{"id":854408,"date":"2026-08-14T01:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T01:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/854408\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T01:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T01:18:11","slug":"beal-returns-to-the-la-clippers-on-a-2-year-reported-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/854408\/","title":{"rendered":"Beal returns to the LA Clippers on a 2-year reported deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2300736\" class=\"wp-image-2300736 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bradley-Beal-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2300736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bradley Beal is entering his 15th season has career averages of 21.4 points, 4.3 assists and 4.0 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Free agent Bradley Beal agreed to a reported two-year, $13.2 million deal with the Los Angeles Clippers, per ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania. The 2-year deal has a player option in the second season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beal explored free agency with various options before both sides agreed upon his return to Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Free agent Bradley Beal has agreed to a two-year, $13.2 million deal to return to the Los Angeles Clippers, with a player option in the second season, Mark Bartelstein of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PrioritySports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@PrioritySports<\/a> tells ESPN. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RzLqjDv5hy\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/RzLqjDv5hy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2088051165858554161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The three-time All-Star joined the Clippers during the 2025-26 season after agreeing to a buyout with his former team, the Phoenix Suns. Beal appeared in just six games this past season as he was rehabbing from a hip injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The LA Clippers completed a dramatic turnaround this past season, finishing ninth in the Western Conference with a 42-40 record. They were eliminated in the SoFi Play-In Tournament by the Golden State Warriors in the No. 9 vs. No. 10 matchup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bradley Beal is entering his 15th season has career averages of 21.4 points, 4.3 assists and 4.0 rebounds.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":854409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,424556,85],"class_list":["post-854408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-bradley-beal-returns-la-clippers-2-year-deal","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}