![]() Honestly, I just don’t see Beal doing anything well on the court other than shooting the ball. The question is whether this is attributable to having to do too much with Wall hurt or whether Beal just isn’t a guy who can be the primary scorer in your offense. 544, a problem when his Usage Rate (29.0) is at a career high.īut he’s regressed in every major advanced stat, including that net rating split, down from 12.8 last season.īeal was a genuine All-Star last season and had a strong case for being in the game. ![]() All of those numbers are good none of them, except that 7.1 on/off split that comes from the Wiz having an excellent starting unit with Beal, Wall, and Otto Porter, are beyond “very good” and into “great”.īeal’s True Shooting is down from. His defense is mediocre on its best day, and a volume shooter should be better-positioned to take advantage of the fantasy-points nature of PER. 119, 1.4, 1.1, and 7.1, with positives in all of those last three. Let’s put together the Big Five advanced stats: PER, WS/48, BPM, VORP, and on/off Net Rating split, shall we?įor Beal, that’s 19.0. So that’s not good…let’s see if the analytics can save him. The counting stats paint Beal as a guy who shoots the ball, not always well, and does nothing else for his team. Stackhouse is the archetype of the star-but-not-quite-All-Star, making the February exhibition twice while actually recording a negative on-off Net Rating for his 18-year career. Despite his reputation for scoring 30 points without a rebound or an assist back in the Dark Ages, he actually averaged 3.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists in 2000-01, his best scoring season, a year he scored 29.8 a game. If you want a historical comparison, how about Jerry Stackhouse? Actually, that’s not fair to Stack. His turnovers are up (2.1 a game, highest of his career), he’s averaging only 3.6 rebounds and 3.1 assists… His overall field goal percentage is down from 48.4 to 44.1, and he’s taking far fewer threes as a percentage of his overall shots. ![]() He’s making only 2.2 three-pointers, shooting them at a 35.1 percent clip, a huge regression from last year’s career-high 40.4. So let’s see what ball says.īeal is averaging 23 points on 18.8 shots per game. We’re adherents to Rasheed Wallace‘s maxim around here. ![]() Is Bradley Beal actually an offensive force, or is he just a guy who scores lots of points because he takes lots of shots? Beal is a great volume scorer, putting up points on the board on a playoff team.īut he’s also got some efficiency problems and can be downright Dark Ages at times. 5, and he’s scored at least 20 points in 25 of his 35 games this season. His 51 points at Portland powered a Wizards win on Dec. Bradley Beal has emerged as a legitimate star for the Washington Wizards, putting up some huge games this year and keeping the team afloat when John Wall went down with an injury. ![]()
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