Brian Windhorst is joined by Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to react to the Bradley Beal trade including what this means for the Suns going forward, how Phoenix can build around their stars, what the rebuild could look like in Washington, where Chris Paul will play this coming season and much more.
0:00 Intro
1:00 Bradley Beal trade reaction
27:45 Where will Chris Paul play this season?
34:30 Damian Lillard trade potential
43:10 Trivia
46:15 Ja Morant suspension reaction
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22 Comments
ESPN better give Windy some balance. This dude is literally being overworked, and he's being very gracious in not really pointing it out. ESPN is gonna lose him, if they don't provide him with balance.
How to spot a df. They mention pick-swaps from the far superior team, like they're an asset. Clueless.
Washington has a huge incentive to be really bad in the next 3 years. They owe their first round pick to NY and it defers for 3 years before becoming two second round picks (protected top 12, then top 10, then top 8 in 2026, which if all are protected NY gets 2026+2027 second round picks (which is much less bad to lose).
So if I am Washington I try to tank for three years at least and collect assets using my own picks and anything you can trade from your roster while only signing role players to reasonable contracts to trade them later on during this rebuild to keep having assets
Windhorst and the Tims are the greatest trio in the history of sports
Ben is ENTIRELY right about Ja. Y’all want to criticize James harden for being in the strip club after losses but not Ja when he has proven time and time again he’s so irresponsible he can’t be trusted at the club. He can’t be trusted on social media. Cmon Windhorst
Edit: Ja needs to be OUT until he has taken an intensive gun safety program to completion and substance abuse program to completion for his own good.
You guys chilling this is disgusting. They fact that none of you ESPN guys are talking about the agent being the dad of the suns top executive and how crooked this is …… Disgusting.
I love the guy with the beard being honest about the NBA hiding stuff for Morant.
Pleasure listening to these guys. No showboating and posturing typically associated with black guys.
Sorry but Ja is overrated. He tries to hide the fact that he cannot shoot by trying to take it to the hole every time. Unfortunately, Ja ain’t no MJ. Ja, work on your game, especially your shooting, instead of all this nonsense.
If they can somehow get a high 1st rounder and a role player for Ayton, they would be in a pretty good position. Flip the high 1st rounder for a solid win now veteran and somehow get a serviceable big.
The nets analogy is ridicolous those guys were washed up these guyels aren't
I wish suns would of kept bridges and Johnson and would of got dejonte Murray last summer! Then trade crowder and others for best power forward! Suns
Bill Walton is so overrated! Drexler and dame both better
I don't think it's the Same as the Nets – – I don't think the Nets had 3 guys in their prime…
Why is no one talking about suns GM and Beals agent being father son
Dame would be good to force his way to Miami. Miami should positionally scale down both Jimmy & Bam to the 2 & 4. If Miami could swing a deal w Portland to aquire Dame, Jerami Grant & Nurkic, all of the sudden Miami could have a starting lineup of Dame/Jimmy/JG/Bam/Nurk. That is more the type of starting lineup you need to compete with Denver.
CP3 + Kuzma sign and trade for Gordon, Covington, Morris and Hyland and some seconds
Of course the Suns are title CONTENDERS adding Bradley Beal. Doesn’t mean they are THE title FAVORITES, but of course they’re 1 of the top5-6 contenders and Vegas agrees with me! They were 4th favorite before this trade and 3rd now! They gave up next to nothing (CP3 was being waived regardless) in Shamet & 2nds! Every team in the NBA would make the steal of a move.
Of course the Nuggets are still rightfully favorites (losing Bruce Brown will def hurt some), but outside of them Suns have as good as shot as any to win West.
Beal is one of few players ever to avg 30+ ppg in b2b years.
His last 7 years he’s averaged
26
5
4
1.7Stocks
47/36/83
Last 4 yrs he’s
28
6
4
1.5 stocks
47/35/86
In 45 Playoff games Beal is
24
5
4
2.1 stocks
44/35/83
Yes he’s overpaid (most max players outside of 5-6 guys per year are), yes he gets banged up more then you like the last 3-4 yrs (so does Durant, Curry, Kyrie, Klay, Murray, AD, LeBron, Kawhi, PG just to name a few and ppl rightfully want them too), but this notion that Bradley Beal (who was just All NBA in 2021 and LAST SEASON just averaged 23, 5, 4, 1.6stocks, 51/37/84 and averaged those stats I mentioned last 4/7 years + playoffs) is somehow not a very good player when he’s inarguably one of the best guards in the NBA still!
I still don’t understand why Wizards didn’t wait this out longer and say “we’re not moving you until we get a least a reasonable return” (even with your NTC) just like Nets did with Durant. Yes they wouldn’t get as much bc of NTC but could of gotten more then THAT!
I don't think Chris Paul should got to the Lakers but can you imagine him setting up Anthony Davis and how well Davis plays when he as a elite PG with him
You guys talk of Tyler Hero as if he’s 30 but when u look back at that draft he had done it all compared to the Ja and Zion
These Suns wont last 2 seasons
Lol the sun's hate is hilarious see yall in the finals next year haters 😂