Difference Between Beal & Bledsoe Handling Snubs Says It All
Every All-Star game will have snubs. It is common practice. No All-Star Game is perfect. Many Milwaukee Bucks players are mad that Eric Bledsoe is not being considered for the All-Star Game including captain Giannis Antetokounmpo. Other notable snubs were Jaylyn Brown, Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal. Beal is easily the most mad about getting left off.
As for Bledsoe, Giannis provided reasoning of the Bucks winning nearly 50 games prior to the All-Star Game, and Bledsoe deserves to be there. Personally, I don’t disagree with the voters on Bledsoe. He missed some time with an injury and isn’t doing anything otherworldy this year. But the Bucks point guard has not said a word and doesn’t seem to care he’s not playing in the All-Star Game. Bradley Beal is doing it in a different way. Beal is reacting like it’s a war crime that he is not an All-Star. He needs to take a page from Bledsoe’s book.
Beal is whining about not being an All-Star when he plays on the 10th best team in the Eastern Conference. Beal has not played defense since Obama was in office. Beal’s stats are inflated like Cardi B’s ass due to the fast pace the Wizards play combined with their no defense mantra. Beal having his fiancee and agent complain to the media makes him look like a complete clown. While Bledsoe could have definitely said something about not getting in, he let his teammates defend him. There’s nothing wrong with that. That’s being a good teammate by every sense of the word. But Bledsoe is completely disconnected without any mention on Twitter or Instagram. He doesn’t care. Good for him.
And look I get it for Beal, he is playing on a team that is going nowhere and this is all he has going for him. Yet there are still more tactful ways to go about making your case. I remember how cringeworthy it was when Brandon Jennings did the same thing on bad Bucks teams.
Don’t be surprised if all the snubs have big weekends in the association.
Charlie.