Bradley Beal

At 30 years old, Bradley Beal has this physical status:

Bradley Emmanuel Beal (born June 28, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

He played college basketball for the Florida Gators before being selected by the Wizards with the third overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft.

He was voted in the 2013 NBA All-Rookie First Team and is a two-time All-Star.

Personal life

Beal is the son of Bobby and Besta Beal's, and he has four brothers: Brandon, Bruce, Byron, and Bryon. All four players played or are currently playing football at Northern Illinois; Bruce played offensive lineman at Alabama State; and Bryon and Byron played offensive linemen and defensive line respectively at Lindenwood University. Rapper Nelly, a family friend, used to walk Beal to school. Beal, in turn, babysat future-Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum as a child, becoming a close friend and mentor to the fellow St. Louis native. He considers himself a nerd, with a 4.0 GPA in high school and a pre-med in college.

Beal and his partner, Kamiah Adams-Beal, have three sons together. Beal sold his 12,000 square-foot French Provenceal-style McLean, Virginia mansion for $3.5 million to co-founder &pizza, entrepreneur Steve Salis, in August 2020.

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High school career

Beal attended Chaminade College Preparatory School in St. Louis, Missouri. He competed for the United States in the 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship, winning the championship while averaged 18 points per game.

Beal was part of the tournament and received the MVP award. Beal averaged 32.5 points per game, 5.7 rebounds per game, and 2.8 assists per game during his senior year of high school.

He was named as the best high school basketball player in the state of Missouri at the end of Beal's senior season. He was also named the 2011 Gatorade National Player of the Year.

College career

Beal pledged to the University of Florida on November 30, 2009. Beal accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the university, where he spent for coach Billy Donovan's Gators squad during the 2011–12 season.

Beal got off to a 14-point game in his first game at Florida. On November 28, 2011, Beal was named SEC Freshman of the Week for the Week. In two victories over Wright State and Jacksonville, Beal averaged 18.5 points, seven rebounds, two assists, and 1.5 steals on the week.

Beal will earn five additional SEC Freshman of the Week awards and be named to the SEC All-Freshman Team, earning a first-team All-SEC pick. Beal averaged 14.8 points per game during the season. He also helped his team advance to the Elite Eight during the NCAA tournament before being rejected by Louisville.

Professional career

Beal was selected for the NBA draft on April 13, 2012, foregoing his final three years of college eligibility. Beal was the third overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards on June 28, 2012.

In December 2012 and January 2013, Beal was named the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month. Beal scored a then-high 24 points and scored a crucial three-pointer to pull the game to double overtime on January 4, 2013. The Brooklyn Nets lost the game, with the Wizards going on to lose the game. In a loss to the Sacramento Kings on January 17, Beal set a new career record by making six three-pointers. He was chosen to compete in the Rising Stars competition at the 2013 All-Star weekend.

Beal would miss the remainder of the 2012–13 season due to a right leg injury. He was selected to the NBA All-Rookie first team at the end of the season and placed third in voting for the NBA Rookie of the Year award.

Beal scored 34 points in overtime loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on November 10, 2013. In a loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, he established a new personal record by scoring a career-high 37 points. In the 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans, Beal finished as the runner-up in the Three-Point Shootout, losing to Marco Belinelli. Beal was the youngest competitor in the event's history at the time. Beal and the Wizards defeated the Bulls in the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs on April 29, 2014, advancing the team to the second round, a record that hasn't reached since 2005.

Beal underwent an MRI that revealed a non-displaced fracture of the scaphoid bone in his left wrist, which necessitated surgery. He was later found to have been waiting for six to eight weeks. He made his season debut against the Dallas Mavericks on November 19 after missing the first nine games of the season due to the injury.

In the 102-105 loss, he scored a team-high 21 points as well as 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 steal. On December 10, he turned on the Orlando Magic to make a game-winning buzzer beater. With just over 0.8 seconds remaining, coach Randy Wittman sent Beal off the screen for Beal off the pass from Andre Miller, which ended Orlando's attempts to bring the game to overtime. In the 91–89 victory, he had 9 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 block.

Beal suffered his right big toe on February 5 and was later classified indefinitely after further tests revealed a mild stress reaction in his right fibula. He missed eight games due to the injury as he returned to action against Detroit on February 28 on February 28, scoring eight points in 32 minutes as the Wizards snapped a six-game losing streak with a 99-95 win.

