook for 36 mil next year, but he's got a player option. I'm of the belief, given his age, his injury history, he's going to opt out and try to get like a three-year deal worth, I don't know, 70 mill. Somewhere in that neighborhood, maybe some team can talk themselves into him as the three.

So I think Porzingis are going to hit the market. And I think Kuzma can definitely hit the market. I think he's got a ton of value. So there's a chance Washington's big three could all be gone. Then you've got a full-on tear-down. Rob, you'll never believe who the highest-paid wizard would be if those three leave. His name is Daniel Gafford. He was from Arkansas.

You know, he's like a seven-footer, space eater inside. like he's a good, solid, serviceable rotation guy, but that would be one of the worst teams in the league. And now you get extra picks from Miami. Washington could be in business for the 2024 draft. All right, we moved down the list here. The Milwaukee Bucks. This was a little tricky because, again,

Chris Middleton has a player option, as my dog is freaking out here on the side. So it's hard to, you know, imagine. Maybe not imagine. It's hard to say for sure that he'd want to go back to Washington in any kind of deal, especially if it's a tear down. So that kind of eliminates him for now in a direct one-to-one trade.

Beal or no Beal, Drew Holliday, Bobby Portis, and picks. Whatever, I know how many picks they have for Bradley Beal. Wow. Holliday is a really, really good defender. I don't know. I don't know that that makes a ton of sense. And I like Beal. I like Drew Holiday, of course.

I don't know that that's a significant enough upgrade. I like holiday, but yeah, I don't think I'm doing that deal. And by the way, if you're Bradley Beal, you have a no trade clause. Bradley Beale went to college in Florida. Bradley Beale, I don't even know where he's from. Oh, wait, I got it right here. He is, no, I don't know where he's from. Is he going to want to go to Milwaukee?

Like, Washington's a big metropolis. I don't know that Milwaukee's that attractive for me. Beal. Yeah, I don't know if, I mean, as good as Drew Holiday is, again, you mentioned a tear down. I don't know if having Drew Holiday on your team makes you, you know, that, you know, he's too good of a player to be tanking. So you'd have to find a way to send him somewhere else. But for now, we're only focusing on these one-to-one trades. So we'll move on.

So no Beal for Milwaukee. Team number three, team has, I think, the most picks this side of Oklahoma City. The New Orleans Pelicans. This one's a little interesting. Beal or no Beal. Zion Williamson Picks and the non-guaranteed contracts

of Garrett Temple and Willie Hernan Gomez. Oh, come on. I need to avoid that. Basically, it's Zion and Picks. Yeah. So you have C.J. McCollum and Bradley Beal,

which is kind of duplicating. You have Brandon Ingram, Valanchunis, Nance. Oh, man. So if I'm Washington, I'm loving that deal. Give me Zion Williamson and picks. I would love to rebuild around him.

If he flames out and flops out and messes up with the ladies and eats his way out of D.C., what are you going to do about it? You know? You tried. But you're also getting picks. That being said, Bradley Beale in New Orleans. Like, I've never been to the French Quarter. Have you been to New Orleans?

I have not been in New Orleans. Yeah, I haven't been there. So I don't, I'm sure a lot of people say it's an awesome city, bachelor parties. stuff. It just never, it strikes me as like a, not one of my top destinations. So I don't know if I'm Beale. I don't know that I want to go there. Like, are you clamoring to play with Brandon Ingram and C.J. McCollum? Are you even automatic, hell, are you automatically making the playoffs in the West? No. And the thing is, even if you say, okay, we'll flip Ingram instead of Zion,

right? You know, maybe playing with Zion is more appealing for Bradley Beale. The problem with that is, and I don't even know if we're going to get to this, is NBA insider Mark Stein reported on Wednesday that if the pelicans were to try to trade into the top three, they'd rather trade Zion to get into the top three for Scoot Henderson than Brandon Ingram. So, you know, maybe that one is dead on arrival. So you're no deal then to New Orleans Pelicans. No, no deal. Okay. We're moving down the list. This is no particular orders. This is just what we have in front of us. The Phoenix Suns, you know, they were going to cut Chris Paul to save themselves some money, but maybe using his non-guaranteed contract might help them out in this case, the line of third

star. Beal or no Beal. Chris Paul's non-guaranteed contract. We'll say 15 millioners, though. DeAndre Aiton, plus maybe a pick swap for Bradley Beal. So I would totally pass on Chris Paul. But Aitin's interesting. Like, I don't love him, but his contract is not that bad. Three years, looks like about 100 because he just finished one of the years. So he's got 32, 34, 35. He's still young. It's duplicating what you've got with Gafford. You don't need Twin Towers.

