Those are the minutes Bradley Beal has played in his last eight games. That’s 38.62 minutes per game, which is over one minute more than the current league leader – Jimmy Butler – plays each night (37.3).
That’s a problem.
Now, I know what you are thinking. John Wall missed all those games. It’s perfectly reasonable for Brooks to lean on his only healthy All-Star while Wall recovers.
Only one problem with that reasoning: Beal was actually playing more minutes before Wall’s injury. In Wall’s last 12 games played (from December 31 to January 25) Beal averaged a staggering 39.