The Wizards face sizable risk with whatever they decide to do. If they don’t trade the 2021 All-NBA third-team guard before the Feb. 10 trade deadline, he can become an unrestricted free agent in July and would be eligible to sign a four-year deal worth approximately $180 million elsewhere. In that case, the Wizards would risk losing Beal without receiving any players or draft picks in return.
Or Beal could become a free agent and re-sign with Washington to a supermax contract worth $241 million over five years. In that case, Washington would risk committing a massive chunk of its cap figure — an average of $48 million per season — to someone who has never proven he can carry a team on his own, is already showing some signs of slippage and would be 33 during the final year of the deal.
Sources have heard no indications the Wizards are seriously considering trading Beal. But there is less unanimity among league sources about what Beal wants to do.
Multiple league sources have indicated Beal remains conflicted. His desire to stay for his entire career with the franchise that took him third overall in 2012 remains genuine. But Beal also remains uncertain about whether the Wizards can surround him with difference-making talent that will make them a regular playoff contender. His contention in a recent interview with NBC Sports Washington’s Chris Miller that another Play-In Tournament appearance would be a step back for him spoke volumes.
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