OKC Thunder: 2 multi-team Bradley Beal blockbusters

Trade No. 1) Miami gets a big-3, Wizards start rebuild, OKC gets a talented big

Perhaps the most popular team to be linked to the likes of Bradley Beal so far this season has been the Miami Heat.

The reigning Eastern Conference Champions are led by the likes of All-Stars Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo, followed by a bevy of talented youngsters and sound role players. However, if the 2020 NBA Finals showed them anything, it’s that they still are inferior in the star power department compared to the likes of the reigning champion, Los Angeles Lakers.

Now that the Brooklyn Nets jumped into the ring themselves, what with having formulated perhaps the most talented big-3 in NBA history in James Harden, Kevin Durant, and Kyrie Irving, Miami’s road to a second consecutive Finals appearance has become a bit more challenging.

As has proven to be the case over the past decade, stars lead to championships and, should Pat Riely want to go all-in on a title-bid this year, they could realistically make the trade for Beal, thus formulating their own uber-talented big-3.

Together, the aforementioned trio is averaging a combined 70 points, 19.6 rebounds, and 15.6 assists per game.

Of course, if actually teamed up these numbers would likely wind up changing a bit, as their roles would be somewhat altered to make the pairing work to it’s fullest potential, but the skillsets each of these players possess would instill nightmare-filled pregame slumbers for the majority of Miami’s opponents.

Of course, to get Beal they’ll need to give up a healthy heap of talent, and the package heading out to Washington would be headlined by sophomore guard Tyler Herro.

Following up an All-Rookie campaign with an even better second season, the 21-year-old is showing himself to potentially be a future star in this league, as he is currently finding averages of 17.6 points, 6.7 rebounds, and 3.8 assists on 47 percent shooting from the floor.

Alongside Herro, we see fellow sharpshooter Duncan Robinson as well as second-year point guard Kendrick Nunn, veteran big Kelly Olynyk, Andre Iguodala simply to make the money work, and, perhaps the biggest draw, two future first-round picks, a pick swap, and a pair of second-rounders from the OKC Thunder

For Miami, losing the veteran leadership that Iguodala on top of offloading several youthful core members that help space the floor stings, but they find themselves replacing some of said attributes by bringing on the likes of George Hill who, in our eyes, is showing how valuable he can be for a contender virtually every day he’s played in 2020-21.

And, as for the OKC Thunder, they bring back the highly-underrated third-year big man from Washington, Mo Wagner.

A former Michigan standout and 2018 Big-10 Tournament MVP, Wagner has yet to get a legitimate shot in the league despite having the size (6-11, 245-pounds) and skillset (shot 39 percent from deep in college and is converting on 57 percent of his attempts in 2020-21) that most teams yearn for.

In just 18.6 minutes a night last season, the 23-year-old posted solid averages of 8.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game on 55 percent shooting from the field.

Whether he taps into his collegiate stardom ways or simply remains just a solid role player, for the proposed price, taking on the youthful Mo Wagner is a move that could wind up benefiting the OKC Thunder in the long run.