Wall vs Beal

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Better player in prime

John Wall
4
80%
Bradley Beal
1
20%
 
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Wall vs Beal 

Post#1 » by durantbird » Sun Sep 25, 2022 12:04 pm

Who is the better player in prime?
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Re: Wall vs Beal 

Post#2 » by penbeast0 » Sun Sep 25, 2022 12:21 pm

Wall was the more talented and impactful but often that impact was negative as he liked to play hero ball and take a lot of mediocre midrange shots (some of his coaches actually encouraged that). With better coaching this would be him; with bad coaching he's Russell Westbrook lite. He also played better defense and has more of a history of injury.

Beal does less things well but fits in better as a guard who can score with decent secondary playmaking and he did have two straight 30+ ppg seasons.
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