The Miami Heat were not that interested in trading for All-Star shooting guard Bradley Beal, according to NBA insider John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 FM.
Gambadoro told Michael Scotto of HoopsHype that the Heat could have offered the Washington Wizards a better package for Beal than what the Suns did.
“I believe that Miami was not that interested in Bradley Beal,” Gambadoro said. “Look at what Miami has in terms of assets. They have their first-round pick this year, they’ve got future first-round picks, and they’ve got more talent to trade. If Miami was really involved in this and Beal was interested in going there, there’s no way Miami couldn’t have put a better offer on the table than Phoenix. I’m going to stick with what I’ve been told, and that’s Miami wasn’t that interested in Beal.”
“Now, Beal was interested in Phoenix,” Gambadoro explained. “He wanted to come to the Suns and play with Kevin Durant and Devin Booker.”
The Suns traded Chris Paul, Landry Shamet and draft picks to the Suns for Beal, who waived his no-trade clause to play for Phoenix. Beal averaged 23.2 points, 3.9 rebounds and 5.4 assists this past season for Washington while shooting 50.6% from the field, 36.5% from beyond the arc and 84.2% from the free-throw line.
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The Heat are more interested in trading for Portland Trail Blazers superstar point guard Damian Lillard. Miami is hoping that Lillard requests a trade from Portland if the Blazers don’t trade the third overall pick in this year’s draft for a star.
Heat center Bam Adebayo is close friends with Lillard.
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Miami lost the 2023 NBA Finals to the Denver Nuggets in five games. The franchise believes it is one piece away from winning it all with Adebayo and small forward Jimmy Butler. It’s going to be very fascinating to see if the Heat are able to acquire Lillard.
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