Capturing guard Bradley Beal has agreed to a buyout with the Phoenix Suns and can signal with the Los Angeles Clippers, his agent informed ESPN on Wednesday.
Beal, 32, will signal a two-year, $11 million take care of the Clippers, with a participant possibility for subsequent season.
Beal had two years remaining on the five-year, $251 million contract he initially signed with the Washington Wizards in in 2022. He’ll reportedly forfeit $13.9 million of the roughly $110 million left on the contract, and the Suns will stretch the salary-cap hit of the remaining cash over the following 5 years.
Phoenix traded for Beal in 2023, however his two seasons with the workforce have been disappointing.
After buying Beal to type a star trio with Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, the Suns misplaced within the first spherical of the playoffs in 2024 earlier than lacking the postseason solely this yr. Failing to satisfy their very own championship expectations, the Suns traded Durant to the Houston Rockets earlier this month. Phoenix additionally fired head coach Mike Budenholzer in April, the third straight yr the workforce has let go of its head coach.
Los Angeles, in the meantime, has not made it out of the primary spherical of the playoffs since 2021. After signing two-time NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard in 2019, the Clippers have received solely three playoff collection within the subsequent six years.
After shedding to the Denver Nuggets in seven video games in Could, Los Angeles has had an energetic offseason.
The Clippers traded guard Regular Powell in a three-team deal in trade for ahead John Collins. In addition they signed heart Brook Lopez, who received a championship with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2021.
Regardless of the Suns’ struggles final season, Beal was an environment friendly participant offensively. He averaged 17.0 factors, 3.3 rebounds and three.7 assists per sport for Phoenix, taking pictures 49.7% from the sphere and 38.6% from 3-point vary.
In his profession, Beal 37.6% 3-point shooter on 4.3 makes an attempt a sport.
Accidents have been a difficulty for Beal, nevertheless. He has not appeared in additional than 53 video games in every of the final 4 seasons.
