NBA Rumors: Sixers Rival Miami Heat Interested in Wizards Bradley Beal
The Sixers could have interest in Wizards star Bradley Beal, but the Miami Heat reportedly already have a lot of interest in him as well.
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Jan 16, 2021
With James Harden officially off the table in the NBA trade market, all of the attention has shifted to the next standout star, Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal.
The Philadelphia 76ers and the Miami Heat were both in on the Harden sweepstakes at one point. While the Daryl Morey-led Sixers front office were in trade negotiations with the Houston Rockets all the way down to the wire, the Heat bowed out once they realized the astronomical price tag for the former MVP.
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I had a thought that I don’t think I’ve heard anyone talk about regarding the trade exceptions, I think that this puts Danny in a good position to acquire draft assets by being a facilitator of multi-team trades for teams that need to dump a player to make the salaries work. I think it’s more likely to happen with the Kanter or Poirier exceptions than the big one for Hayward, but do you think that ownership would be willing to acquire a player in a situation like that and immediately cut them if it meant picking up a couple of assets? - Joe J.