But I want picks from Phoenix. And the problem is, I don't think they have any from the Durant deal, right? No. So the only thing I could deal would be swaps. Yeah. If I'm Bradley Biel, sure, I would love to go play with Devin Booker and Kevin Durant. But I don't think that makes sense at all.

So I'm not doing that. I just don't think I'm Washington. I'm not doing that. And well, the other thing from Phoenix's perspective is that you'd have three guys making basically $150 million and the there's no hard cap but the second april is 179 so you run into the same problem they had this year where you have a really top heavy roster and vet minimum guys so no beale in phoenix no okay jason's boston celtics now there's any number of ways you can create a deal

with this one beale or no beale jaylon brown derrick white and picks for bradley beale Yeah, I'm doing that. If I'm Beal, I'm going to play with Tatum. Heck to the, yeah, I think. Is Bradley Beal from St. Louis? Him and Jason Tatum, both from St. Louis, yes. Oh, gosh, that's heavenly if you're Bradley. I get to go play with Tatum.

We still got Brogden. We got Horford and Williams. You know, you'll miss Derek White. And if I'm Washington, heck yeah, I would build around Jalen Brown. he's a young guy. I personally don't think he's the number one. But we'll see. Well, I got to give him a shot.

Like, Aaron Gordon got a shot to be a one. Andrew Wiggins got a shot. Like, yeah, Jalen Brown deserves a chance. I don't know how good you're going to be in Washington. Jalen Brown is very politically active. So maybe D.C. is a great spot for him. But a Beal Tatum. And you keep Marcus Smart too, right?

Yes, and that's a scenario, yes. I think you've got to do that. I would say Beal, Bradley Beal, you've got to. deal. Imagine an Olympics where doping is not only legal, but encouraged. It's the enhanced games. Some call it grotesque. Others say it's unleashing human potential.

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I mean, at this point, Mark, this is the second episode where we've discussed crack. So I'm starting to see that there's a through line. We also have AIDS on the table right now. Thank you for finishing that sentence. Yes. I don't think there's a more important year for black people. Really? Yeah.

For me, it's one of the most important years for black people in American history. Listen to look back at it on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast. or wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to my new podcast, Learn the Hard Way with me, your host, and your favorite therapist, Kear Games. And in recognition of mental health awareness month,

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iHeartRadio app search learn the hard way and listen now all right moving down the list the next team in no particular order the philadelphia 76ers now this one is going to get a little interesting because i think you can make a case for both sides why you'd love to do it and both reasons why you would hate to do it beale or no beale james hard it may be out the door tobias harris is expiring contract and tyrese maybe throwing another pick or two for Bradley Beal, Beal or no Beal. Huh. So you're looking at a hardened Beal and Beed combo. I don't know if you'll agree, Rob.

This may be too spicy for you. But this is a team I think I would probably rather have Dame than Bradley Beal. And one of the big reasons is leadership. I don't know that Embedd is a true leader. I think he's an alpha, but I don't think he's a leader. He's come up very small in game six at home against the Celtics, game seven at home against the Hawks. It doesn't make a ton of sense.

I mean, I would definitely take Beal, obviously. But man, like, Beale or Lillard is a tough one there. But yes, I would be interested if I'm Philly, but I would aim a little higher in Gopher Dane. Does that make any sense? Like, I like the Beal fit alongside Embed and Hardin. But in the huddle, who's pounding the table there, Rob? It ain't James Hardin.

We know that. I'm talking like game five, game six in the playoffs. Is James Hardin speaking up in the huddle or does he have a towel over his head? Is Joelle Embed just looking bewildered? Bradley Beale's like, I just got here. I just, I don't, leadership's an issue. So that's why I think Dame in Philly makes a ton of sense. I'm with you.

And even from Washington perspective, I think, I think they do it if it was their version because I think that they, I think Tyrese might be the best young player given contract that you might be able to get in any of these deals. I like Maxie, yeah. Well, Maxi or hero? Maxi. For sure? He doesn't have a new contract yet.

So until he does, you're kicking the camera down the road. But heroes proven in the finals, I think in the bubble finals. He went off. He was really good. Really good. Really? We haven't seen, I mean, Maxi was good against Possible, but not great. This was probably the biggest long shot because it requires a sign and trade.

