Bradley Beal, who has been sidelined for the Wizards‘ last four games due to a low-grade left hamstring strain, is nearing a return.
According to Josh Robbins of The Athletic (Twitter link), Wizards head coach Wes Unseld Jr. said today that Beal has been upgraded to questionable for Monday’s game vs. Golden State. If the star guard doesn’t end up playing in that contest, his next chance to return would be on Wednesday in New York.
Here’s more from around the East:
- In a Q&A with Mark Medina of NBA.com, Wizards big man Kristaps Porzingis discussed why he feels comfortable in D.C., what he’s doing this season to stay healthy, and why his stints with the Knicks and Mavericks didn’t work out as hoped.
- The Knicks have been scouting the Bulls “closely” as of late, according to K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago, who suggests New York would be a team to watch if Chicago decides to make guard Alex Caruso available.
- Bucks big man Serge Ibaka wasn’t with the team on its four-game road trip this past week due to personal reasons, and it doesn’t sound like that will change anytime soon. According to Eric Nehm of The Athletic (Twitter link), head coach Mike Budenholzer said on Saturday that he doesn’t expect Ibaka to rejoin the club when it returns home. The Bucks will play in Milwaukee on Monday and Tuesday before heading back out on the road.
- After returning to action on Thursday following a year-long recovery from an ACL tear, Ricky Rubio said he was “grateful” to be playing basketball again, per ESPN’s Kevin Pelton. While he acknowledged there were “a lot of emotions” in his first game back, the veteran point guard added that he’s already thinking about what the rest of the season will look like for him and the Cavaliers. “I didn’t work just to come back today,” Rubio said. “I worked hard to come back stronger than ever. It’s not just about today. I’m looking forward to having a strong season, not just a comeback season.”
Beal plays 25-30 games a year and makes a crap-tone of money. I wonder what his value is on the market. He might be content, but the Wizards shouldn’t be.
Beal has never played less than 40 games in a season, and that occurred last year. Previously his low for games played was 57. What are you talking about?
Beal has avg 35 mins a gm in 669 career gms. Last yr was first yr, really he missed a lot of gms.
Check the stats, don’t guess. I was being sarcastic, but Beal is an injury waiting to happen. He averages about 63 games played per year (career average). He would need to play all the remaining games this year to reach that average, which isn’t going to happen. With that being said, I believe they should at least explore his value. Kuz will leave because they can’t pay him what he can get on the open market, and KP is a mixed bag. This team isn’t going anywhere.
Really, Caruso? He’s a solid bench player, but how many guards can one team have? Knicks should be looking for a big guy to pair with Robinson. Current situation isn’t cutting it.
As for next year, wouldn’t mind seeing Porzingus back at the Garden. He and Robinson combined would be a nice complementary pairing.
Wish you the best Ricky. Go get it. Cavs could have a long run in playoffs this yr.
Knicks are scouting LaVine or even DeMar. Caruso is not better than Grimes or Quickley. Pure nonsense.
Knicks trade target. Should be a a starting 2 or 3. Cause RJ can start at either. Grimes can backup. That would make us deeper and better.
Man if you took Lavine off our hands you would regret it, but go for it. How do you match that max? Maybe Randle & DRose (sentimental filler) plus 2 firsts for Lavine & Tony Bradley.