Washington Wizards proprietor Ted Leonsis was not a fan of Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal and his former participant’s feedback a couple of potential transfer by the Wizards out of Washington DC.
Beal – who waived his no-trade clause with Washington and labored his strategy to the Suns final summer time – supplied the next earlier this 12 months when information broke of a plan to maneuver the Wizards outdoors the area was made public earlier than lastly being refused.
“DC, I am right here with you,” Beal mentioned to Marc J. Spears. “I’m with you all. It isn’t potential to maneuver to Virginia. What is that this, [Wizards owner] Ted [Leonsis]? We love you to dying. We perceive what you wish to do and attempt to do it. However you may’t take the crew out of DC. It is Chocolate Metropolis. As a league we’d like it. He should keep in Washington DC now. Cash? Look, that is out of my attain and out of my management. I’ve nothing to do with it. Hopefully [Washington] mayor [Muriel] Bowser can discover a answer with you.
“I hope the crew stays. It is good for town. This creates a small drawback, simply my private opinion, if the undertaking is moved to Virginia. It is in all probability just like what individuals felt when [the Washington Commanders] moved to Maryland. It is a troublesome factor. We simply have to get everybody again to DC, rebuild RFK Stadium, rebuild Cap One (Capital One Enviornment). Maintain it on the town. We will do it and so they can do it.
A deal was then reached for the Wizards to stay of their present residence till 2050, though Leonsis not too long ago had some selection phrases for his former participant.
“Everybody has their issues,” Leonsis informed MoCo Media.
“I will use, for example, Bradley Beal. He was one in every of our [Wizards] gamers. He had a no-trade contract and he wished to be traded. He went to Phoenix. Once we introduced our transfer, he felt it crucial to go surfing and say, “You are making a giant mistake. You should not transfer.
“I believed it was free, however I didn’t say something,” Leonsis continued. “[Phoenix] made the playoffs and was swept within the first spherical. And there is a variety of criticism about Bradley Beal. That is life, is not it? You possibly can criticize. Are you able to take away the opinions? That is the world we reside in.
