One Los Angeles Clippers player is looking forward to playing alongside Bradley Beal next season and believes the Clippers can improve where the Phoenix Suns couldn’t.
The LA Clippers made a number of big changes this offseason to strengthen their roster after a disappointing first round exit.
One of their big moves was signing Bradley Beal to the Clippers after buying out the Phoenix Suns, filling the backcourt vacated by the Norman Powell and John Collins trades.
Beal had a disastrous run with the Phoenix Suns, where he played two seasons alongside Devin Booker and Kevin Durant.
However, one of his teammates on the Los Angeles Clippers, Ivica Zubac, believes that won’t happen with the Los Angeles Clippers, and it was partly the Suns’ fault that the Big 3 experiment failed.
Ivica Zubac spoke to Underground Lounge at LA Clippers media day. Zubac had some interesting comments when discussing the addition of Bradley Beal.
He praised Beal’s historic scoring ability. But when it came to the Phoenix Suns, Beal didn’t have a natural point guard to set him up with, and he slyly criticized Devin Booker, who filled in for him.
“Bradley was a 30-point scorer and an All-Star. It’s all about the scenario, the situation, like he never forgot how to do everything.
“It wasn’t the best situation for him in Phoenix. He didn’t have a true point guard. I feel like he got one or two of the best players in the game, over there and over there.”
“They’re going to make life a lot easier for him. He worked well with John Wall and Russell Westbrook in Washington.
“He played his best basketball. I think this is going to be a great situation for him and he’s going to help us a lot.”
The LA Clippers are taking a chance on Bradley Beal, who has declined in recent years with the Phoenix Suns.
Beal himself admitted that he felt a newfound hunger with the Clippers that he didn’t have when he played for the Suns.
The lack of coordination between Beal, Kevin Durant, and Devin Booker is why the star-studded trio failed to live up to expectations.
Now that he’s with the Clippers, he has to show he can be the elite two-way player we knew he was with the Washington Wizards.