Beal, Wall distance themselves from 'dislike' comments

Controversy? What controversy?

A fallout ensued after John Wall admitted during the offseason that he and battery mate Bradly Beal have a "tendency to dislike each other on the court." Reports followed shortly thereafter detailing a poor relationship between the two guards.

But during media day on Monday, the two leaders of the Washington Wizards put on happy faces and dismissed that chatter.

Wall clarified that it's a healthy case of competitive players butting heads.

"Whenever you have your two best players and they both want the game-winning shot and they want those types of plays, you’re going to have disagreements on the court. But other than that, we’re fine," Wall said.

"We talk. We’ve talked about it. We’re both two grown men. Everybody wants us to dislike each other. No, we don’t dislike each other. It’s just at times any team that has two great players (or) players who want to be great, we’re going to have disagreements from time to time."

As for Beal, he said he didn't take offense to Wall's comments in the offseason, and that he sees Wall as family.

"Sometimes you don’t always get along with your bigger brother or your little brother but you love them at the end of the day. They’re family. That’s how John and I are," Beal said.

"We don’t always agree on the court. You’re not always going to agree with Coach (Scott) Brooks and something that he says but at the end of the day, we’re backcourt mates, we’re teammates, we’re the two leaders of the team. We’re going to help win us games."

Regardless of how the two players feel about each other, they're stuck together for the foreseeable future - Beal inked a five-year deal this offseason and Wall has three more years on his deal.

They'll be looked upon as Washington's core, so it's in their best interests to be on the same page.