Beal begins workouts
Former Florida freshman guard Bradley Beal began his NBA pre-draft workouts this week.
Beal took part in the workout with the Washington Wizards on Thursday and has another one scheduled with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday. The Wizards pick third overall in the NBA draft, while the Cavs pick fouth.
Beal came away happy with his workout for the Wizards in D.C.
“I think I did pretty good actually,” Beal told the Washington Post. “I wasn’t too nervous. I thought I would be a lot more nervous than I was, but overall I think a pretty good job, showcased a lot of things I was capable of doing.”
As expected, the 6-foot-4 Beal went through a variety of shooting drills, he made just five of his first nine shots but bounced back to make all four of his shot attempts in the second round.
“We did a lot of drills where we had to dribble the ball and pull up and shoot jumpers, so I think I did a pretty good job of that,” Beal told The Post. “That’s what I wanted to showcase the most.”
Beal is projected to go anywhere between 2 and 7 in the NBA Draft, which is June 28. If Beal goes second, he will match Neal Walk (2nd overall, Phoenix Suns, 1969) as the highest-drafted Gator in school history.
In other pre-draft news, former Gator senior point guard Erving Walker worked out for the Boston Celtics this week.
Kevin Brockway gave up on his dream of becoming a lefty starting pitcher for the New York Mets when he walked four straight batters, then hit one in a middle school game in Suffern, N.Y. Since graduating college in 1993, he’s worked as a sports writer at daily newspapers throughout the state of Florida, beginning with the Key West Citizen. He then moved on to the Northwest Florida Daily News and Naples Daily News before becoming the men’s basketball writer for The Gainesville Sun in 2003. Brockway has won multiple state and national writing awards during his 16-year career. Favorite pastimes include karaoke and watching baseball. Favorite college hoops team growing up was St. John’s.
If he’s drafted by either Cleveland (the mistake by the lake) or Washington (the NBA’s answer to the Jags) he’ll wish he was back in G-ville playing for Billy D. no matter how much he’s making.
by william
BB is a Gone Gator. Who cares, really? I do wish him well, and thanks for the one and done.
by Brr-bonPhil