The Washington Wizards fell short of their goal to bring home an NBA title last season, losing to the Boston Celtics in the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Hopes are high for the Wizards, though, that they could do better next season with head coach Scott Brooks looking to make changes he thinks would be essential for the overall growth of the team. Take for example his plan to configure Bradley Beal‘s playing time to maximize the player’s playmaking abilities.

In a guest appearance on The Vertical Podcast with Chris Mannix, Brooks acknowledged Beal’s talent as a table-setter on offense and said that he plans to allocate more time playing Beal with John Wall sitting on the bench, a move Brooks believes would elevate the team’s offense.

“I knew he was a good player. I knew he had a lot of good offensive skill. But I didn’t really know if he could facilitate as a playmaking, ballhandling two-guard. As the season went on, I thought we did a better job of really utilizing some of the things that he can do.”

“Going into next season, we can stagger some of his minutes so he doesn’t always have to play with John and vice-versa. They can both help each other and help our team score points with their ability to attract defensive schemes. They’re hard to guard, they both can score, but they both can help their teammates score.”

Known more as a scorer, Beal showed improvement in his passing game last season, when he registered a career-high average of 3.5 assists per game to go with 23.1 points per contest on 48.2 percent shooting from the floor.

It’s going to be interesting to see Beal think of passing the ball instead of looking for shots first plenty of times next season, but if he truly develops into some kind of a legitimate playmaking guard and in effect, does wonders to the Wizards’ offense, then the Wizards are going to be a more difficult team to handle for opponents.