Bradley Beal

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

On November 30, 2009, Beal committed to the University of Florida.

He competed for the US in the 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship, winning the championship while averaging 18 points per game.

In addition to winning the tournament, Beal made the All-Tournament Team and won the MVP award.

During his senior year of high school, Beal averaged 32.5 points per game, 5.7 rebounds per game and 2.8 assists per game.

At the end of Beal's senior season, he was named the 2011 Mr. Show-Me Basketball which recognized him as the top high school basketball player in the state of Missouri.

He was also named the 2011 Gatorade National Player of the Year.

Beal accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the university, where he played for coach Billy Donovan's Gators team during the 2011–12 season.

In his first game at Florida, Beal started and recorded 14 points.

Beal was named SEC Freshman of the Week on November 28, 2011.

During the week of 11/21–11/28, Beal averaged 18.5 points, seven rebounds, two assists and 1.5 steals in two wins over Wright State and Jacksonville.

Beal would go on to win five additional SEC Freshman of the Week honors and be named to the SEC All-Freshman Team and was a first-team All-SEC selection.

Beal finished the season averaging 14.8 points per game.

He also helped his team advance to the Elite Eight during the NCAA tournament before being ousted by Louisville.

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

On April 13, 2012, Beal declared for the NBA draft, foregoing his final three years of college eligibility.

On June 28, 2012, his 19th birthday, Beal was drafted with the third overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards.

Beal was named the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month in December 2012 and January 2013.

In 11 seasons with Washington, he was named to the All-Rookie First Team in 2013, the All-NBA Third Team in 2021, and was a three-time All-Star.

Beal is second on the Wizards' all-time leading scorer list.

Beal attended Chaminade College Preparatory School in St. Louis, Missouri.

On January 4, 2013, in a game against the Brooklyn Nets, Beal scored a then career high 24 points and hit a clutch three-pointer to send the game to double overtime; the Wizards went on to lose the game.

On January 17, Beal set a then career best with six three-pointers made in a loss to the Sacramento Kings.

He went on to be selected to appear in the Rising Stars competition at the 2013 All-Star weekend.

On April 3, 2013, it was announced that Beal would miss the remainder of the 2012–13 season with a right leg injury.

At the end of the season, after playing 56 games, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie first team, and finished third in voting for the NBA Rookie of the Year award.

On November 10, 2013, Beal surpassed his then career-high by scoring 34 points in an overtime loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

He later set a then benchmark for his personal best by scoring a career-high 37 points in a loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.

Beal finished as runner-up in the Three-Point Shootout at the 2014 NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans, losing to Marco Belinelli.

At the time, Beal was the youngest competitor in the event's history.

On April 29, 2014, Beal and the Wizards defeated the Bulls in the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, moving the team on to the second round, a feat the franchise hadn't reached since 2005.

In their series against the top-seeded Indiana Pacers, the Wizards lost in six games.

On October 11, 2014, Beal underwent an MRI that revealed a non-displaced fracture of the scaphoid bone in his left wrist, subsequently requiring surgery.

He was later ruled out for six to eight weeks.

After missing the first nine games of the season with the injury, he made his season debut on November 19 against the Dallas Mavericks.

In just under 26 minutes off the bench, he recorded a team-high 21 points, as well as 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, in the 102–105 loss.

He went on to make a game-winning buzzer beater on December 10 against the Orlando Magic.

With 0.8 second left on the clock, coach Randy Wittman drew up a guard around screen for Beal off the pass from Andre Miller that ended Orlando's attempts to send the game into overtime.

He finished the game with 9 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block in the 91–89 win.

On February 5, Beal injured his right big toe and was later sidelined indefinitely after subsequent tests revealed a mild stress reaction in his right fibula.