re: Shams: Pels one of teams interested in Beal

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I'm not a Jrue fan to a certain degree, I think that is fairly well known. I think Beal is a much better player. I'd trade Jrue for him in a heartbeat.

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Beal is a better offensive player without a doubt, and Jrue is a better defensive player without a doubt. Which one makes us better?
I do think we need another elite scorer to help out Ingram, and we don't have that. Zion seems to score his 20 points no matter what. you can game plan the offense around him or not, and he's scoring 20 for you.

I like the idea of having Beal and Jrue, trading Lonzo, b/c it allows Jrue to really take a back seat and focus on defense, and that's what he wants to do.
I also would be more inclined to trade Lonzo b/c i don't want to deal with resigning him when we'll have $30M+ a year going to Ingram and Beal, with Zion coming behind them to get that money too. I think Jrue would take a discount to stay here after his contract is up, especially if he's truly the 4th best player on the team.