The Miami Heat’s season keeps getting wackier by the day. If it isn’t confusing defeats or tricky absences to deal with, the rumor mill just won’t stop churning.
On Monday, Shams Charania of The Athletic (subscription required) came out with a report that continued to perpetuate a notion that has engulfed Miami Heat fans and faithful for the better part of a few years now.
Yes, once again, it is being reported that the Miami Heat are a potential suitor for Bradley Beal.
By no means is this meant to take away from Charania’s reporting but at this point, anyone could have reported that Beal has an interest in Miami and vice versa.
It’s a rumor that has been on the mill for the past two years. If you had looked to your friendly social media feeds on Monday, you would think people have never heard or seen these rumors before though.
With that, however, you have to realize what’s going on here. Oh, you don’t?
Good. Let’s look at that scenario a little bit.
Miami Heat Rumors: The Bradley Beal Noise Just Won’t Stop
When you look at what’s going on, what’s been going on with Beal and Washington, only one type of scenario comes to mind. It isn’t one that is farfetched or out there as it may seem.
Follow along here. Think, Ben Simmons, who wanted his money—but didn’t necessarily want his scenario in the end, though not exactly the same.
Bradley Beal could, potentially, be a free agent this summer and if he were to get offered a max contract, then it would be at the absolute maximum of $245 million over five years.
That’s according to the report and based on the fact that original teams can offer more than another team that signs a free agent on a maximum deal.
If one were to guess what Beal will do in this spot, then it’s fair to think he would re-sign for the max, only asking for a trade midway through the deal. You can’t blame him there though, as that would be the smart thing for him to do.
You have to always favor a human being favoring themselves and going for the “bag” and for Beal here, he could have the best of both worlds. He could get his money—only before then getting to go to another team.
Miami Heat Rumors: Bradley Beal Couldn’t Have Come Up At A Worse Time
There’s only one thing that could really bother a Miami Heat fan about this “rumor” though. It’s this.
It’s happening again right as the Miami Heat fight to maintain their top seed in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
They’ve had a really good season so far and can make noise in the postseason. By the way, said postseason is right around the corner and this is the last thing Miami needs in their lives.
That goes, especially, for Tyler Herro, who has been brought up in trade rumors with Beal for forever, is having an enormous season, and doesn’t need anything to come in between him and his ultimate goals on the year—the Sixth Man Of The Year crown, en route to and as a function of helping his Heat win a title.
To keep it simple and real here, Herro can be just as good as Beal in a year or two. Herro is younger and will be cheaper down the road.
From what we all can assume or our best guess, Miami didn’t want to trade Herro and picks for James Harden previously. So you have to ask, would they be willing to do so for Bradley Beal?
Only time will tell but if or until then, the Miami Heat and Herro need to block out the noise. What needs to be the focus is finishing the regular season strong and getting ready for a championship run.
You know—keep the main thing the main thing.