Phoenix Suns shooting guard Bradley Beal hasn’t played with Kevin Durant and Devin Booker due to a back injury. Beal has played with Durant, but he hasn’t played with Durant and Booker at the same time.
Booker was hurt when Beal played. When Booker came back, Beal’s back started bothering him again.
“Not having our ‘Big 3’ to start the [season] is very tough,” Beal wrote in his latest diary post for Andscape. “Everybody has their own expectations of what we can be and we have ours as well. We all pride ourselves on taking care of our bodies and being available. Devin and I, we haven’t even gotten the good end of the stick.”
Beal will miss at least the next three weeks with a “low back strain.” He missed the first seven games of the season and played in three games before his back flared up again.
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The Suns acquired Beal from the Washington Wizards this past offseason. Beal is making $46.7 million this season. The Florida product signed a five-year, $251 million contract with the Wizards in June 2022.
Beal is averaging 17.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists for the Suns this season while shooting 39.1% from the field, 33.3% from beyond the arc and 68.8% from the free-throw line. Phoenix is 1-2 with Beal in the lineup.
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“It’s a fine line as a fan of the game. Like 100 percent, you want to see Phoenix healthy,” Beal wrote. “You want to see those guys out there competing. And you want to see what the hype is about. But internally, we have a totally different mindset. We’re not really worried about what people’s viewpoint of us is. But we also do know what we’re capable of and what we can be when we’re all healthy as well, too.”
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