After the start of the 2020-21 season with a disappointing 0-4 tie, Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal seemed to have had enough on Tuesday night when he refused to speak to the media after his defeat for the hitherto unsympathetic Chicago bulls.
The Wizards join the Houston Rockets (0-2), the Toronto Raptors (0-3) and the Detroit Pistons (0-4), the only teams that won’t win this season.
The missed start marks the worst start to the season for Washington since the 2012-13 season, where they went 0-12 and ended an 82-game season with just 29 wins.
From the body language of Beal and other wizards like his teammate Russell Westbrook, this season already looks like a train crash:
Russell Westbrook took this loss very seriously. Assistant coach Robert Peck talks to pic.twitter.com/hAN9Ld67Y6
– Chase Hughes (@ChaseHughesNBCS) 30 December 2020
After playing in successful teams during his NBA career, Westbrook is clearly fed up with the slow start in Washington:
It’s a difficult time, but you have to work it out, especially for yourself, Westbrook said about Fred Katz of the track and field team. I hate to lose, so it’s hard for me to reset. But as a leader, you can’t just lead when things are going well. You have to lead when things don’t go your way.
Although the fact that Bradley Beal underwent the concussion protocol may have contributed to the decline in media sessions, he came back into the game and was almost done, so he is clearly as disappointed as Westbrook. Given Bill’s situation, one has to wonder what he thinks about his future.
If you’re a star player stuck in a mediocre team, you’re a direct candidate for a trade, and Beal has been the subject of trade-related rumors for years. Earlier this year he was thrown into a series of theories to join superstars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving on the Brooklyn Nets. Giannis Antetokounmpo has asked the management of Milwaukee Bucks to take care of the Beal business, but the Eastern Conference headquarters has given up many of its future assets to bring Jrue Holiday in earlier in the season.
If things don’t change soon, Beal may try to leave the franchise that attracted him in 2012. The Wizards have so far maintained that they have no interest in trading Beal, but that could change if their shooting superstar asks for it.
The perfect place to trade Bradley Beal would be the Denver Nuggets, because a trade involving Washington Gary Harris, Zeke Nnaji, P.J. Dozier, Vlatko Kankar and test picking works according to ESPN’s NBA Trade Machine. The Wizards may also ask for Michael Porter Jr. but the Nuggets have high expectations of Porter and may not want to say goodbye to him.
As big as Beal is, the Wizards cap with him as best player and reaching the first round of playoffs. This trade would allow them to rebuild young players with potential in Rui Hachimura and Denis Avdia, plus their own future design selections and selections from this agreement.
On the other hand, Beal would give the Nuggets a proven third scorer and someone who is not afraid of a big moment when Nikola Jokic cools down and Jamal Murray does not improve his consistency. Denver is currently hoping that Porter can be that third man, but he still has to prove that he can stay healthy and play at a high level. The core of Beal, Jokic and Murray will probably be the most talented trio in the NBA and will give Denver a legitimate chance to compete with the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers to stay in the Western Conference.
Getting rid of Bradley Beal would be a hard pill for the Wizards’ fans to swallow, but if it’s the best chance they have to start rebuilding young tracks, they may want to move fast if this season continues to deteriorate.
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