BREAKING: Three-time NBA All-Star Bradley Beal has agreed to a contract buyout with the Phoenix Suns and plans to join the Los Angeles Clippers on a two-year, $11 million deal with a player option after clearing waivers, Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports told ESPN. pic.twitter.com/gxZB0ObSms

Bradley Beal is set to join the Los Angeles Clippers, and James Harden is reportedly a major reason behind the move.

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With Beal nearing a buyout agreement that would allow him to reach the unrestricted market, All-NBA point man James Harden became “the key voice” in the Clippers’ pursuit of the soon-to-be-former Suns guard, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, working both L.A.’s front office and Beal himself to play matchmaker and consummate the deal:

(Last season 49-33) They have been to back-to-back Western Conference Finals and Anthony Edwards is still improving — do not sleep on this team. The Timberwolves locked up Julius Randle and Naz Reid, but losing Nickeil Alexander-Walker is going to sting. A lot.

The ring is everything in the NBA. The relentless pursuit of a world championship is why LeBron James first decided to join the Miami Heat, and why the Boston Celtics almost traded Jaylen Brown