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The Celtics have a clear plan-- go for next year's free agent class. And I really doubt Tatum and Brown were left out of the loop on that. So no concerns there-- at least not until after next free agency period.
Dame is signed through 2024, so unless he wants to pull a full-blown Harden and just tank his team until he's dealt, I doubt he has much of a choice. And, frankly, he does strike me as the sort of dude who wants to be The Guy in Portland and would rather stay. Not sure why I get that vibe, but I do. He's been pretty vocal about shouting down the trade rumors, which of course doesn't mean anything, but he and McCollum have been tag teaming on Twitter against journalists... and why would McCollum be helping unless he believes his friend Dame is staying, y'know? So I don't know, I give them another year as well.
Beal doesn't have to demand anything-- he can just not sign an extension and hit next year's free agency. The Wiz obviously will need to figure out what they want to do with him before the trade deadline. The team is going nowhere and definitely *should* trade him... but Beal, again, strikes me as a guy who'd clearly prefer to stay-- after all, he could've demanded a trade a long time ago, lol. So I don't know what will happen there-- I'd be stunned if he extends with the Wiz-- but I doubt he'll publicly demand, because he doesn't really have a reason to. He can just wait the year out.
But Zion is already vocally unhappy with the Pels-- as he should be, since they're completely dysfunctional as an organization, and they're a very small market for a player begging for a big one. There are only two more years on his deal if he doesn't sign the extension-- which I can't imagine he would. He hated the way they've dealt with the coaches, he hated the way they promised a mentor figure in Redick a trade that they then reneged on without telling him first. I think the trust in New Orleans to deliver him a contending team is broken, and I think he's right to feel that way.
I'd be really surprised if, unless they start the season white hot, we don't hear "Zion is asking for a trade" stories before the trade deadline. My movies: http://russellhainline.com My movie reviews: https://letterboxd.com/RussellHFilm/ My beer TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebeertravelguide
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