Bradley Beal

Bradley Beal

Beal in 2013
No. 3 – Washington Wizards
Position Shooting guard
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1993-06-28) June 28, 1993
St. Louis, Missouri
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 207 lb (94 kg)
Career information
High school Chaminade College Prep
(Creve Coeur, Missouri)
College Florida (2011–2012)
NBA draft 2012 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the Washington Wizards
Playing career 2012–present
Career history
2012–present Washington Wizards
Career highlights and awards
Stats at NBA.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the  United States
FIBA Americas U16 Championship
2009 Argentina National team
FIBA World U17 Championship
2010 Hamburg National team

Bradley Emmanuel Beal (born June 28, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Florida Gators before being selected by the Wizards with the third overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft.

High school career

Beal attended Chaminade College Preparatory School in St. Louis, Missouri. He competed in the 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for the USA, which won the championship with Beal averaging 18 points per game.[1] During his senior year of high school, Beal averaged 32.5 points per game, 5.7 rebounds per game and 2.8 assists per game. At the end of Beal's senior season, he was named the 2011 Mr. Show-Me Basketball which recognized him as the top high school basketball player in the state of Missouri.[2] He was also named the 2011 Gatorade National Player of the Year. According to ESPNU recruits, Beal was the fourth ranked recruit and second ranked shooting guard; he was also the fourth ranked recruit according to Rivals.com.[3]

College career

On November 30, 2009, Beal committed to the University of Florida.[4] Beal accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the university, where he played for coach Billy Donovan's Florida Gators men's basketball team during the 2011–12 season.

In his first game at Florida, Beal started and recorded 14 points. Beal was named SEC Freshman of the Week on November 28, 2011. During the week of 11/21–11/28, Beal averaged 8.5 points, seven rebounds, two assists and 1.5 steals in two wins over Wright State and Jacksonville.[5] Beal would go on to win five additional SEC Freshman of the Week honors and be named to the SEC All-Freshman Team and was a first-team All-SEC selection.[6] Beal finished the season averaging 14.8 points per game.

College statistics

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011–12 Florida 373734.2.445.339.7696.72.21.4.814.8

Professional career

Washington Wizards (2012–present)

2012–13 season

On April 13, 2012, Beal declared for the NBA draft, foregoing his final three years of college eligibility.[7] On June 28, 2012, Beal was drafted with the third overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards.[8]

Beal in a game against the New York Knicks in 2013.

Beal was named the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month in December 2012 and January 2013. On January 4, 2013, in a game against the Brooklyn Nets, Beal scored a then career high 24 points and hit a clutch three-pointer to send the game to double overtime; the Wizards went on to lose the game. On January 17, Beal set a career best with six three-pointers made in a loss to the Sacramento Kings. He went on to be selected to appear in the Rising Stars competition at the 2013 All-Star weekend.

On April 3, 2013, it was announced that Beal would miss the remainder of the 2012–13 season with a right leg injury.[9] At the end of the season, after playing 56 games, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie first team, and finished third in voting for the NBA Rookie of the Year award.[10]

2013–14 season

On November 10, 2013, Beal surpassed his career-high by scoring 34 points in an overtime loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. He later set a new benchmark for his personal best by scoring a career-high 37 points in a loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. Beal finished as runner-up in the Three-Point Shootout at the 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans, losing to Marco Bellinelli. At the time, Beal was the youngest competitor in the event's history.[11] On April 29, 2014, Beal and the Wizards defeated the Bulls in the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, moving the team on to the second round, a feat the franchise hadn't reached since 2005.

2014–15 season

Beal in a game against the New Orleans Pelicans in 2014.

On October 11, 2014, Beal underwent an MRI that revealed a non-displaced fracture of the scaphoid bone in his left wrist, subsequently requiring surgery.[12] He was later ruled out for six to eight weeks.[13] After missing the first nine games of the season with the injury, he made his season debut on November 19 against the Dallas Mavericks. In just under 26 minutes off the bench, he recorded a team-high 21 points, as well as 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, in the 102-105 loss.[14] He went on to make a game-winning buzzer beater on December 10 against the Orlando Magic. With 0.8 second left on the clock, coach Randy Wittman drew up a guard around screen for Beal off the pass from Andre Miller that ended Orlando's attempts to send the game into overtime. He finished the game with 9 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block in the 91-89 win.[15]

On February 5, Beal injured his right big toe and was later sidelined indefinitely after subsequent tests revealed a mild stress reaction in his right fibula.[16] He missed eight games with the injury, as he returned to action on February 28 against Detroit, scoring eight points in 32 minutes as the Wizards snapped a six-game losing streak with a 99-95 win.[17]

In Game 1 of the Wizards' semi-final match-up against the Atlanta Hawks on May 3, Beal scored a playoff career-high 28 points despite spraining his ankle early in the fourth quarter, helping his team defeat the Hawks 104-98.[18] In Game 4 of the series on May 11, Beal scored a new playoff career-high with 34 points in a loss to the Hawks which tied the series up at 2-2.[19] The Wizards went on to lose the series to the Hawks in six games.

