Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal has been named as part of the All-Star team for two years running now for a reason. Aside from pretty much carrying the load for the Wizards ever since John Wall's season ended due to injury (and perhaps even before that?), Beal is unquestionably one of the deadliest shooters in the game today.
As detailed by Fred Katz in his lengthy piece for The Athletic, the 25-year-old's reputation as a sharpshooter dates back to his childhood. According to Beal himself, his unlimited range is one of the things that made him standout even as a child.
“I loved it, because you knew that you had to guard me. And you knew you had to come all the way out here to guard me,” Bradley Beal said, emphatically pointing down to signify some area 28 feet from the rim that’s cushy only for him and about 20 other people on Earth. “So, I loved it.”
This might come off as something overly confident from anyone else, but for Beal, he is simply speaking the truth.
What's even more impressive is the fact that he has successfully elevated his game year after year, and has now forced his way into the upper echelon of guards in the NBA.
Now in his seventh season in the league, Beal is averaging across-the board career-high marks in scoring (25.1 points) , rebounds (5.1), assists (5.4), steals (1.4), and blocks (0.8). He is also draining 2.5 three-pointers per contest at a 34.9 percent clip.
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