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The Washington Wizards have not officially green-lighted Bradley Beal's blockbuster trade deal with the Phoenix Suns. The Wizards are reportedly still trying to expand the transaction to a three-team deal as they look to reroute Chris Paul to a different team. Nevertheless, there's no denying that this massive trade is already sending all sorts of shockwaves throughout the NBA.
One player who is expected to be significantly impacted by this trade is Suns big man Deandre Ayton — at least according to the mean streets of Twitter. So much so, that the fans on social media are already calling for the 24-year-old's head:
The Suns now only have four players under guaranteed contracts:
Kevin Durant
Devin Booker
Bradley Beal
Deandre Ayton$161.5M total for those four and not much flexibility to make more changes.
The big question: Does Ayton get moved?
I’d bring back free agents TJ Warren, Josh… https://t.co/nUnXGTp1Ox
— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) June 18, 2023
https://twitter.com/tyhartwell__/status/1670547898642345984
Seems like they have no choice if they want to actually field(floor? court?) a team. They need something like a 3 for 1 out of an Ayton trade, with one of them being a Big.
— John Kobbeman (@John_Kobbeman) June 18, 2023
flip ayton for turner and hield
— siv (@siv773) June 18, 2023
https://twitter.com/reirracwerd/status/1670532661629136897
Ayton getting traded to the Mavs for Hardaway, Bullock and McGee.
— Von Baylor (@von_baylor) June 18, 2023
https://twitter.com/9mars5/status/1670545049950785536
The keyboard warriors presented a couple of trade ideas for the Suns wherein they could potentially get some value out of Ayton. To be perfectly honest, some of the trade proposals don't make much sense, but the point is, the general majority of fans believe that Beal's arrival should officially mark the end of Deandre Ayton's time in Phoenix.
For what it's worth, Ayton is still under contract through 2026. He is set to pocket over $100 million over the course of the next three seasons. He has a gargantuan deal, and it won't be easy finding a trade partner that will be willing to take on his massive contract. Then again, the Suns pulled off a massive steal in the Bradley Beal deal — or at least this is what most folks believe — so it's very much possible that they strike gold with an Ayton trade as well.
