Bradley Beal is one of the best offensive players in the NBA and at 28-years-old, he is in the prime of his career. Spending all 10 seasons of his career so far with the Washington Wizards, Beal has been nothing but loyal to the team that took him 3rd overall in 2012. 

However, the Wizards have been a franchise in shambles for quite some time now, as they have never been able to find consistency from one season to the next. Since drafting Bradley Beal, the Wizards have made the playoffs on five different occasions, but they have not advanced past the Eastern Conference Semifinals and have made the playoffs just once since 2018. 

Every single season, solid players come and go from Washington’s roster, leaving them in what seems like an endless cycle of trying to “re-tool” and “rebuild” their roster. 

Now, Bradley Beal is out for the season after undergoing wrist surgery, leaving the Wizards with slim hopes of making the playoffs. However, the news of Beal being out for the year did not stop GM Tommy Sheppard from being aggressive at the NBA trade deadline. 

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After tons of speculation about targeting Pistons’ forward Jerami Grant, the Wizards went in a completely opposite direction and traded both Spencer Dinwiddie and Davis Bertans to the Dallas Mavericks for former All-Star Kristaps Porzingis and a 2022 second-round pick that is heavily protected.