UTA/NO Trade

[Seannyboi77]

UTA send:

- SG Bradley Beal PHO ($20.5M) - $13.2M covered in previous deal
- Additional $4M covered by UTA to even 2024 salaries



NO send:

- SF/PF Tari Eason HOU ($3.3M,$3.4M,$5.2M,RFA)




Utah flips Beal for one of our favorite players. Beal will probably be awesome with the Suns if he ever plays. Scorers are hard to find. He’s also due for a cheap extension ($9M). He hasn’t played more than 60 games in a season since 2018-19.

As a Rockets fan, we have high hopes for the injury returns of Tari Eason and Amen Thompson. They both share a unique blend of intellect, talent, and efficiency. We hope that both eventually bloom with this new Rockets group.  Thanks Pelicans, best of luck. 

New Orleans to confirm

[Palooka81]

Confirmed. Needed a SG and Beal will be an affordable extension next season. Hoping he can get healthy eventually though, worth the risk in my opinion.

[Palooka81]

If Beal is active tonight I'd like to slot him into my SG position. Just an FYI in case this isn't processed until tomorrow.

[Laimbeer40]

Processed. Beal inserted into SG slot tonight.

I am compelled to advise Beal's extension would be at least $16.4m due to the 80% rule as opposed to the $9m quoted in the OP.

[Seannyboi77]

Noted, sorry about that.