Yesterday, Chase Hughes from NBC Sports Washington wrote that the Wizards believe Bradley Beal’s subpar 2021-22 season was an anomaly or aberration, and not the beginning of a decline or indicative of a larger trend.
As the team points out via Hughes, there are some reasons to think this way:
- Beal dealt with a hip injury
- Beal dealt with the death of his grandmother
- Beal dealt with two stints in the NBA’s COVID-19 health and safety protocol, and
- Beal’s injured left wrist required season-ending surgery.
Wizards coach Wes Unseld Jr.