WASHINGTON -- Hours after Washington Wizards guards Bradley Beal and John Wall told ESPN's The Jump they believed their team was the class of the Eastern Conference, Cleveland Cavaliers guard JR Smith disputed those comments as well as previous statements Beal made against the Cavs.
Beal insinuated to CSN Washington in May, after the No. 4-seeded Wizards were eliminated by the No. 1 seeded Boston Celtics in seven games, that the Cavs purposely ducked the Wizards in the 2016 playoffs by tanking games late in the regular season to avoid the matchup.