Bradley Beal has not played an entire 82 game regular season in four NBA seasons. For one injury or another, Beal has missed time and the Washington Wizards have sometimes suffered from it.
The third overall pick from the 2012 NBA Draft will have a big decision this summer when it comes to his contract. Beal is eligible to be a restricted free agent which means the Washington Wizards will have first crack at being able to re-sign Beal to a long-term deal. The two sides failed to secure a contract agreement before the season started and Beal went on to play and posted a pretty pedestrian season in only 55 games played. Now as the summer nears, Beal reiterates that he wants to get paid.
Unfortunately for the Wizards, it might come at a pretty big price point.
Following from Jorge Castillo of the Washington Post.
Beal is a restricted free agent this summer, meaning the NBA’s 29 other teams can offer him a contract once free agency starts on July 1 and the Wizards would have 72 hours to match. Beal reiterated he wants to stay in Washington in a telephone interview from Tokyo last week, but at the right price. That price is a maximum contract.
“I want to be valued the right way,” Beal, 22, said from Japan, where he visited as part of a promotional tour for the NBA and attended a playoff viewing party with fans. “I feel like I’m a max player and that’s what I’m looking for. If Washington can’t meet that requirement then I may be thinking elsewhere. I’m pretty sure that they probably won’t [let me go]. At the end of the day, that’s where I want to be. I think a deal will probably get done but you just never know.”
