I guess Wizards really value what Beal is giving to them in the last couple of years. He was close to winning the scoring title last season if not for Curry's amazing scoring run.

I guess what they needed is another superstar to really help him. Westbrook provided that spark, but it was not enough as they are playing in the same position. Probably another good power forward or center would do a lot of help to at least bring the Wizards to the playoffs again next season or even get the hump over first round.

 I do not think that PatBev is a "much better" player than IT, lets be serious IT had a great season followed by injuries and the fact that dude was basically kicked off the team after giving them all with injury and his sisters death, thats just something that tells you all you need to know about team owners and management. After all that IT is still a good player if he could rehab and get his minutes, slowly he will build himself to a good level and be great. I would say that give him thousand shots a day everyday from now until playoffs and you will have yourself a great shooter for lebron and westbrook to pass outside, and he is definitely a good enough one right now, just needs some reps. PatBev on the other hand is just a locker room cancer, dude is hated wherever he goes, dude is just an annoying little brat, I wouldn't want him on my team even if he was free.

Well, it looks like that the Wizards are fully committed in keeping Beal for 5 years.
Beal also promised that he will improve on his 3 point shooting and low post scoring. Another one is that the Wizards don't have any superstar like Beal but maybe, just maybe we can see rising players from the Wizards that will help him all throughout the season.

Now that Westbrook isn't on the Wizards anymore, Beal has all the time to create his own shots. He is the first option of the team and giving him the possible biggest contract in NBA history might happen. Lets see though because we might see some last minute changes .

Yes he's good before but do he still brought that talent now? We know talents fades over the years specially if he didn't play competitive basket ball for quite long time compare to Beverly where he is still active in the League, Although Beverly is not a scorer but for sure he will get into the nerves of the players since his main talent is hustle and defense which is unique for a point guard.

IMO Westbrook's been a great add for the LA Lakers. He has already played with superstars, he played with the likes of KD, James Harden, Bradley Beal and that's not gonna be a problem for him.
He was underestimated for too long because Russell will probably give LA at least 15 points per night and lots of rebounds. Lakers stands for his great once in a lifetime opportunity not to be missed.

Who knows? Maybe he was also surprised about the idea and didn't had the memo.  It proves he is still just a player and not the owner of the Lakers.
I think if they will choose they should go for IT. They badly need a shooter and IT could provide. I just don't know if James will like the idea because he didn't look pleased with him when they signed him at Cavs to play with him. The chemistry is not there and it's so bad they are like two players playing in different teams.
Let Beverley stay with the Wolves, they need a veteran there to help KAT and DLo.

And, we'd be surprised that two of them wasn't able to make on the Lakers roster (oops! spoiler alert*). Aren't they have tons of SG and PG in the current roster? Well, this isn't to spoil the fun  kind of post though, just my own opinion they got handful of ball-handlers already. Maybe they need one more on the front court position helping either AD, DW, and MG.

One reason I can think of is that they can offer IT a one year veteran salary just like what they offered to others. If IT bite then it's good for the Lakers are they can work it out within their budget. And there's not much left players to trade, they have overhauled their roster already.

Yeah, I agree that he is no longer the same IT when he was traded to Cleveland because of so many injuries. But the guy can score easily every game and can give quality minutes while in the floor, if some of the Lakers stars are resting.

His main goal at the moment is to return to the NBA. So I think Thomas will be happy even if the Lakers or any other teams offer him a 1-year contract with a minimum salary. By the way, it seems that IT is still a good scorer, considering that he was able to score 81 points in a pro-am league game a couple of weeks ago.