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NBA notebook: Injured Wizards G Beal still out
Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with newspaper stints in Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Upstate New York and Illinois, where he earned the 2004 APSE first-place award for column writing (under 40,000 circulation). As a beat writer, he covered NASCAR Winston Cup events at NHIS (1999-2003), the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (2003-06) and the NFL's Carolina Panthers (2011-12). Hawkins penned four youth sports books, including a Michael Jordan biography. Hawkins' main hobbies include mountain bike riding, 5k trail runs at the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., and live music.
All posts by Jeff HawkinsUpdated15 Oct 2021
Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal will miss his third straight game at Toronto on Wednesday night after an examination revealed a “mild stress reaction in his lower right fibula.”
Beal missed the last two games with a sore right big toe. The team announced Wednesday that subsequent examinations revealed the mild stress reaction in his fibula.
Beal will be re-evaluated following the All-Star break. The Wizards are 9-2 this season without their starting guard.
Beal has averaged 15.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists while shooting .436 from 3-point range in 42 games this season.
— The Phoenix Suns recalled guards Reggie Bullock and Archie Goodwin from Bakersfield of the NBA Development League.
In 10 games for Bakersfield this season, Goodwin is averaging 22.6 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.8 steals.
In four games for Bakersfield this season, Bullock is averaging 23.8 points and 9.8 rebounds.
—The Dallas Mavericks signed center Bernard James to a 10-day contract.
The 6-foot-10, 235-pound James was originally picked by the Mavericks with the 33rd overall pick in the 2012 draft. He has averaged 2.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, 0.6 blocks and 7.9 minutes in 76 career games (11 starts) with Dallas.
The Savannah, Ga., native spent training camp with the Mavs. He most recently played in China for the Shanghai Sharks.
