re: Shams: Pels one of teams interested in Beal

Zion is close, but not quite that good yet. Almost certainly next season as his game rounds out.

Paul George did not outplay Beal this season. Curry and Klay basically didnt play. Beal arguably outplayed Dame this season. He did outplay Luka. Jokic started really slow but came on very well so I can argue in favor of him.

The rest I could accept but you would be hard pressed to add too many other players ahead of him from there(Booker is one I would add off the top of my head). And I would argue when put him on a better squad his star will only shine brighter.

Not many players can drop 50 on a whim when he is the opposing teams entire defensive focus. Give Beal the gravity of Ingram and Zion pulling defenders away from him and you are talking about three players that will just elevate their games and wreck defenses.

As good as Jrue is overall because of his elite defense, we saw what happened when he was in that position at the start of the season being asked to be the man and when defenses adjusted in kind. Which isn’t to dog Jrue, because, like I said, you can easily build a championship squad with him, but to speak to what Beal is capable of doing on a horrible team.