Damian Lillard and Bradley Beal have had identical careers so far.

[DLoMor]

Same draft class, stayed on same team their whole career until this year. Didn’t make it to the finals. Was either the number 1 or 2 option at all times. Now they the 2 or 3 option on a contending team.

Any other similarities between them? Who had the better career between them now I wonder.

[DavidSterned]

While in the abstract they may look pretty similar, Dame has comfortably been the better player.

[sca]

Oh come on, there’s absolutely no contest between the two. Lillard is by far the more accomplished player, even though both have generally had bad to mediocre supporting casts around them.

[UcanUwill]

Without looking it up, would say Dame has clearly had a better career, and looking up, it backs it up.

Dame 8x all star
Beal 3x all star

Dame 7x all NBA (1 time first team)
Beal 1x all NBA (third team)

Dame top 75 NBA player all time
Beal did not make the list

Dame 1x Olympic Gold
Beal no Olympic medals (2 FIBA youth golds tho)

Dame 61 Play off games
Beal 45 Play off games

[Jadoogar]

Allstar selections - 8 Dame vs 3 Beal
All-NBA selections - 7 Dame vs 1 Beal

Career averages
Dame - 25/7/4 on 44/37/89 in 832 games
Beal - 22/4/4 on 46/37/82 in 734 games

Playoff games 61 Dame vs 45 Beal

Career totals - Dame has over 400 more points, 2000 more assists and 500 more rebounds

Advanced stats
Dame - 22 PER, 4.7 BPM, 51 VORP
Beal - 18 PER, 1.6 BPM, 23 VORP

...you wonder who has had the better career?

[sca]

Beal: 3x All-Star, 1x All-NBA, 1x All-Rookie, 22.9 VORP, 1.6 BPM, .103 WS/48, +3.8 On/Off.

Lillard: 8x All-Star, 7x All-NBA, 1x All-Rookie, 1x ROY, NBA 75th Anniversary Team, 1x All-Star MVP, 51.0 VORP, 4.7 BPM, .175 WS/48, +8.0 On/Off.

[Jadoogar]

While in the abstract they may look pretty similar, Dame has comfortably been the better player.

they don't look similar in any abstract. Dame is better in every single factor. Even the strawman the OP uses about "being the 1st or 2nd option" is incorrect since Dame just now become the 2nd option where as Beal spent a large portion of his career as the second option.

[UcanUwill]

While in the abstract they may look pretty similar, Dame has comfortably been the better player.

they don't look similar in any abstract. Dame is better in every single factor. Even the strawman the OP uses about "being the 1st or 2nd option" is incorrect since Dame just now become the 2nd option where as Beal spent a large portion of his career as the second option.

I guess Lamarcus was their first option there for a while. But Dame averaged 19 points as rookie and won ROY over Anthony Davis, which by the way, a lot of RealGMers called it, before the season.

[DavidSterned]

While in the abstract they may look pretty similar, Dame has comfortably been the better player.

they don't look similar in any abstract. Dame is better in every single factor. Even the strawman the OP uses about "being the 1st or 2nd option" is incorrect since Dame just now become the 2nd option where as Beal spent a large portion of his career as the second option.

Beal was a 1st option from roughly 2017-23 as Wall's injuries piled up, while Dame was a 1st option from 2015-23. He played with LMA his first few years. So they're not too different in that one respect. Again, Dame was just comfortably better.

[sammo89]

The Suns are not contenders

[iLLmatic860]

Bradley Beal is more like the Andre Drummond of Sg's

[dhsilv2]

This is why I hate ring counting. People think these two guys are close...

[Eagle4]

In what world is Dame even close to the 3rd option in MIL? lol

Dame was the 1st option for most of his career and is now the 2nd and somewhat 1b option (takes the reigns primary option in the clutch). Bradley started off as the 2nd and then was the 1st for a brief period. Now he's the 3rd option on the Suns. On top of that Dame's resume is considerably more decorated. No real comparison here outside their draft class and being high volume scorers with subpar defense.

[Texas Chuck]

not sure OP knows what identical means? The term you are maybe looking for is superficially similar.

[Jadoogar]

Steve Nash and Mike Conley have had identical careers. Both starting point guards for good western conference teams, neither won a title, both 1st or 2nd options for a majority of their careers eventually become 3rd of 4th options at the end of their careers.

[lambchop]

OP with a nice troll thread

[Rendei]

Lillard has easily had a better career, but for the sake of argument...

Lillard has 22 playoff wins. Beal has 22 playoff wins.

[DLoMor]

OP with a nice troll thread

How is it a troll thread? I said my reason why and how are similar.

[Dick Tate]

OP with a nice troll thread

How is it a troll thread? I said my reason why and how are similar.

"Who had the better career between them now I wonder." is the troll-e part.

[danvato]

Why are there so many trash topics on this board

Didn't win ring, same, rah, rah, rah.