On Monday of this week, Sports Illustrated released the first installment of their Top 100 NBA players of 2020 list, featuring every baller ranked 100-51. No Washington Wizards. The next day they dropped 50-31. Still no Washington Wizards. Yikes.
Finally, with the release of the players ranked 30-11, Sports Illustrated finally revealed Bradley Beal as the NBA’s 22nd best player heading into the 2020 season.
This is the highest that Beal has ever been placed in Sports Illustrated’s annual rankings, which they’ve now done for seven straight years. Beal has been on all but one of those lists (he was left off of the first one they did back in 2015) and has seen his ranking improve each and every season.