Why Clippers got a 'steal' in Bradley Beal
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Breaking news, ESPN's Shams Charania reporting that Bradley Beal has agreed to a buyout with the Phoenix Suns, and he is going to sign a 2-year, $11 million deal with the Los Angeles Clippers.
First blush, great move by the Los Angeles Clippers.
I mean, this is a team that needed, with Norman Powell's exit, who moved to the Miami Heat.
They needed to fill the scoring void in case James Harden and Kawhi Leonard are not on the floor, and that is a big question mark for the Clippers.
Now, with Brad Beal and Norman Powell leaving, he fills the shoes left by Powell, and I gotta say, like, the scarlet letter of having this guy on a max deal, one of the worst contracts in the NBA.
You gotta get that out of your head.
Bradley Beal is going to be awesome for the Clippers at this number, that is a steal.
So the Clippers, this is great business for them.
They're getting a good scorer, a plug and play scorer, a guy who can do some ball handling and running that offense in the event that James Harden is hitting the bench, or he's not playing, or Kawhi Leonard needs a game off because we know Kawhi Leonard isn't going to be playing 82 games next year.
So, Bradley Beal is not just an insurance policy.
He's a great catch and shoot scorer.
Is this team better than the Oklahoma City Thunder?
No.
I'm not going to put them on the same tier, I think they're a tier below.
I don't think anyone's touching the Oklahoma City Thunder this year.
The Clippers are going to be in that thick of the race with Denver, with the Lakers, with Minnesota, trying to get into that Western Conference Finals against the Thunder, and I think the Clippers raised their chances of doing that.
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