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Bullets Release Beal

Good move. Let Kendle play. He will be of more use, esp. if he can get his 3 ball going.

You can give Kendle more minutes by benching Beal, you don't have to sack him. Brisbane are out of the playoff race, and have played 23 games so they can't replace him anyway.

Must be pretty bad.

Inside word was the cat didnt re sign him purely due too off court issues. Word has it he would be on road trips and go out at night on his Tinder dates. Nothing wrong with that, but I am sure that breaks team rules, but being a star player, they let him get away with it, Brisbane, didnt let him get away with it and it was costing the team.

My Multi with United 11+ likes this.

Build towards the next season.

I guess Wildcats were justified to release Beal last year but could not elaborate for professionalism.

Well i guess that answers my question in the ADL v BRIS thread from Thursday night. Terrible attitude and body language and almost had to be begged to come on to the floor that night. This news is hardly a surprise given that display.

Well Cats still got 2 flags out of him and a finals MVP

Wouldn't they have to pay out his contract anyway? Why not keep and bench him?

Ah Dolla, he just didn't click at Brisbane. Let's all remember what he will be known for i.e. this 40-point effort

And what would be the benefit of having him sit on the bench the rest of the season? As you say, they're out of the play-off race, there's no future for you together, you may as well cut ties now.

There doesn't always have to be more than meets the eye.

The timing is curious, but Brissy appear to be out of the finals race, so this does give them the opportunity to give more minutes to others, further their development, and make evaluations pending next season.

It MIGHT also save them some money, depending on how the system works.
Presumably they will have a contractual obligation to pay-out Beal. However since he is nolonger on the roster, may he nolonger counts towards the cap???

Sad to see him go, was always a favourite, but has become increasingly inconsistent.

Why would it matter whether he counts against the cap? They can't replace him.

Beal has never played "consistent good basketball"

With the talent Perth had they could carry him an live on the memory of his lucky chucking days.

Very limited player.

@Koberstalker, as I said it MIGHT save them a bit of money.

why can't they replace him?

why can't they replace him?

If Beal was desperate to remain in the country, you couldn't discount him on his time with Brisbane. I don't know the full story of what went on in Brisbane but he was valuable as a championship player for Perth.

thanks guys I thought that rule was just about qualifying for finals

thanks guys I thought that rule was just about qualifying for finals

I'm pretty sure it is

Regardless they're signing a development player when he returns from college this week as his replacement.

Depends also on the reasons behind the sacking. Even if its purely down to poor on-court performances, it might be better to show others that players not performing to expectations will be dealt with, rather than just watching him good off for the rest of the season.

At this point, Lemanis has made it clear they are looking to the future and next season.

He was a petulant little arse in Perth by all accounts so I don't doubt he was exactly the same in Brisbane too. Lemanis is all about team culture and wouldn't have stood for it.

Sad when an obviously talented player goes off the rails like this, but good decision by Brisbane.

I will miss his direct and to the point media interviews

Beal 2016-17:

23g 11.2p, 2.5r, 2.1a, 37.1% FG, 31.2% 3pts

http://basketball.realgm.com/international/league/5/Australian-NBL/stats

Depends on what offers he can get now.
I don't know if being sacked by two NBL teams would make him too eager to hang around Aus in hopes of playing for a 3rd?
He'll probably try and pick up gigs in some of the lesser leagues around the world. Hanging around to get naturalised, so he can come off the bench on low dollars for some random team, doesn't sound like much of a career prospect.

From what I've seen of Beal for the past couple of months, there's more than enough evidence that his on court performance was the source of his downfall.

Hanging around to get naturalised, so he can come off the bench on low dollars for some random team, doesn't sound like much of a career prospect.

He's a professional basketballer, with a limited window to earn semi-decent money, before trying to start another career.
People are saying "he'd be great to have coming off the bench as an Aussie," so sure, but how much is that going to pay. Australia is NOT a cheap place to live. If you're an Aussie who is only good enough to play SBL and come of the bench in the NBL, you do it because you've got no better options, and you hope you'll be good at selling real-estate.

Because there's no point going through the hassle given you can't replace him. And it's not like he's been great at any point this year.

I'm sure the on court performance from Beal was a factor but it isn't the sole reason behind the sacking.

I thought Beal has a partner/wife and a child?

And a whole packet of crumpets on the side?

Beal did have a partner and at least one child. The impression I got was that they were meeting up for holidays, but hadn't permanently accompanied him. Probably difficult when pro-ball moves him around so much.

For those perpetuating allegations about his relationships, I would note that such things would be highly unlikely to effect on-court performance, and equally unlikely to lead directly to his sacking from two teams.

End of the day, his on-court performances became inconsistent at Perth. He'd have some great games, followed by some where he just couldn't find the hoop. He won 2 'ships for us, so that's still pretty impressive, but Perth thought they could do better. Ancient History now. At Brissy he did not perform to expectations. You can speculate that there may have been off-court behaviour driving that, but I still think the bottom line is that he was judged on performance.

strange you say that dazz considering you previously posted this
''There were rumours about Beal, including supposed reasons for some of his "off" nights.''

What hassle? Public seem to be accepting of this decision as it makes sense. Hassle has amounted to one brief media release.