Agent: Wizards star Beal declines $36.4M option

Bradley Beal has declined his $36.4 million participant possibility for the 2022-23 NBA season, his agent Mark Bartelstein of Precedence Sports activities instructed ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, making him an unrestricted free agent.

Beal, who has performed his total 10-year profession with the Washington Wizards, seemingly can have two choices subsequent month: both signal a five-year max contract to stay in Washington or elect to go elsewhere on a four-year max contract, probably the most he can signal with one other workforce.

Beal, who turned 29 on Tuesday, averaged 23.2 factors, 4.7 rebounds and 6.6 assists in 40 video games for Washington final season earlier than present process season-ending wrist surgical procedure in February. The earlier two seasons, Beal — who has made the All-Star workforce 3 times in his profession — averaged greater than 30 factors per sport, together with 31.3 throughout 60 video games within the 2020-21 season.

The No. 3 decide within the 2012 NBA draft, Beal is within the prime 5 in a bunch of profession statistical classes for Washington, together with making and making an attempt probably the most 3-pointers in Wizards historical past.

ESPN’s Tim Bontemps contributed to this report.