Damian Lillard and Bradley Beal have both expressed frustration with their respective teams during the trade request process. Lillard stated that the Portland Trail Blazers went against his wishes and did not communicate with the Miami Heat, who he initially wanted to join. Beal revealed that he wanted to be traded to the Miami Heat, but the team's ownership showed minimal interest. Instead, Beal ended up being traded to the Phoenix Suns, who emerged as a dark horse in the trade. Both players will be sharing their experiences in video and written form in the upcoming edition of @andscape.
Bradley Beal details how dark horse Suns emerged in trade, says Heat were 'dragging feet' https://t.co/MJrfbhj08i
Damian Lillard says he spoke to Jimmy Butler after the Milwaukee trade “We've always been in some form of contact with each other. And I said it, initially I was like, 'I want to go to Miami.' He was a big part of that.” (Via @melissarohlin ) https://t.co/11KB4SpIz5
Damian Lillard: Blazers ‘Irritating’ in Trade Request Process https://t.co/ta4TJoMe8e
Bradley Beal Season Diary #1 in @andscape. The video version. #suns #nba #wizards https://t.co/KC8lebDuAa
Bradley Beal wanted the Heat to trade for him but Miami weirdly refused to make a deal https://t.co/btrzFeGoo8 https://t.co/2CDDBUKsUn
Bradley Beal wanted to join the Heat but Miami told him they 'can't do it' https://t.co/iZdA4gU4yJ
The big issue for the Heat when Bradley Beal hit the trade market was this -- they did not want to give Beal the no-trade clause. Beal wanted to keep that power. And he did in the deal with Phoenix.
Bradley Beal said he wanted to join the Miami Heat but Miami’s ownership showed minimal interest “My initial favorite was Miami. And so, we call Miami. [Miami president] Pat [Riley] says well I’ll go talk to [owner] Micky [Arison] and figure it out. So he goes, talks to… https://t.co/DWluuM7GIh https://t.co/MIa5pXbLuS
Damian Lillard says the Blazers went against everything he wanted “It was anything to go against what I would have wanted. That part was irritating. Just based off how it was happening, I knew (it wouldn’t be Miami)…(The Blazers) hadn’t talked to Miami. So once it started… https://t.co/g2PQah90Um https://t.co/bzH65QXSNw
Exclusive: Bradley Beal Diary #1 in @andscape. The #Wizards surprising “gut punch,” flirtation with the #Heat, dark horse landing in #Phoenix, overcoming the bullseye, KD & Book and much more. https://t.co/2rak05jVE2 #nba #Suns. Video coming shortly.
The first edition of the @RealDealBeal23 Diary will be in video and written form on Monday in @andscape with a clip running on NBA Today. #nba #suns https://t.co/LcXQ5vE865
The first edition of the @RealDealBeal23 Diary will be in video and written form on Monday in @andscape with a clip running on NBA Today. https://t.co/GzrJlKRCbz