Bradley Beal - Part II

jangles86 · Post #1141 » by **jangles86** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:39 pm

The amount of times beal turns down a half contested 3 pt attempt for a fully contested mid range 2 pt attempt is insane. Just shoot the money ball Brad!

dckingsfan · Post #1142 » by **dckingsfan** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 10:21 pm

hands11 wrote:Pretty sick interview wasn't it. Good stuff. Love watching the young Mr Beal grow up.

I don't hear any mention of... we have to have fun out there... like he used to do.

He sounds more gritty to me. He is maturing. I bet Paul Paul has something to do with that. He still has so much upside at only 21.5 years old.

Here the thing. I might have to go back an watch the game again because, I wasn't seeing a great game from him. I guess I was focused on his offense. Seemed like a MEH game. Then he hit that dagger and that seemed to me to push him over the edge to a good game. But a great game ? I didn't see that.

But.. he did lock down Jimmy and that was huge. Jimmy was 2-12 so yeah.. that was a great game from him.

He has a way of having really good games and sometimes it doesn't look like it just watching the game. Then you turn around an some how he is 6-12 and 2-4 and I'm like... how did that happen?

Yep, we forget that 1/2 the game is defense. He had to switch off on several different players - but it seemed like he did that very well. You have to give him props - now can he string a set of really good defensive games together. It would be really great if he could do that, we could be an exceptionally good defensive team.

hands11 · Post #1143 » by **hands11** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 12:55 pm

post OKC game.

Man, Beal was off last night but the good news is, he isn't off like that very often... specially from 3. That was his worst shooting night of the year and it came at a bad time. Wizards showed they can hang with OKC and thats a good sign.

He still managed 8 rebounds and 2 assists

Just wish he would get to the line more when his shot isn't falling.

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/gamelog/_ ... adley-beal

Post game interview. He takes the blame. He is a mature young man.
http://www.monumentalnetwork.com/videos ... me-1-21-15

DCZards · Post #1144 » by **DCZards** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:00 pm

^^^^Yeah, my boy Beal has been struggling with his shooting lately, especially with his midrange jumper which consistently comes up short. Thus far, BB is not having the kind of breakout season most of us hoped for.

But Beal did make several nice hustle plays last night against the Thunder---steals, rebounds and keeping loose balls alive...so I have to give him props for that. And he continues to work hard on D.

dckingsfan · Post #1145 » by **dckingsfan** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:08 pm

He was working hard on D last night - not very effective but the hustle was there - and that should lead to improved performance. And yes, not at the top of his class - yet. Nivek's rankings:

Code: Select all

RANK    3rd YEAR        TEAM    PPA
1       Davis           NOP     275
2       Lillard         POR     206
3       Drummond        DET     179
4       Valanciunas     TOR     176
5       T.Zeller        BOS     163
6       Sullinger       BOS     161
7       Green           GSW     160
8       Barnes          GSW     150
9       Beverly         HOU     122
10      MKG             CHO     117
11      Sims            PHI     113
12      Middleton       MIL     111
13      Crowder         DAL/BOS 111
14      MilesPlumlee    PHO     108
15      Beal            WAS     106
16      O'Quinn         ORL     105
17      Henson          MIL     104
18      Motiejunas      HOU     100
19      Prigioni        NYK     95
20      Shved           PHI/HOU 93
21      Lamb            OKC     92
22      Baynes          SAS     86
23      Acy             NYK     83
24      Marshall        MIL     82
25      Ross            TOR     82
26      Scott           ATL     81
27      Freeland        POR     75
28      Singler         DET     67
29      B.Roberts       CHO     65
30      Fournier        ORL     64
31      Wroten          PHI     60
32      Teletovic       BRK     52
33      Sacre           LAL     47
34      Waiters         CLE/OKC 47
35      Rivers          NOP     40
36      Harkless        ORL     35
37      Bazemore        ATL     34
38      P.Jones         OKC     31
39      T.Robinson      POR     18
40      Copeland        IND     16

Post #1146 » by **miller31time** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:49 am

TNT is doing their unveiling of the East and West All-Stars and during this segment, each person (Shaq, Chuck and Kenny) goes over who they would take for reserves.

Shaq put Gortat AND Beal as reserves.

I love me some Gortat and think Beal will eventually be a good player.....but what the hell is Shaq smokin'?

Illmatic12 · Post #1147 » by **Illmatic12** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:51 am

Gortat was actually very close to starting.. he was ~70k votes behind Melo

nuposse04 · Post #1148 » by **nuposse04** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:57 am

Shaq is stupid, Gortat is a good per 36 center, but Beal is a season or two away from being in the conversation as an all star.

deneem4 · Post #1149 » by **deneem4** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:14 pm

beal has to step it up...
hes not even a top 10 sg THIS YEAR
his % from 3 is good...but hes has the greenlight to be the top scorer considering wall is still looking to pass ans nene is our best post defender
I still have
harden
Thompson
ellis
v.o.(kid been playing)
jimmy
wade
matthews (defense is better)
derozan
Korver

