{"id":171320,"date":"2025-07-15T02:14:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T02:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/171320\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T02:14:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T02:14:17","slug":"suns-player-named-lakers-missing-piece-los-angeles-can-get-parade-ready-if-they-land-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/171320\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns Player Named Lakers\u2019 \u2018Missing Piece,\u2019 Los Angeles Can Get \u2018Parade Ready\u2019 if They Land Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suns Player Named Lakers\u2019 \u2018Missing Piece,\u2019 Los Angeles Can\u00a0Get \u2018Parade Ready\u2019 if They Land Him<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Phoenix Suns entered the offseason expected to make major changes to their roster and that is exactly what they have done thus far.<\/p>\n

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Phoenix began their offseason by trading Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets and they then acquired Mark Williams from the Charlotte Hornets on draft night before selecting Khaman Maluach, Rasheer Fleming and Koby Brea.<\/p>\n

With Durant now gone, the Suns officially ended the big three era of him, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal and by the time next season begins, Booker may be the only one remaining.<\/p>\n

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Phoenix Suns stars Devin Booker (1), Bradley Beal (3) and Kevin Durant (35)Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

That is due to reports that Beal and the Suns are approaching a contract buyout that would make him a free agent.<\/p>\n

If that ends up being the case, many teams are expected to show interest in the star guard though Fox Sports\u2019 Jason Mcyntire believes that he would be a perfect fit with the Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBradley Beal is the missing piece, you can just go ahead and get the parade ready for the Lakers if they get Bradley Beal,\u201d Mcyntire said.<\/p>\n

This is a bold take by Mcyntire and one that does not make a ton of sense as Beal did not fit well next to Durant and Booker, let alone his potential fit with Luka Doncic and LeBron James.<\/p>\n

Of course, Beal needs to have the ball in his hands at a high rate for him to have an impact, which was shown last season when the Suns moved him to the bench as their main guy in the second rotation.<\/p>\n

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Phoenix Suns guard Bradley BealRick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n

That could end up being the case in Los Angeles, especially due to Austin Reaves filling the starting shooting guard position, though Beal may want to sign with a team where he is guaranteed a starting spot.<\/p>\n

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Either way, Beal\u2019s fit in Los Angeles is a questionable one but the Lakers may still take a chance on him if he reaches a buyout with the Suns this summer.<\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jul 14, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Suns Player Named Lakers\u2019 \u2018Missing Piece,\u2019 Los Angeles Can\u00a0Get \u2018Parade Ready\u2019 if They Land Him originally appeared on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791],"tags":[1013,7,3086,473,2292,194,938,958,3535,185,251,150,368,1011,6,2065,472,4045,2028,604],"class_list":{"0":"post-171320","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix-suns","8":"tag-austin-reaves","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-bradley-beal","11":"tag-charlotte-hornets","12":"tag-devin-booker","13":"tag-houston-rockets","14":"tag-kevin-durant","15":"tag-khaman-maluach","16":"tag-koby-brea","17":"tag-lebron-james","18":"tag-los-angeles","19":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","20":"tag-luka-doncic","21":"tag-mark-williams","22":"tag-nba","23":"tag-phoenix","24":"tag-phoenix-suns","25":"tag-phoenixsuns","26":"tag-rasheer-fleming","27":"tag-suns"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114854839286209128","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}