ESPN’s Bobby Marks Explains BENEFITS Of Potential Bradley Beal Waive-And-Stretch

ESPN’s Bobby Marks Explains BENEFITS Of Potential Bradley Beal Waive-And-Stretch

You’re here with ESPN’s Bobby Marks. Bobby, thanks for taking a few minutes. I appreciate it. How are you doing? Well, man, always great to be out here in Vegas, but obviously Phoenix is is what we’re most interested in. I want to kind of get your general thoughts on what’s happened already in the offseason for the Suns. Yeah, I mean, I think it was as expected. I think certainly the Durant trade to Houston kind of, you know, based on what happened this past season was kind of the start of things. Um, I like what they were able to do in the draft with um with Kan Malach and Rashir Fleming and Kobe Bray. I think three players that certainly fit um needs. You know, Jaylen Green and N they got younger. I think that’s the most important thing. They got younger with Jaylen Green. They get a defensive wing and um and Dylan Brooks here. Um I’m interested to see kind of what’s going to be next as far as with this roster. I think it’s it’s developing, but as you guys know, and you follow them, they what we saw last year couldn’t return um for next year. The biggest thing obviously right now is the Bradley Beal situation kind of hanging o over this team’s head. What’s kind of what have you heard in terms of the buyout and how that might work as well? Yeah, I mean, Bill is a little bit different than Damen Lillard where Milwaukee basically waved Lillard without doing a buyout and then they were able to stretch his money over 5 years. that can’t happen in Phoenix just based on they already have about $ three and a half million dollars in uh stretched money with Ner Little and EJ Leell. So any type of be buyout would have to shave at least $14 million off. I think when you’re if you’re Bradley Beal, you’re looking at the market and you’re saying, “Well, can I make that money back?” Um even if it’s going to have to be two years because remember he’s being owed paid for two years here. And I do think there’s a market for him out there. I’m not a big proponent of the stretch provision because I hate dead money sitting on your cap for 20 for five years and $20 million. But I understand the logic of why certainly a Phoenix team that’s been in the second apron that will be in a second apron again. Uh their pick would be frozen in not just 32 but also 33. And by by stretching that money, it just gives you a lot of different resources, different tools that you weren’t able to use before, whether it be one of your exceptions to go out and sign a Blair to be able to finally aggregate contracts to be able to take back more money in a in a deal. Um, and I think as the cap grows, that 20 or $21 million that maybe looks a little bit, you know, ominous right now becomes be starts to become a little bit lesser. You look at Devin Booker’s extension that he signed last night when you look at that in right now it looks like a huge number but again as you look at the cap expanding stuff what was your read on it? Yeah I I kind of knew that was coming you know I think when we look at it you know certainly with Devin even with three years left on his on his um on his original deal supermax you know certainly with the with Matt coming out and saying like we’re going to build around him it just makes more sense as far as to lock up. I think that 75 in that last year probably pops out and be like, “Oh, but that 75 in five years might be like 50 right now.” And that’s kind of how we have to look at, you know, money moving forward. Well, really appreciate it and I and thanks for being on, Bobby. I appreciate it. things around me.

At 2025 NBA Summer League, ESPN’s Bobby Marks spoke with PHNX Suns about the Phoenix Suns’ offseason moves and the Kevin Durant trade, the pros and cons of a potential Bradley Beal buyout and waive-and-stretch, and Devin Booker’s two-year max contract extension.

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