By all accounts, the Phoenix Suns were desperate to move Beal in a deal for Jimmy Butler, but the bulky contracts involved and second-apron restrictions made negotiations difficult. And that was before taking Beal's no-trade clause into account, which allowed him to control his fate.

Bradley Beal on his mentality now that Jimmy Butler got traded to Golden State: “Nothing changed for me. My mentality is the same whether somebody is here, somebody is not