But Beal or no Beal. Kyrie Irving in a sign and trade and another pick for Bradley Beal. Now, if I'm Dallas, I love that deal. You've got a Beal Hardaway back court. You've got two great gunners. I don't want Kyrie in Washington if I could reroute him somewhere. I need to the Lakers for Anthony Davis. I wouldn't want Kyrie so that it'd have to be a third team involved.

But Dallas is perfect. They need a shooter. You find that other three-indie wing. You lost Finney Smith. Beal's not a terrible defender. I would say he's a better defender than Dame marginally. I like Hardaway, although I saw he's on the trade block. maybe for Bogdanovich, which is crazy.

But if I'm Dallas, I want shooters around Luca and not ball handlers. And I don't think Kyrie wants to be a spot-up kind of guy. And also, just like when Brunson was there, Luca goes to the bench. Brunson runs the offense. Beale can run the offense. He can get buckets. He can attack the basket. Better two-point shooter than Dame.

And shockingly, Beal and Damien Little have the exact same three-point shooting for their career, 37.2%. I love the Beal fit in Dallas. And as a Luca fan, I hope to see it happen. All right, I got three more teams. This one is close to home for me, you know, huge Laker fan. I'm not going to offer you Anthony Davis, so this is probably going to be a definite note. Beal or no bill to the Lakers for the contracts of Malik Beasley and Mo Bamba, two first round picks,

and Austin Reeves in a sign and trade. Yeah, two picks five years from now are attractive when the Lakers will be crap. Austin Reeves is not nearly enough. I would consider Anthony Davis, that's for sure. But if I'm the Washington Wizards, do I want AD? Like, am I building around a 31-year-old brittle center? I'd rather have picks. So probably no Beal.

But if I'm the Lakers, I'd love Beal, Reeves, Hachimura. Remember, Hachimura played with Beal in Washington and LeBron. So I like it if I'm the Lakers. I don't love it if I'm the wizard. So probably no Beal. All right, here we go. last two for me. This is the one I think that's probably the most likely

just given their pick situation. Beal or no Beal, the New York Knicks, four R.J. Barrett, Derek Rose's expiring contract and four first round picks. Four first for Beal? Oh, man, that's a, that's a, I think that's more than Donovan Mitchell

and Gobert and all those guys. Probably not do it. Washington, I'm running to do that, even though it's in division or whatever. Um, yeah, Beal and Brunson is a pretty nasty back court. Um, and you're not giving up Randall. You're not giving up Mitchell Robinson. Uh, you keep it quickly.

I guess I don't hate that before. First is a ton. So I'm going to guess it doesn't happen, but Brunson and Beal. Brunson and Beal, the, uh, the alliteration galore. I would love that. All right. Here we go. Last one.

And this is one that's going to blow your mind because it involves the two guys you opened up the show talking about. Beal or no Beal to the Portland Trailblazers. for Anthony Simons, Yousef Nurkich, and the number three overall pick. Wow, if I get the number three pick for Washington, that's massive.

I go Brandon Miller, screwed Henderson, start over. But it just feels like Dame and CJ Redux, so I probably would not do it. We've seen this show before. We know it has like a ceiling in the playoffs. Beal's better than C.J. McCollum, but they're similar. So, yeah, I would not do that one.

Ultimately, Rob, do you think, do you think Bill gets dealt? I think it's almost certain that he's going to get dealt. Yeah, I think, like I said, I think the one that makes the most sense for everybody, given their pick situation, given their contract, because the new CBA is a monster. Like, it's going to be almost impossible to keep three high paid guys at the same time. So I think the New York Knicks, they have a lot of guys.

Even their max guys are like $25 million-ish. So I think you can come and cobble up those guys plus picks, and then you'll be good. All right. So Bradley Beale could be on the move. Very, very exciting. I think it's almost a lock that he gets dealt. Maybe before the draft, if the number three pick is, there. I don't think the Pixar is

attractive in the 4-5-6 range. Houston could a contingency plan for James Harden be hey, we can't get Hardin, but we're bringing Bradley Beale. I don't know how that really works with Jalen Green and some of the young guys they got there, but NBA is going to get super fascinating here. We got Zion to still talk about

tomorrow. We're working on a good guest, very well-known former college basketball player. We're kicking some tires on NFL guests. You know, summer can be slow, but we'll be bringing the topics and the takes. Here we're on Straight Fire. Talk to you tomorrow. Another podcast from some SNL, late-night comedy guy, not quite.

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