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Are the Washington Wizards better without Bradley Beal?

By Keith Cork

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 01: Bradley Beal #3 of the Washington Wizards looks on against the Orlando Magic during the first half at Capital One Arena on January 1, 2020 in Washington, DC. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 01: Bradley Beal #3 of the Washington Wizards looks on against the Orlando Magic during the first half at Capital One Arena on January 1, 2020 in Washington, DC. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) /
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Beal vs. The Replacements

Beal’s massive 32.1% usage on the year had to be replaced when he went down, and that’s really extended to the entire roster, but I wanted to take a closer look at Beal’s performance on the year against the two that would mostly be considered his stand-in: Ish Smith & Jordan McRae. I’ll be taking the average of the two players when discussing their per 36 minutes numbers, and I’ll be referring to the duo from now on as Jord-Ish, for the sake of brevity. It’s important to note, however, that this massive usage has been partially eaten up by other guys like Troy Brown Jr. and Dāvis Bertāns too, so this is somewhat an incomplete story but will give us a general gist, especially since McCrae has had a shockingly similar 32.3% usage over the last 5 games. The combined usage rate of Jord-Ish is 29.1%.

Jord-Ish is shooting 42.6% from the field in the last 5 compared to 43.5% on the season for Beal. They are 35.2% from three-point compared to 31.5% for Beal. 65.2% from free-throw territory compared to 83.1%. Jord-Ish is at 23 points per 36 minutes compared to 27.5 per 36 minutes for Beal. They average 5.3 assists compared to Beal’s 6.5 per 36 minutes. They turn the ball over 2.5 times compared to 3.3 for Beal.

On the defensive end, Jord-Ish averages 1.3 steals and 0.7 blocks, compared to 0.9 steals and 0.3 blocks for Beal. They snag 5.2 rebounds per 36 minutes compared to Beal’s 4.7.

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