Golden State Warriors reserve Kent Bazemore did not need to say what he said. People don't wake up in the morning and rush to check out what Bazemore said the night before. People reach for their phones to confirm their dream that Bazemore is still alive and occupying a roster spot on an NBA team. Bradley Beal, on the other hand, is arguably having the best season — or at least best-scoring campaign — of his career, so far.
But despite the massive gap in terms of basketball relevance between these two players, at one point last Monday night, Bazemore decided to use part of his time during a postgame interview to throw shade at the Wizards' bucket-getter.
It could be remembered that Bazemore appeared as though he was trying to get under the skin of Beal when talking about Stephen Curry being the top scorer in the NBA, while subtly taking a shot at Beal for having injured his hamstring during a 50-point explosion against the Indiana Pacers last Saturday — the same day Curry decimated the Oklahoma City Thunder in a 49-point performance he authored in just less than 30 minutes. Having heard what Bazemore had to say, Bradley Beal understandably retaliated with volleys of his own on social media.
“Forty-nine points in 29 minutes, though, that's unreal,” Bazemore said, referring to Curry's output in a win over the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night. “Then we got guys hurting hamstrings, trying to keep up. So, ya'll gotta do some research on that.”
The NBA doesn't really need a random beef between an All-Star and Bazemore just to add spice to the red carpet it's about to roll ahead of the 2021 NBA Playoffs. But Bradley Beal owes it to himself and his fans to go full 81-point Kobe Bryant and make Bazemore the hapless Jalen Rose to his Black Mamba, torch the lights out, and burn the nets the next time he shares the court with Bazemore, whenever that may be.
However, Bazemore might not be in the NBA next season, as he's about to enter the NBA free agency in the offseason and it's unlikely the Wizards and the Warriors meet in the 2021 NBA Finals.
Let's just keep our fingers crossed and hope that Bradley Beal shows up and surprises Bazemore in a summer pick-up game.
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