Speaking at the Los Angeles Clippers' media day on Monday, Tyronn Lue expressed that he and the coaching staff are challenging Bradley Beal in this upcoming season, and that they want him to be "the elite defender he's been in the past."
Now, this is going to come off as a bit of an audacious statement to begin with. Beal's defensive rating for his NBA career is 112.5, which is respectable but I don't think most people would consider it to be elite.
This past season in Phoenix, the Suns' team defense was among the weakest in the league, registering a 117.