Bradley Beal finally came clean about his weight issues from last season. According to the Wizards’ SG, he put on an extra 20 pounds during the year in plain “sympathy weight” because his girlfriend was pregnant with the couple’s first child, Bradley Beal Jr.
Beal even elaborated on some of his guilty-pleasures to the Washington Post:
Oh, pizza. It was always late-night pizza for me…
It was just pizza and ice cream. That’s all we ate — pizza and ice cream, pizza and ice cream.
Bradley says he played at 220 pounds last year. Fortunately for Bradley, the weight did not seem to play too big of a factor in his overall game. He still averaged 22.6 points per game, and career highs in both rebounding (4.4) and assists (4.5).
A lighter Beal will take the court against the Miami Heat on Thursday for the Wizard’s opener. Flip the pages to see pictures of Bradley Beal at 220; pictures of Bradley Beal Jr.; and photos of Bradley Beal’s girlfriend, Kamiah Adams.