I dont care about his age this is 3yr and hes playing next to the best playmaker in the league.
to not be a top 10 sg right now is bad,
i dont even thinks hes a top 5 contributee on the team when you look at what rasual has been doing for us..
Once a again im looking at his impact THIS YEAR,
dont care about potential or what he can do later, this team is perfect for him to succeed

wizfactor94 · Post #1150 » by **wizfactor94** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:25 am

He is suppossed to be like a young ray

He is nowhere near what Ray Allen was even at his age,

Ray Allen could handle the ball, was smooth to the basket, good passer, he was a capable ball handler

Beal reminds me of Mclemore, both cant handle the ball well...they can do one move and that is it. Meaning one crossover and jump shot or one crossover and to the basket . They are not smart ball handlers.

deneem4 · Post #1151 » by **deneem4** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:00 am

wizfactor94 wrote:He is suppossed to be like a young ray

He is nowhere near what Ray Allen was even at his age,

Ray Allen could handle the ball, was smooth to the basket, good passer, he was a capable ball handler

Beal reminds me of Mclemore, both cant handle the ball well...they can do one move and that is it. Meaning one crossover and jump shot or one crossover and to the basket . They are not smart ball handlers.

for 1
it jus sucks because we should be that unstoppable team rigjt now...
nene hav been playing well and consistently
gortat has been ummmm gortat
we have pierce who been a good help
rasual has been monster for us this year off the bench
seraphin has had his problems but has been a scoring machine
even humpries have been playing well

for 2
we couldbe had harden instead.... (imagine that)

for 3
we need a star between otto and beal, considering thats the last time we'll see the lottery for a long time...

and lastly and most importantly
klay thompson jus put up 37 in a qtr, I think beal career high is 37...
(yes this the real reason I made the post)

Post #1152 » by **miller31time** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 2:51 am

Beal is essentially a 3pt specialist who doesn't take 3s. That's the best way I can sum his current game up as.

DANNYLANDOVER · Post #1153 » by **DANNYLANDOVER** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:21 am

I don't think Beal gets enough criticism on here. I witnessed the barrage of criticisms and trade proposals when John was struggling in his second year. IMO Brad is playing even worse than John ever played.

Post #1154 » by **nate33** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:26 am

DANNYLANDOVER wrote:I don't think Beal gets enough criticism on here. I witnessed the barrage of criticisms and trade proposals when John was struggling in his second year. IMO Brad is playing even worse than John ever played.

I think the difference is that Wall makes a bunch of positive plays plus a bunch of negative plays. It's easy to remember those negative plays. Beal doesn't make that many negative plays. When he has a bad game, it's usually because he is invisible, not because he is killing us.

There is no doubt that Wall is a much better player than Beal, though. It's no contest. I'm starting to lose faith in Beal. I think he's going to pan out to merely be a modestly above-average SG. He's no Ray Allen. At best, he's the next Hersey Hawkins.

Benjammin · Post #1155 » by **Benjammin** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:43 am

There's nothing wrong with cashing in Beal in the right deal. But I don't see EG doing that, so I'll just hope that Beal becomes more than I think he will.

deneem4 · Post #1156 » by **deneem4** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:50 am

beal
miller
gortat
2015 1st unprotected
to the lakers for
lin
hill
2015 1st unprotected

dckingsfan · Post #1157 » by **dckingsfan** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:54 am

miller31time wrote:Beal is essentially a 3pt specialist who doesn't take 3s. That's the best way I can sum his current game up as.

Or the other way to look at it, he is a young player that hasn't had dramatic improvement over the last 2.5 seasons. Next season...

Post #1158 » by **nate33** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:56 am

deneem4 wrote:beal
miller
gortat
2015 1st unprotected
to the lakers for
lin
hill
2015 1st unprotected

Nope. That's not going to happen. There's no chance EG and Ted completely blow up the team and try to rebuild around some 19-year-old draft pick.

If we trade Beal, it's gotta be for someone like Cousins or Kevin Love or somebody else who is already an established star.

Post #1159 » by **miller31time** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:01 am

dckingsfan wrote:
miller31time wrote:Beal is essentially a 3pt specialist who doesn't take 3s. That's the best way I can sum his current game up as.

Or the other way to look at it, he is a young player that hasn't had dramatic improvement over the last 2.5 seasons. Next season...

Well, sure. I haven't given up on him. But his current game isn't good. The dude hasn't cracked a PER of over 14.3 in his 3 years. And it's not like he's an exceptional defender to make up for this.

deneem4 · Post #1160 » by **deneem4** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:05 am

nate33 wrote:
deneem4 wrote:beal
miller
gortat
2015 1st unprotected
to the lakers for
lin
hill
2015 1st unprotected

Nope. That's not going to happen. There's no chance EG and Ted completely blow up the team and try to rebuild around some 19-year-old draft pick.

If we trade Beal, it's gotta be for someone like Cousins or Kevin Love or somebody else who is already an established star.

but then again he could've traded a 18yr unproven draft pick for a busding star in harden, maybe the best guard that fits wall offense
lakers already trade they picks to the suns anway..

but man what couldve been
wall
harden
ariza
nene
okafor