10 Things Bradley Beal Can't Live Without

[Interviewer] Do you know any, like, magic tricks?

No, no, I don't do magic.

I'm gonna learn one day, though.

It should be a good hobby, side job I could have.

Make a couple bucks off the side of the street.

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What's up, GQ, it's Bradley Beal,

and these are my essentials.

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This is my baby.

I'm a huge gamer, I love Madden, love FIFA 2K,

anybody that knows me knows I love Xbox.

I do play Playstation as well, though,

so I'm not one-dimensional, so don't

get it twisted, PS4 fans, I can do both.

I do play online.

Mannybob3 is my tag for Xbox.

I can hand out some Ls for free, free of charge.

If you're ever around me, do not touch this controller,

it's mine, it has a lot of wins under its belt.

I think that that's why it's so special.

You see I'm still holdin' it, I haven't put it down yet.

You may have to bring your own controller, BYOC.

Sale advice.

I feel like every human being,

especially in 2019 needs one of these,

and I actually have a little special battery pack,

which is weird, because it's dead too, so.

That's one thing about me, if I don't respond,

it's 'cause both batteries are dead.

Most used apps.

I'd say Twitter, Instagram, Safari, Music, the music app.

Postmates.

It's crazy, because I wasn't always an Apple guy,

but it's almost unbeatable in a way.

I believe it'sthe 10, I don't know

if it's the 10, whatever they have after that,

I kind of lost track at seven.

Whichever one usually comes out,

it's always special in one way or another.

And magically the old ones just stop working,

so they kinda force you to get the new ones.

Deck of cards, I always have 'em with me.

We love to play on the planes when we travel.

If I'm bored, I play Spades, Tonk,

I'm a huge Blackjack player.

Stay out of the casino, though.

You ever heard of Boo-ray?

What's Boo-ray? Similar to Spades.

It's like every man for themselves.

I think it's just best that you

just don't learn how to play Boo-ray.

Everybody gets five cards, so

let's just say it's four people.

I'm the dealer, so out of one

of my five cards, I have to flip one.

I always flip my third one.

So I have a jack of diamonds.

So everybody's gonna look at their hand,

and the objective is to get a diamond.

So you ask the first guy, how many cards do you want?

Lookin' at his hand, he's not gonna do much with this three,

so what he's gonna do, he's gonna say I'm out.

Mind you, before I dealt the cards,

we each put in $100. [laughs]

Sorry, I missed that step.

I ask the next guy what does he want,

same thing, two and a four.

This is where it gets ugly, because

now you only have one person in the game, for sure.

And in this game the objective is

if you can't win, you have to force

what's called a two to one, meaning each person has a book,

so there's only five books to be made.

The person with the most at the end wins.

But it's always better to have at least three

or more people because if there's just two

somebody's easily just gonna win the money.

If somebody doesn't get a book,

they have to match what's in the pot.

So let's say I don't get a book,

I have to put in 400 bucks,

and everybody else puts in 100.

So now the pot's at 700.

You guys still following? Yep.

This guy actually will probably win.

He has nine, 10, and the king as well as the jack.

He only needs one card.

So we play, these are dead, dead, dead, dead,

'cause there's only three people in.

The guy who picked up his cards first, he deals,

he plays, he plays the king of hearts.

You have to play a heart if you have it.

If not, you have to play a diamond.

This person plays a diamond, he wins one hand.

I will play this, this person will play this.

This person doesn't have a spade, they play a two.

Play the queen, king, jack, 10, boom.

So this person has the ace, but then

they have the queen on the back side.

So they win the most books.

And this person doesn't win any, so they have to pay 400.

So that's Boo-ray.

Music, M-U-Z-I-K.

These are my headphones, they're brand new, too.

I'm gonna take the plastic off.

These go with me everywhere, planes, workouts, driving,

before games, these are, these are essential.

I invested in this company as well,

so these are, they're from something I take pride in.

Love the quality of 'em.

I wish you all could, I wish I can,

but you guys can't hear 'em.

My iPad, iPad Pro.

This is everything for me.

Similar to my phone, take it with me almost everywhere.

Has a lot of music, has a lot of movies,

I get to watch my film from games on here.

Highlights, ESPN, TV shows, this is my mini TV.

Angry Birds, every now and then.

Little Temple Run still.

I don't know if anybody still plays that.

I have Spades, Blackjack, I have the Talk app.

[Interviewer] Are you one of the people that

take pictures with their iPads?

No, no, no, I don't.

I think it's weird holding up a big-ass device. [laughs]

Especially taking selfies on this.

What is he doing?

Or if I just talk.

You know what's funny about toiletry bags?

A lot of people make fun of NBA players

when we walk in with them, but we need them.

Actually, something spilled in here, which is not good.

That's the worst thing about toiletry bags, actually.

Now I have to get a new toothbrush for sure, so.

Every time I hit the road, I have to smell good.

You have all your deodorants, your toothbrush, toothpastes.

[Interviewer] You an electric guy

or a regular toothbrush-- Both, I actually carry both

just in case electric runs out.

Body wash, comb, lotion.

Black people, we need lotion.

Sometimes it's oil.

You almost have to go old school Vaseline

to really get the job done.

You'll be shiny for the next 36 hours, that's for sure.

My go-to snacks.

Barbecue chips, Lay's in particular are my favorite.

If you have anything barbecue around me,

I'm pretty much nibblin' on 'em.

Marshawn, I'm the same way, bro.

I need Skittles, Skittles get me goin' and get me hype.

I usually have to have a bag before a game.

I know that sounds a little weird,

but I've been doin' that since high school.

I just, it's almost like sunflower seeds

with these bad boys, you know.

These bad boys are, they are over with in about two minutes.

I've dialed down on the sugar,

but I definitely have, I still eat Skittles.

Maybe about half, a half a bag.

Not this bag, no, no, no, heavens no.

I'll be bouncing off walls. Hey.

[Interviewer] Which would it be,

Skittles for the rest of your life

or barbecue chips for the rest of your life?

Hmm.

I'm goin' chips, man.

I, yeah, I'm goin' chips.

'Cause you can, dang.

Can you live off chips and water?

See, I'm goin' chips.

Wallet, this is one of my essentials I have

to have it always before I go anywhere.

I always make sure I have my keys, wallet, cell phone.

Very nice, I love it, blue is my favorite color.

Luis Voytin, the same as toiletry bag.

Mr. Louis Vuitton.

Baby girl got me this one.

I have all of my cards.

I guess you can say that this is more

of a card holder versus a wallet.

I mean, a wallet I guess you would

carry cash, but this has strictly slots for cards.

My work proxy, yes, I do have a work proxy

as an NBA player, this is last year's, though.

It's funny, though.

You have to have a pair of Air Force Ones.

I'm from St. Louis, everybody knows Nelly.

Famous Air Force Ones.

We take pride in that, we feel like this was our trend.

Every trip, I have a new, clean pair,

and these aren't in that condition, but

I have a new pair of white ones usually every trip.

It's white and black, white and blue, white and red.

I mean, white goes with everything.

They're comfortable, can't hoop in 'em,

but you can never go wrong with a pair of Forces.

Usually during the season I like

to wear an outfit every game.

Like what I have one today, I would

definitely wear to a game.

T-shirt, denim jacket, camo pants, and my Forces.

My suit collection is very diverse.

I love my suit collection.

But yeah, my casual wear's more me.

I actually pick out what I wear casually.

My stylist does all of my suits,

I need help in that category.

But my everyday wear is more me and what I feel.

That's a wrap everybody, thank you GQ,

this is Bradley Beal here again,

and these were my essentials.

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