Overview
- Jake Fischer said Wednesday that the Boston Celtics, Miami Heat and LA Clippers are among the teams likely to pursue unrestricted free agent Bradley Beal.
- Beal declined a roughly $5.6 million player option with the Clippers and is available after a 2025–26 season in which he played six games because of a hip injury and averaged a career‑low scoring rate.
- Reporters note Beal’s long friendship with Jayson Tatum as a key reason Boston could be an attractive landing spot for the veteran guard.
- The Celtics have an open roster spot but are about $1.7 million below the luxury‑tax line, so signing Beal would push them back into the tax and plausibly force a salary‑shedding trade such as moving Sam Hauser.
- All coverage frames this as reporting and speculation rather than a completed deal, and LeBron James’s ongoing free‑agency process is also being cited as a factor that could influence where Beal ultimately signs.