

Bradley Beal is expected to return to practice this week and hopes to make his season debut Friday. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post)

Washington Wizards shooting guard Bradley Beal, out since Oct. 10 with a fractured left wrist, is expected to return to practice this week and is “hoping” to make his season debut Friday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

Beal’s return date will ultimately depend on how the wrist responds this week and if it feels 100 percent. A day after doctors evaluated his fractured left wrist and concluded he has avoided any setbacks, Beal exhibited no limitations during a dribbling and shooting drill with assistant coach David Adkins following the Wizards’ shootaround Saturday morning [click the link in the tweet below for a quick video]. The Wizards likely won’t practice Sunday so Beal would have to wait until Monday to practice for the first time.

Bradley Beal getting some work in after shootaround. http://t.co/tcVRh3M3TO — Jorge Castillo (@jorgecastillo) November 15, 2014

Beal broke the wrist — specifically a non-displaced fracture in the scaphoid bone — when he landed on it in the second quarter of a preseason game against the Charlotte Hornets and underwent surgery two days later. Washington announced Beal would miss approximately six weeks. Friday, Beal’s target day, would mark exactly six weeks since sustaining the injury.

Garrett Temple has started in Beal’s place during the Wizards’ 6-2 run. Temple has cooled off after a strong start — he’s shooting 13.3 percent from the field over the Wizards’ last three games — but is still averaging 10.1 points per game while shooting 40.5 percent from three.