Report: Bradley Beal Will Not Waive No-Trade Clause To Go To Bulls

January 27, 2025

According to NBA reporter Fred Katz of The Athletic, Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal won’t get traded to the Chicago Bulls.

Beal will not waive his no-trade clause to go to the Bulls.

The Suns want to acquire Jimmy Butler from the Miami Heat. Beal will have to waive his no-trade clause and get traded for Butler to land in Phoenix next to Kevin Durant and Devin Booker.

“There are destinations Beal would consider approving,” Katz wrote in his NBA report. “As The Athletic reported last week, going to a winning team would be his first priority. However, cold-weather cities, including Chicago, are less attractive to him, the source said. If a team has a losing record and a chilly winter, it won’t be on Beal’s list. Of course, this complicates the Suns’ pursuit of Butler.”

Beal has appeared in 31 games for the Suns this season. He’s averaging 17.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.7 blocks while shooting 48.5% from the field, 39.6% from beyond the arc and 76.4% from the free-throw line.

“Brad’s entire focus has been and is on getting healthy with his ankle and helping turn things around for the Suns,” Beal’s agent, Mark Bartelstein, told The Arizona Republic. “Being a professional athlete brings all kinds of amazing blessings. However, the part of the business that every player dreads is having no control over his future when it comes to trades and so the fact that we have control of that aspect of Brad’s career is something that is extremely precious and is an asset that we certainly would never want to relinquish.”

Beal, 31, is making $50.2 million this season.

“While Beal is willing to waive his no-trade clause for the right destination, as The Athletic reported last week, he will not waive it just to leave the Suns, who moved him to the bench in early January,” Katz wrote. “Before this season, Beal, his wife and their two sons moved full time to Phoenix. Accepting a trade elsewhere would mean either relocating his kids once again after going from Washington to Phoenix in 2023, or leaving them to play somewhere else for the time being.”