Patrick Beverly addresses his issues with Russell Westbrook and admits his comments about him hurt his career.
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Patrick Beverly is one of the players you either love him or you hate him. He can get so far in your favorite player’s head he’ll have them having an off night after one interaction. Back in 2013, Russell Westbrook had that interaction after colliding with Beverly and since then it has been nothing but smoke between the two. In 2019 Westbrook slandered Beverly across the area claiming all he does is run around and trick us into thinking he’s a good defender.
Russell Westbrook on Patrick Beverley after the game. #Rockets @espn975 pic.twitter.com/9xUdPQaPgW
— Nick Sharara (@TheProducerNick) November 14, 2019
With Westbrook’s current performance as a Los Angeles Laker Pat Bev was able to get his payback on Twitter earlier this year. They say not to kick a man while he is down but we wouldn’t expect any different given these two players’ history.
I remember when somebody said all I do is run around and I trick y’all 😂 well my boy is The Real Magician this year.
— Patrick Beverley (@patbev21) February 10, 2022
Recently Beverley stopped by JJ Redick’s The Old Man and the Three Podcast and genuinely opened up about the 2019 comments from Westbrook claiming it hurt his career in a major way.
“He damaged my career,” Beverley told JJ Redick on the podcast. “Coaching staffs and players, fans, they looked at me way different. They looked at me like, ‘You know what, he don’t play defense. He just yells and run around,’ and held onto that, and some people still do.”
When these two meet again we are almost certain another flare-up is in-store or they will completely put it behind them. While Russ and the Lakers are almost certain to part ways, Beverley on the other hand just secured a $13 million extension with the Timberwolves.
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