Bradley Beal

[deneem4]

Beals not ray allen...hes wade with a jumper...

[GhostsOfGil]

Except wade attacked the basket twice as often while attempting twice as many FTs. TBH I never understood the wade comparison.

[nate33]

Except wade attacked the basket twice as often while attempting twice as many FTs. TBH I never understood the wade comparison.

Agreed. Beal is still way out of his element when asked to create shots. He's getting better at putting the ball on the floor to take advantage of a defender rushing out to him, but he can't break anyone down off the dribble. He's nothing like Wade at all.

[tontoz]

Beal's 3 point percentage is up to 38.8% on the season.

He is shooting .492 since January. On 124 attempts.

Only 8 players in history have exceeded 49% on 3-pointers on 124 attempts or more in a season. All but one of them were one-dimensional sharp shooters who played limited minutes off the bench. Detlef Schrempf did it once as a full time starter, but he shot sparingly, averaging just 2.2 3PA's per game.

Beal is doing it as a two-way player and (mostly) full time starter (32 minutes per game since January). He is doing it on high volume too: 4.7 attempts per 36 minutes. Only Legler shot at higher rate per minute, and he did it in fewer minutes per game.

Oh, and Beal is a 19-year-old rookie.

I am trying not to get too carried away looking at his shooting since Jan 1 but it is hard not to. Both Beal and Wall have made stunning turnarounds.

[Joel Embust]

He's a better rebounding Eric Gordon with a much better attitude and hopefully less injury-filled career.

[dobrojim]

love this kid

His stroke, after a slow start for the first 2 months of the season, is pure. Cha-ching. Money.

And he rebounds and blocks shots at a good clip.

Perfect running mate to Wall.

Got express a certain jealousy about what his job is...much of the time he only has
to run to the corner and wait for Wall (or someone else) to pass him the ball so he can shoot
that corner 3. (yes I'm simplifying). Bottom line, he's really good at it.

In any case, good work if you can get it.

[queridiculo]

What I loved about last night's game was seeing Beal reading how the Ratpros were playing him once he got it going in the third, and exploiting defenders to get an easy layup, pull up and finding his teammate in the zone for an easy bucket in the paint.

Unreal for a kid only 19 years old, and even more remarkable considering the time he missed since he got it going in the new year.

Really speaks to his confidence and toughness that he came back guns blazing.

[Ruzious]

He's gone past Dion Waiters as the top rookie 2 - mainly because of his 3 point shooting - and he's a year and a half younger than Waiters. The Lamb's are wayyyy back in the distance. You might even say that the silence of the Lambs is deafening.

[FAH1223]

He's Mitch Richmond 2.0 and might even be better.

[mhd]

GREAT Zach Lowe article on Beal:

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-trian ... ade-rumors

[nate33]

Can we have Zach Lowe do all the NBA reporting from now on? Just have him write all the articles for ESPN, CBSSports, SI, Grantland, and everyone else. He can do all the studio expert work too.

[hands11]

Except wade attacked the basket twice as often while attempting twice as many FTs. TBH I never understood the wade comparison.

Wait till next year when the ankle is better. He was driving more early. Once his shot started to sink, he used that more. Now with the ankle, I really don't even want him to drive any more this year. He did it once last game and I held my breath.

[queridiculo]

Can we have Zach Lowe do all the NBA reporting from now on? Just have him write all the articles for ESPN, CBSSports, SI, Grantland, and everyone else. He can do all the studio expert work too.

Zach Lowe mancrush checking in.

Not sure if that makes any sense, but he reminds me of how Boswell used to cover the Washington Redskins.

[Halcyon]

Beal out for the rest of the season

http://www.nba.com/wizards/beal-miss-remainder-season

[Knighthonor]

Man Beal may be ready to explode? Could Beal go Super Star Jin 3 as well down the road soon?

[hands11]

http://www.monumentalnetwork.com/videos ... ec17ed0000

Beal clears the medical staff of any wrong doing. Says it was on him. Only he knows his body and he wanted to go on it. Says the MRI earlier didn't show it.

This locker room is really bounding and relaxed. Someone comes up and busts on his birth mark.

Only 6 more games to go. He had a great season. The future is looking pretty bright with him and Wall.

[The Fax]

Just curious, that was Booker ragging on Beal right? I always thought he was a shy guy.

[pancakes3]

Beal is the unanimous most improved rookie as per 5 bloggers from ESPN

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/5-o ... ookie-year

[doclinkin]

*On June 26, the St. Louis native turns 20. So, what we will a two-decade old Bradley Beal look like next season? "I don't know. Hopefully more facial hair."

*Since different websites list different heights, perhaps Beal could provide a definitive answer on just how tall he is. "That's a good question, that's a great question actually. I don't even know how tall I am. I'm hoping 6'4" - I am 6'4", 6'5" on a good day."

His last answer is both humorous and a reminder that the Wizards have a player on their roster that is of an age where he is still growing. If doctors are accurate, Beal expects to tack on another 2-3 inches.

Link.

Like, zoinks Scoob! Beal +2-3 inches would be a really rough match-up for most. He already plays bigger than he stands, tough to move off his spot on defense. And at 6'7" or 6' 8" he would be our SGSF swingman of the future. Get a combo guard who can shoot from long and we'd be seriously versatile.

[AFM]

Why do doctors think that? Aren't most people done growing by 20?