Despite spraining his ankle early in the fourth quarter, Beal sparked his team's victory over the Hawks 104-98 in Game 1 of the Wizards' semi-final match against the Atlanta Hawks on May 3. In Game 4 of the series, Beal scored a new playoff career high of 34 points in a loss to the Hawks that tied the series up at 2–2. In six games, the Wizards continued to lose the series to the Hawks.

Beal led the Wizards to a 102-99 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on November 4, 2015, scoring a game-high 25 points and making a three-pointer with 0.3 seconds remaining. Beal had an injury-plagued season in 2015–16, missing three games in mid-November due to a shoulder injury, and 16 games between December 11 and January 11 due to a lower right leg injury. In early March, he had another stint on the sidelines, but he missed three games due to a sprained pelvic. He played in a career-low 55 games from 2015-2016 and got off to a career-low 35 games, but still averaged 17.4 points per game.

Beal re-signed with the Wizards on July 26, 2016. In a 114–111 loss to the Miami Heat on November 19, 2016, he scored 34 points on a 114-111 loss. He had 30 or more in consecutive games for the first time in his five-year career, totaling a 106-101 victory over the Phoenix Suns. During Evan Fournier's game against the Orlando Magic two days before, he was fined $15,000 for grasping at the throat of the kid. In a 101-95 overtime victory over the Sacramento Kings on November 28, he scored 31 points and hit a career-high seven three-pointers.

In a 109-106 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on December 14, he had 20 points and a then career-high nine assists. Beal led to 501 career three-pointers against the Detroit Pistons on December 16 and became the third Wizards player to make 500, joining Gilbert Arenas and Antawn Jamison. In a 117–110 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on December 18, he had a 41-point effort. In a 140-135 overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on February 6, 2017, he had another 41-point effort.

In a 120-112 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on February 24, 2017, he scored 40 points in his fourth 40-point game of the season. In a 133-124 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on March 29, 2017, he scored 27 points. Beal defeated Gilbert Arenas for the franchise single-point record during the game. He made five against the Clippers and finished 209 by the end of the game; the Arenas had 205 in 2004–05 and 2006–07. Beal replaced Kevin Durant and Vince Carter as the only three NBA players to average at least 23 points and shoot over 40% from three-point range, whether you're 23 years old or younger.

With a game-high 33 points in a 92–91 victory over the Boston Celtics on May 12, 2017, Beal helped the Wizards prevent elimination and force a Game 7 in their second-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics. Beal led the Wizards, the first game in the Wizards' first Game 7 since 1979, scoring 38 points, including 24 in the second half, but the Wizards didn't win by a score of 115–103, a 4-3 loss.

Beal scored a season-high 40 points in a 122-116 loss to the Phoenix Suns on November 1, 2017. Beal, the Milwaukee Bucks' 99–88 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks, scored 23 points on November 20, 2017, making him the youngest player in NBA history to reach 700 made 3-pointers. In a 106-92 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on December 5, 2017, he scored a then-high 51 points in a then-high victory. He made a career-high 21 field goals while still aiming for five three-pointers and set a career-high 21 field goals.

Beal led Washington to a 114-110 victory over the Chicago Bulls on December 31, 2017, scoring 17 of his 39 points in the fourth quarter. In the fourth, he scored 15 points in a row as the Wizards recovered from an eight-point deficit early in the season. With nine assists, he also tied for his first career high. Beal was subsequently named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, December 25 to Sunday, December 31.

For the first time, Beal was named a NBA All-Star on January 23, 2018. In a 121-111 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder two days later, he had a 41-point effort. In a 98–95 loss to the Indiana Pacers, he scored 22 points and a then-high 11 assists. In a 125-124 double-overtime victory over the Boston Celtics on March 14, 2018, he scored 34 points. Beal had their 21st 1,800-point season in 2017-18. Beal scored 21 of his 28 points in Game 3 of the Wizards' first-round playoff series against the Toronto Raptors, as the Wizards reduced the series deficit to 102–103. Beal won by 106-98, tying the Wizards and the Wizards tying the series at 2–2. Despite Beal's 32 points in a 102-92 loss in Game 6, the Wizards went on to lose the series in six games.

