The rumor I keep hearing is they only trade Beal if Wall goes with him.
The Wiz will have no choice but to trade Beal if Beal refuses a contract extension this week.
Kawhi won a championship with Toronto and he still left.
I don't think the Wiz will risk getting nothing in return if Beal leaves in free-agency.
If Beal doesn't sign an extension then that means there's a big chance he will leave in 2021.
Of course they have a choice.
They can wait it out and make Beal turn down the super max.
They can wait till a team is desperate and makes one of those super offers we have seen this offseason.
They only have this season and next offseason.
If they trade Beal next summer, when he has an expiring contract, the Wiz will lose leverage.
Teams will just wait for Beal to become a FA.
The reason the Cavs got the 2018 pick from Brooklyn was because Kyrie still had 2 seasons left on his contract when the Celts traded for Kyrie.
Danny Ainge said it was worth gambling on Kyrie because Kyrie had 2 seasons left on his contract, at the time of the trade.
Ainge would not have included the 2018 Brooklyn pick if Kyrie had an expiring contract when the trade was made.