If Bradley Beal would kindly force his way out of Washington
Boston gets Beal
Orlando gets Kemba (and probably a Boston #1)
Washington gets Fultz, Ross, Nesmith or Langford, MCW (as salary filler) two number ones and two pick swaps from Boston
Hopefully Kemba can look good in the playoffs to make him an attractive bridge piece as Orlando tries to rebuild.
It's interesting. I'd think Washington could do better though. It requires having a high opinion of Fultz and one of Nesmith/Langford.
It also requires Beal opting in. For whatever reason, Beal's extension was only 1+1. So it's very likely he does demand a trade because he can just leave at the end of 21/22 and Washington gets nothing. That probably limits just how much they will get for him too. So if he really does want to play hardball and picks Boston, that would lower the price considerably. Kemba can also opt out after next season. If he's playing well, he most likely will.
I could see a scenario unfolding where Kemba is in Boston and Beal is in Washington for 21/22, both opting out and Beal coming here for nothing. In either scenario for 21/22, they can't afford to bring Evan Fournier back. You'd be going to war with TL/JT/JB/BB/MS and have a bench of TT, PP, one of RL/AN and a bunch of crap, 1 roster spot to fill (to get to 12, never mind 15+2), no picks, and only $6-7 million away from the Luxury Tax thresh hold.
This team is really screwed for 21/22 unless they find a way to dump most of Kemba's contract. There are other ways to keep Fournier but it involves moving Smart and or TT. If you want to move TT and Smart for a max guy, that also means good bye to Evan Fournier... unless you can move Kemba Walker.
There are things they can do but they need to move considerable salary just to keep Evan Fournier for next season.
Fast Forward if they do nothing this offseason, let Fournier walk, and Kemba opts out. The C's have 2 players guaranteed under contract, are $58 million under the cap and $83 million under the luxury tax thresh hold with options on Romeo Langford, Grant Williams, AN, PP, and Carsen Edwards and all their picks. And matching rights on TL. And the ability to retain Smart.
With Beal on board, the team would have 3 players locked in and be $27 million under the cap, $52 million under the thresh hold, with matching rights on TL, the ability to retain Smart, and options on one of Nesmith/Langford, Grant Williams, AN, PP, and Carsen Edwards with no draft picks.
Carrying 3 max guys is really hard to do in the NBA without completely gutting your team in the process. The C's could choose to gut it in 21/22 via trade or 22/23 via max contracts if Kemba opts out. The only difference would be having picks and AN or RL back vs not having picks and one of AN/RL.
I sometimes wonder if at some point 2 is better than 1. If the team could have added Bradley Beal or Evan Fournier and Aaron Gordon. The answer is probably Bradley Beal but I doubt it's as obvious as most people would think.