![]() ![]() "I just feel like they didn't make the playoffs last year," Beverley said when asked about coming to a team with 17 championship banners. But Beverley knows all that matters is getting the Lakers back to the playoffs.Īnd he hopes to bring a relentless will every day to get the Lakers all on the same page after last season's chaotic disappointment. The veteran - who was surprised to be traded from the Timberwolves after a playoff appearance to Utah this offseason - acknowledges how different it is in Los Angeles to be a Laker now. To have another ball handler out there with me, obviously with LeBron also, the more ball handlers the better you are as a team."īeverley spent four seasons with the LA Clippers before he was traded to Minnesota prior to last season. "He posts on the left wing out of, he likes to post on the right wing. "I shoot a ton out of the right-corner wing," said Beverley, who was dealt from Utah to the Lakers for Talen Horton-Tucker and Stanley Johnson. We're looking forward to it, man, those guys in the backcourt together, man."īeverley described the fit with Westbrook as "perfect." "It's definitely a bullet in the chamber. "But, I'm not scared of that," Ham added. Those starters, they're out there to set that tone for the entire team throughout the game." People get caught up in the starting lineups a lot, but you look at who is finishing games. New Lakers coach Darvin Ham said he won't be afraid to start both point guards together if that helps improve the team. Nearly a decade later, the two are teammates and were laughing together after Westbrook's towel pass to Beverley. Westbrook had to have surgery to repair a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee. During Game 2 of the Oklahoma City Thunder's playoff series against the Houston Rockets in 2013, Beverley collided with Westbrook's knee while going for a steal. ![]() ![]() Westbrook and Beverley are used to competing against each other, and it got contentious at times. ![]() I am just excited to be able to compete with someone like that." That is what comes with winning, but I am excited about those conversations, I am excited about the practices. Obviously like any relationship or any marriage, things, we are going to have tough conversations. So I am super excited to see where it goes. "But a player with that competitive spirit, that fire, that will, that dog, that nastiness, that grit, to have a running mate like that, I have never had that. I have Bron since I was a baby, a rookie in this league, so obviously I want to play with him. I was asked this question two, three years ago, someone I always wanted to play with and was the first name. "Super excited," Beverley interrupted when asked about his relationship and fit with Westbrook. While it remains to be seen how this point guard pairing might work alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis, Westbrook and Beverley set the tone Tuesday that they are ready to team up, embracing each other after Beverley was done talking. Westbrook put aside any rivalry with Beverley and was the only Lakers player to attend Beverley's first official appearance with the team. "Love that brother," an appreciative Beverley said. Westbrook interrupted Beverley's introductory news conference with reporters to toss him a towel, making sure his new backcourt teammate looked good. Patrick Beverley still was sweating from a workout at the Los Angeles Lakers' practice facility when Russell Westbrook delivered an assist. New Los Angeles Lakers guard Patrick Beverley 'super excited' to play alongside Russell WestbrookĮL SEGUNDO, Calif. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]()
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