But Bradley Beal is owed an additional $111 million beyond this season, and would be allowed to carry his no-trade clause to his next team (just as he did to Phoenix when he agreed to be traded to

This presupposes that the trade for Beal is the original roster construction problem in Phoenix that must be solved -- that under the new collective bargaining agreement, building a team around three max salary players, one of whom is performing far below a max level, is untenable.