Washington Wizards have a good thing in the works in the nation’s capital. There’s All-Star point guard, John Wall, solidified big men in Marcin Gortat and Nene and veteran and championship leadership from Paul Pierce. The one big thing that separates the Wizard and most other NBA teams is their back court with Wall and up and coming star, Bradley Beal.
Beal has missed the first 9 game of the Wizards season, but has played in their last 4 contests. The Wizards are with out a doubt a much better team with Beal on the floor, but the Wizards might want to keep the tandem of Wall and Beal in Washington for a very, very long time.
The following from Shams Charania of RealGM:
As league executives believe in Beal’s ability to command a maximum salary extension, the Wizards have made clear around the NBA that they’ll do whatever necessary to secure Beal’s long-term deal, sources told RealGM.
Beal is a special type of player for 2 big reasons. His age and his abilities.
Beal is only 21 years old. His game is ridiculous for his age and he’s being considered already as one of the leagues top 2 guard with guys like Klay Thompson, Kobe Bryant and James Harden.
Again, BEAL IS ONLY 21.
His game is legit, he can score, shoot from just about anywhere and is solid defensively. When John Wall and him are rolling too, there’s just about no stopping them and they just might be the league’s best back court, second to Steph Curry and Klay Thompson. Especially due to the struggles of Dion Waiters with Kyrie Irving and the fact that DeMar DeRozan just went down with an injury and that hinders the play of point guard, Kyle Lowry.
The following about Beal’s contract from NBC Probasketballtalk’s Dan Feldman.
However, Beal will be eligible next summer for a contract extension that begins in 2016-17 – the first season of the new national TV contracts. Based on salary-cap projections, a max extension for Beal would pay more than $118 million over five years.
Beal seems like a max player based on the current cap climate, but the calculus on contracts is changing. Washington will have more revenue to pay Beal, but that’s still a sizable commitment.
If the Wizards are truly willing to give him a max extension next summer – when they’ll know the 2015-16 cap will skyrocket, but won’t know exactly how high – they’ll be showing quite a bit of faith in Beal. Understandably.
He will be one happy kid when he gets his contract offer.