Beal led to 32 points on 10-pointers in a 117–113 loss to the Toronto Raptors on October 20, 2018. He tied for most 3-pointers in a career by beating Gilbert Arenas (88) in the fourth quarter for the eighth time. In a 119-95 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers, he scored 20 points and three 3-pointers. Beal's 900th career 3-pointer in the first quarter made him the youngest player in NBA history to reach 900 points. In a 135-131 overtime victory over the Houston Rockets on November 26, he tied his season record with 32 points. In a 131–117 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on December 5, he set a new season record by 36 points. He was then named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, December 3, to Sunday, December 9. In a 149-146 victory over the Phoenix Suns on December 22, he recorded his first triple-double, a career-high 15 assists, and 11 rebounds, defeating the Phoenix Suns.

In a 140-138 double-overtime loss to the Raptors, he had his second triple-double of the season on January 13, posting season highs of 43 points and 15 assists as well as ten rebounds. He joined Oscar Robertson as the only NBA players to win multiple games in a season—Robertson appeared in three games from 1961–62. In a 123–110 loss to the Charlotte Hornets on February 22, he scored a season-high 46 points.

Beal was shooting 52.2 percent from the field in February, a career-high 30.9 points. In a 116-110 loss to the Hornets on March 15, he scored 40 points in a 116-110 loss. In a 135–128 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies, he had 40 points in his second straight game a day later and made a career-high nine 3-pointers. He was then named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, March 11, through Sunday, March 17. With 2,000 points, 400 rebounds, and 400 assists in a season, he became the first player in franchise history with 2,000 points, 400 rebounds, and 400 assists. Although playing in all 82 games for the second consecutive season, he became the first Wizards franchise player to score at least 25 points, five rebounds, and five assists.

Beal signed a two-year contract extension worth a maximum of $72 million to remain with the Wizards on October 17, 2019. In a 159-158 loss to the Houston Rockets on October 30, 2019, Beal scored 46 points and 8 assists. In November, Beal scored 44 points in consecutive games, including a loss to the Boston Celtics and a triumph over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

In a 126-117 loss to the Chicago Bulls on February 23, 2020, Beal scored a then-high 53 points for his first appearance in a career-high 53 points. Beal also ranked second on the Wizards' all-time scoring list during the game over Jeff Malone. Beal surpassed his career record on the Milwaukee Bucks' 140-137 overtime loss. Beal became the first player to score 50 points on consecutive nights since Kobe Bryant in 2007. In a 119-129 loss to the Utah Jazz on February 28, Beal scored 42 points with 10 assists. In total, Beal averaged 36.2 points per game in the month of February, which led the league. This was the longest streak in which Beal had scored at least 26 points in 21 games in a row, beginning when Beal scored 23 points in a 100-89 loss to the Miami Heat on March 8. Beal defeated the New York Knicks 122-115 in his last game before the 2019-20 NBA season ended abruptly. Beal had played in 57 games, averaged 30.5 points and 6.1 assists at the time of the suspension, with a high score of 50.5 points and 6.1 assists. His 30.5 points per game were second only to James Harden.

The Wizards revealed on July 7, 2020, Beal would not be able to participate in the 2019-20 NBA return to Walt Disney World in Orlando due to a shoulder injury.

Beal lost by 60 points in a 141-136 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on January 6, 2021, tying Gilbert Arenas' franchise record for points scored in a game by an individual. Beal was selected to play in his third All-Star Game as a starter on February 18, 2021. Beal was chosen by Kevin Durant's squad as a starter for the All-Star Game, alongside his childhood friend Jayson Tatum.

Beal was the first quarter to start the season and led the Wizards on a 17–6 run to end the season and secured their eighth seed in the Eastern Conference. Russell Westbrook, Beal, helped the Wizards beat the Indiana Pacers 142-115 to clinch the last playoff spot, the Wizards' first playoff appearance since 2018. Beal was also selected for his first All-NBA pick, as part of the All-NBA Third team.

Beal's left wrist surgery was scheduled on February 8, 2022, but it did not take place. Beal played forty games on the season, but from three-point range, they also shot a career low 30%. He had a career-high of 6.6 assists per game.

On June 30, 2022, Beal turned down his $36.4 million offer to become a free agent. He later signed a new 5-year, $251 million max deal. In a 102-100 win over the Chicago Bulls on October 21, Beal scored 19 points along with a game-winning bank shot.

National team career

Beal committed to serving on the 2020 Olympic team, but it was postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was disqualified from three exhibition games after testing positive for coronavirus.

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