Bradley Beal - Part II

[Dark Faze]

Yea I agree. He can easily get the type of shots he should be taken within this offense. With that said, Wittman is encouraging the current stuff that's going on. So both guys are to blame.

[crackhed]

thought i heard a fairly recent post interview comment from beal saying whit threatened to sit him if he didn't put up shots. iirc my reading of his demeanor was casual - almost playful about the threat

[Dark Faze]

I mean Trevor is putting up 7 threes a game and he dribbles even worse than Brad. Unless you think Harden is creating better shots than Wall, its a matter of Trevor just being more comfortable with threading the needle from deep.

Crazy thing is, Brad waits to be wide open on threes but takes these hand offs from mid range that are highly contested. I don't get it.

[nate33]

I mean Trevor is putting up 7 threes a game and he dribbles even worse than Brad. Unless you think Harden is creating better shots than Wall, its a matter of Trevor just being more comfortable with threading the needle from deep.

Crazy thing is, Brad waits to be wide open on threes but takes these hand offs from mid range that are highly contested. I don't get it.

This is a good point regarding Ariza. I'd say the big difference between Houston and Washington is that they use a stretch four. Ariza is open for 3's because the defense has to scramble more because of their superior spacing. Ariza is the beneficiary of the "extra pass" much more often than Beal is.

[dckingsfan]

And watching Ariza this year, he is doing the head fake, letting the defender go by and then shooting the three vs. stepping inside the 3 point line to take the shot.

[dobrojim]

gotta love what I saw from BB vs the Griz. Took 6 3s (I don't care that he didn't make any,
well I care but I'm not that worried about it. He needs to keep up the # of attempts).

The two dunks on drives were awesome. Shoot 3s, take it to the hole. Me likey.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

I mean Trevor is putting up 7 threes a game and he dribbles even worse than Brad. Unless you think Harden is creating better shots than Wall, its a matter of Trevor just being more comfortable with threading the needle from deep.

Crazy thing is, Brad waits to be wide open on threes but takes these hand offs from mid range that are highly contested. I don't get it.

This is a good point regarding Ariza. I'd say the big difference between Houston and Washington is that they use a stretch four. Ariza is open for 3's because the defense has to scramble more because of their superior spacing. Ariza is the beneficiary of the "extra pass" much more often than Beal is.

The Wizards could be so much better if they had Ariza. Imagine Wall, Beal, Porter, Ariza, Gortat

Ariza clearly benefitted statistically from playing with Wall.

Houston is still very happy with Ariza, regardless.

[Kanyewest]

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[Dark Faze]

minus the terrible free throw percentage, I feel like Beals stats this month show a good summary of who he is as a player and what he should have been doing all season long...and what he'll continue to do moving forward without developing a driving game.

20 ppg on 49% FG and .39% 3PFG, 17 FGA, 4.3 3PA, 3 assists, 4 rebounds, 2.5 FTA

Its crazy to have a guy shoot 17 shots a game on such great percentages and still only average 20 ppg. He's absolutely got to find a way to get to the line more. Because despite near perfect efficiency on offense, and a reasonably high shooting rate, he's still not putting up high numbers.

[hands11]

Great maturing moment for Beal and Otto... Not ideal for this to happen, but there is something to gain from this. Specially if they win the next game.

21 going on 22 shortly. Beal is maturing to the next stage. You can see it happening before you eyes. I contribute some of this to just time, but Paul gets credit as well. Randy gets some credit as well.

http://www.monumentalnetwork.com/videos/bradley-beal-5-7-15

[stevemcqueen1]

It's the Beal show now. I think he's about to drop a hellacious stat line but I don't think he's ready to lead us to a series win yet. John had just gotten to that point this year in his age 24 season.

[Higga]

Yeah we need Beal to play like a superstar to win this series and I'm not sure if he's quite there just yet. I like him as much as anyone(if not more so)but his game is still rounding into form. But he definitely has it in him to drop a 30 spot tomorrow and lead us to a W.

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

I don't want to see Beal or any other player trying to do too much.

[Dark Faze]

He's at least defending well now, and he's getting to the line.

He'll never be a guy who can drop 30+ regularly. But with Ottos emergency if he can be like this more often I'll take it. High volume Beal even inefficiently is just much better than him waiting around for the catch and shoot.

[hands11]

Beal with a 7 assist game followed up by and 8 assist game.

Pretty impressive.

Between Beal and Otto...

One 17 pts 8 assists 3 rebounds 1 steal SG
One 17 pts 4 assists 9 rebounds 1 steal SF

Not bad for two 21 year olds without Wall playing.

The future is bright.

[lastemp3ror]

Beal needs to work on his footwork. In every game, without fail, he falls forward when the ball is in his hands and he tries to get past a defender. I also see him doing the splits from catching the ball and trying to reverse his momentum to go the other way to fake out his defender. I have also seen both of these scenarios while he plays defense as well.

I am not sure if management is working on fixing this or not, but I would hope so if they expect him to be our primary scorer going forward.

[nate33]

Beal put the lockdown on Kyle Korver in Game 3. Korver scored 6 points on 5 shot attempts in 37 minutes. Those 6 points came off of two made 3-pointers, both off of long offensive rebounds. So basically, Korver was scoreless when Beal was on him.

[keynote]

Beal needs to work on his footwork. In every game, without fail, he falls forward when the ball is in his hands and he tries to get past a defender. I also see him doing the splits from catching the ball and trying to reverse his momentum to go the other way to fake out his defender. I have also seen both of these scenarios while he plays defense as well.

I am not sure if management is working on fixing this or not, but I would hope so if they expect him to be our primary scorer going forward.

It's not just a relative lack of footwork, IMHO, it's his body's immaturity betraying him as well. He's built up his upper body, but I think he needs to strengthen his lower body more, and work on stability exercises.

Lastly, he should consider changing sneakers.

[hands11]

Sick pass by Beal. And a sweet outlet by Session to Beal before the Beal pass.

Pass. Pass. Dunk

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyeO-OOc_go[/youtube]

[fishercob]

Beal put the lockdown on Kyle Korver in Game 3. Korver scored 6 points on 5 shot attempts in 37 minutes. Those 6 points came off of two made 3-pointers, both off of long offensive rebounds. So basically, Korver was scoreless when Beal was on him.

This. I know we all imagined Beal as 20 ppg guy with good defense, but what if that isn't who he his? Instead he's a elite defender and shooter who struggles to get his own shot and create for others? That outcome wouldn't be tragic on this team. My point is not to denigrate Brad's offense, but rather to dap him for his D. Shutting down Korver is huge.