Clippers' 2026 NBA Finals Odds After Expected Bradley Beal Signing After Suns Buyout

The Clippers are tied for 10th in the odds to win the NBA Finals in the 2025-26 season.

Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal is expected to join the Los Angeles Clippers, who are +3000 to win the NBA Finals. / Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

The Bradley Beal saga in Phoenix is over.

The Phoenix Suns and Beal have agreed to a contract buyout, per ESPN's Shams Charania, which has paved the way for him to join the Los Angeles Clippers as a free agent.

Once he clears waivers, Beal is expected to sign a two-year, $11 million deal with the Clippers -- a perfect replacement for Los Angeles' loss of Norman Powell.

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

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 16, 2025

With the expected addition of Beal, the Clippers are +3000 to win the NBA Finals at DraftKings, tied for the 10th-best mark in the NBA.

The Clippers signaled that this move was coming earlier this offseason, trading away Norman Powell in a three-team deal that brought forward John Collins to Los Angeles.

In the 2024-25 season, Beal appeared in 53 games and averaged 17.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game while shooting 49.7 percent from the field and 38.6 percent from 3-point range. Beal should be a welcome addition to a Clippers team that is in win-now mode with James Harden and Kawhi Leonard leading the way.

The Clippers were the No. 5 seed in the Western Conference in the 2024-25 season, but they could end up taking a step back with several other teams in the West also gearing up to make a deep playoff push.

Still, the Clippers have the seventh-best odds of any Western Conference team, and they're in the mix with the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors for the No. 5 spot in the conference. It'll be interesting to see how Beal meshes with Harden and Leonard, as his numbers have taken a downturn since he was traded from the Washington Wizards to the Suns.

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