Bradley Beal rumors never go away, but the All-Star guard is quite content with the changes the Wizards have made, according to Josh Robbins of The Athletic. The team’s improved depth has eased the burden off him and he’s become more of a contributor at the defensive end.
“It feels great not having to make every play and do everything,” the Wizards star said. “I can really focus on a lot of other things in the game, especially my defense. But more or less, it’s an amazing feeling knowing that you have vets when it’s time to close out a game and win a game. They’re prepared. They know what to do, and we’re all camaraderie-wise ready to go.”
We have more from the Southeast Division:
- With ramped up expectations, the Hawks are struggling to strike a balance between developing their young players and winning, Seerat Sohi of The Ringer writes. Atlanta is off to a 4-6 start. “Last season we came in and we were still developing,” coach Nate McMillan said. “Developing your game at a time like this, that’s difficult for a player and for a team. You have to do that within the framework of playing the game together and that’s the only way it’s going to happen.”
- Hornets guard LaMelo Ball says he needs to play more fourth-quarter minutes, Ben Golliver of the Washington Post tweets. “I feel like I’ve got to be in there longer for the fourth quarter, you feel me? I feel like I came in a little late in the game,” he said. Ball’s comments came after a 14-point loss to the Clippers in which Los Angeles scored 22 unanswered points to gain a 13-point advantage.
- Miles Bridges is averaging 22.5 PPG, 7.4 RPG and 3.4 APG after turning down a rookie scale extension from the Hornets. The fourth-year forward was reportedly was offered a baseline four-year, $60MM contract and now could get much more in restricted free agency, Marc Spears of The Undefeated writes. Bridges says he’s put that out of his mind. “I’m not worried about the money,” he said. “I’m really just worried about playing the right way and winning. I will let my agent worry about all that stuff and just worry about the game.”
why would Beal wanna leave now that his team is finally playing well?
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Happy Beal with a free toy!
Tell me ur Stan Van Gundy with a cold without saying you’re Stan Van Gundy with a cold
OKC fans like to act as if their team is the one who fleeces others in trades they have made, but the Lakers were totally fleeced in the Westbrook trade.
Because they still bad, winning in November doesn’t mean anything, they will be a play in team, make the R1EC at the top… so that isn’t fantastic, right?
LaMelo is just sooo right, I mean CHA has nothing apart from him, he should play much more than he does… well, if they wanna win, that is!
Regular season champs whoop whoop. It’s all about playoff basketball and I doubt the Wizards make much of a impact at the end of the season
It’s not the depth… they were dealt by the Lakers for a reason.
It’s the Dinwiddie effect. Stuff is taken care of; Beal is free; the team has a leader.