NBA Insider: Suns' Bradley Beal Has 'Probably the Most Toxic Contract in NBA History'

Bradley Beal has two seasons and $103.8 million remaining on his current contract along with a player option for the 2026-27 season worth $57.1 million, which he assuredly will exercise given that massive figure.

That alone is prohibitive from a team-building standpoint for the Phoenix Suns, but Beal also has a no-trade clause alongside the three years left on his deal. And that should have given the Suns pause before they traded for him last summer, according to ESPN's Bobby Marks.

"[Beal's no-trade clause] should have been a dealbreaker if you're Phoenix," he said Monday (2:00 mark). "That should have been a walkaway. Now you are married, again, to that no-trade clause and probably the most toxic contract in NBA history. Beal's a good player. Beal's not a $50-million-per-year player. He's not worth the $160 million left on his contract."

Beal's deal wouldn't be much of an issue if the team's experiment this season—pairing him with Kevin Durant and Devin Booker—worked as expected. Instead, the team was wildly inconsistent en route to a 49-33 regular season and was just swept by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the playoffs.

And the Suns owe a lot of money to that trio in the coming years:

Few teams will be more intriguing to monitor this summer than the Suns. One thing is for certain, however—if Beal decides he doesn't want to go anywhere, the Suns are stuck with him. And even if he's open to a trade, other teams may not want anything to do with his massive figure or that no-trade clause.