Bradley Beal stiff-armed Lakers before joining Clippers
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Throughout the February trade deadline to the draft to free agency, one element of the Suns' roster-building failure has loomed for the Suns: how to end their marriage to the three-time All-Star.
Soon after, the Suns gave Beal and Bartelstein permission to speak to other teams about joining them via buyout, the best signal yet that the Beal era in Phoenix was ending. More than 20 teams showed interest,
According to Marc Stein and Jake Fischer, NBA Insiders, the Lakers are among five teams with interest in Beal as soon as the buyout is completed. Joining Los Angeles are the Clippers, Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves and Milwaukee Bucks.