They are multiple-time All-Stars with many individual accolades. They’ve already got a big piece of the NBA pie. Now he’s putting his advanced degree to work in D.C. Brooks coached Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, and James Harden in Oklahoma City. “I’ve had like a PhD in coaching younger players,” Wizards head coach Scott Brooks said last month.
In 2016, Wall admitted that he and Beal “have a tendency to dislike each other on the court.” After Wall underwent arthroscopic knee surgery in 2018, the Wizards rattled off five straight wins and Beal used the phrase “everybody eats” since the ball was moving better, which rubbed Wall the wrong way.īut in recent months, Wall and Beal seem to have grown close. Wall and Beal haven’t always seen eye to eye their drama has been more public than most high school gossip. “I can’t wait to see what we can be together.” “I’m getting back to being healthier than I’ve ever been, and Brad is just getting better and better,” Wall told me recently. But for this to work in Washington, Wall and Beal must coexist. Wall will be back next season, alongside Beal. The Wizards will have to use this time to evaluate their young players, because now it’s all about the future. Good luck doing that when Ish Smith, Troy Brown Jr., and Rui Hachimura are your new Big Three. To qualify for the postseason play-in tournament, the Wizards would need to win two or more games than the Nets or Magic with only eight games to play. But the Wizards have treaded water at 24-40, and though they made the cut to resume play in Orlando later this month, their season is basically over: Wall, Beal ( rotator cuff injury), and breakthrough stretch big Davis Bertans (free agency) will all sit out the restart. With Wall out since December 2018 due to Achilles injuries, Beal averaged 30.5 points and 6.1 assists with a 57.9 true shooting percentage this season, numbers that have been exceeded in a single season by only Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, and James Harden. The Wizards made four postseason appearances, and at one point were seen as one of the NBA’s rising young teams. Wall was the star and Beal was the sidekick, and though there wasn’t always harmony between the two, or even among the team at large, the hierarchy worked. Wall had the ball in his hands for more minutes per game than any player in the NBA from 2013-14 to 2018-19, per NBA Advanced Stats.
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He possessed the ball for 11 minutes per game that series while Beal was a distant second on the team, averaging only 2.8 minutes. Bradley Beal to Sit Out NBA Restart, Further Depleting the Eastīradley Beal had 31 points that night, but the Wizards were Wall’s show.
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