2015–16 season

On November 4, 2015, Beal scored a game-high 25 points and made a three-pointer with 0.3 seconds remaining to lift the Wizards to a 102–99 win over the San Antonio Spurs.[20] He later missed three games with a shoulder injury before returning to action on November 21 against the Detroit Pistons.[21] On December 12, he was ruled out for two weeks with a lower right leg injury.[22] He missed 16 straight games with the injury, returning to action on January 13 with a minutes restriction.[23] In 23 minutes off the bench, he scored 11 points and helped the Wizards defeat the Milwaukee Bucks 106–101.[24] In early March, he had another stint on the sidelines, missing three games with a sprained pelvis.[25]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 Washington 56 46 31.2 .410 .386 .786 3.8 2.4 .9 .5 13.9
2013–14 Washington 73 73 34.7 .419 .402 .788 3.7 3.3 1.0 .2 17.1
2014–15 Washington 63 59 33.4 .427 .409 .783 3.8 3.1 1.2 .3 15.3
2015–16 Washington 55 35 31.1 .449 .387 .767 3.4 2.9 1.0 .2 17.4
Career 247 213 32.8 .426 .397 .781 3.7 3.0 1.0 .3 16.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2014 Washington 11 11 41.6 .424 .415 .796 5.0 4.5 1.6 .6 19.2
2015 Washington 10 10 41.8 .405 .365 .831 5.5 4.6 1.6 .7 23.4
Career 21 21 41.7 .414 .383 .815 5.2 4.6 1.6 .7 21.2

Personal

Beal is the son of Bobby and Besta Beal, and has four brothers: Brandon, Bruce, Byron and Bryon. All four played or are currently playing college football: Brandon played tight end at Northern Illinois; Bruce played offensive lineman at Alabama State; and Bryon and Byron play offensive linemen at Central Methodist University.[26][27] Rapper Nelly, who is a family friend, used to walk Beal to school.[28]

During his time at Florida, Beal dated Kytra Hunter of the Florida Gators gymnastics team.[29]

References

  1. ↑ FIBA.com – 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship for Men Top players. Hamburg2010.fiba.com. Retrieved on 2012-07-04.
  2. ↑ Mr. & Miss Show-Me Basketball. Mobca.org. Retrieved on 2012-07-04.
  3. ↑ Gator Men's Basketball Roster/Bios. GatorZone.com (2012-06-06). Retrieved on 2012-07-04.
  4. ↑ Brad Beal – Yahoo! Sports. Rivals.yahoo.com (2009-11-30). Retrieved on 2012-07-04.
  5. ↑ Beal Named SEC Freshman of the Week. GatorZone.com (2011-11-28). Retrieved on 2012-07-04.
  6. ↑ Three Gators Earn Men's Basketball All-SEC Honors, Young Named Scholar-Athlete of the Year. GatorZone.com (2012-03-06). Retrieved on 2012-07-04.
  7. ↑ Bradley Beal Informs Gators of Intentions to Turn Pro
  8. ↑ Lee, Michael (June 28, 2012). "2012 NBA draft: Washington Wizards select Bradley Beal". WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  9. ↑ Wizards G Bradley Beal done for season with injury
  10. ↑ Portland's Lillard named 2012-13 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year
  11. ↑ Suns' Devin Booker – by far – youngest player in NBA 3-point contest history
  12. ↑ WIZARDS INJURY UPDATE
  13. ↑ Wizards’ Bradley Beal could miss six to eight weeks with broken left wrist (updated)
  14. ↑ Nowitzki returns to hit 3, Mavs top Wiz 105-102
  15. ↑ Beal's shot at buzzer lifts Wizards past Magic
  16. ↑ Bradley Beal to resume basketball activities Saturday
  17. ↑ Wizards end losing streak with 99-95 win over Pistons
  18. ↑ Beal leads well-rested Wizards past Hawks 104-98 in Game 1
  19. ↑ Teague leads Hawks past Wizards 106-101 to tie series
  20. ↑ Beal hits 3 with 0.3 seconds left, Wizards beat Spurs 102-99
  21. ↑ Wizards contain Drummond, hold on to beat Pistons 97-95
  22. ↑ Bradley Beal has beginnings of stress reaction in right fibula
  23. ↑ Beal Likely To Have Minutes Cap For Rest Of Career
  24. ↑ Wall scores 19, Beal returns as Wizards beat Bucks 106-101
  25. ↑ Wall, Nene lead Wizards to 124-81 blowout of Pistons
  26. ↑ For Wizards’ Bradley Beal, it’s all in the family
  27. ↑ Bradley Beal's learning curve continues
  28. ↑ Wizards’ Bradley Beal shows out in front of rapper Nelly
  29. ↑ Kytra Hunter – NBA Player Bradley Beal’s Girlfriend or Ex-Girlfriend?

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