WEBVTT - Patrick Beverly Already Making Waves in LA

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<v Speaker 1>Pat Beverley.

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<v Speaker 2>One of my favorite players in the NBA. Great story grinder,

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<v Speaker 2>shit talker, extraordinary, officially an LA laker.

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<v Speaker 1>We've talked about that, how is it going to work?

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<v Speaker 2>We wanted to know, how is he going to assimilate

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<v Speaker 2>into this very dysfunctional team.

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<v Speaker 1>We wanted to know.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it hasn't taken him long to start rattling some cages.

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<v Speaker 2>Traded from Minnesota to Utah then flipped to LA. At

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<v Speaker 2>his press conference, a reporter asked him or scrum I guess,

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<v Speaker 2>asked him what's it gonna be like to play with

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<v Speaker 2>Braun and ad his response, what they're gonna be playing

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<v Speaker 2>with me.

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<v Speaker 1>I made the playoffs last year. They didn't. That's the difference.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh god, oh my goodness. If you don't remember, this

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<v Speaker 2>is the one who stood on the table like his

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<v Speaker 2>name was Jalen Suggs after hitting a half court shot

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<v Speaker 2>to go to the National championship game. That was the

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<v Speaker 2>energy that Pat BEV was bringing to the room. And

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<v Speaker 2>I get it the Wolves. This was a playing game too.

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<v Speaker 2>This was still one more playing game to go to

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<v Speaker 2>get into the playoffs. Jumping on the table screaming, some

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<v Speaker 2>people can't stand Pat Bev. A lot of people can't

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<v Speaker 2>stand him, but that's because he's actually never played for

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<v Speaker 2>a team that they root for.

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<v Speaker 1>Pat Bev.

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<v Speaker 2>If you are a fan of the team that he's on,

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<v Speaker 2>you love him. He's a pest, He's a troll, a

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<v Speaker 2>world class troll. And over the last five seasons, here's

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<v Speaker 2>a stat that I did not know until today. He's

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<v Speaker 2>allowed the second lowest fuel goal percentage as the closest

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<v Speaker 2>defender in the entire NBA minimum two thousand shots defended

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<v Speaker 2>at forty one point nine percent, only six tenths of

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<v Speaker 2>a percentage behind the number one.

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<v Speaker 1>Who's the number one? Yannis? What maybe the most surprising

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<v Speaker 1>stat in the entire NBA.

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<v Speaker 2>If you haven't spent too much time evaluating Pat Bev,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe Pat Bev should give those stats to Russell Westbrook

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<v Speaker 2>because Russell Westbrook, if you remember, through serious shade at him,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's that right there, probably one of the least why,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the least likely people in the league might

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<v Speaker 2>just be the one to change the culture of the Lakers.

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<v Speaker 2>And it started not just in that scrum, but pretty

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<v Speaker 2>much the second he got off the train.

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<v Speaker 1>And Pat Burt Bev's first huge.

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<v Speaker 2>Media availability session where all the reporters coming into a room.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a desk, there's water, there's cameras.

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<v Speaker 2>He walks into the room and says hello, everybody, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp,

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<v Speaker 2>and just as a quick aside, reporters are miserable. It's

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<v Speaker 2>probably like eight am. And usually when athletes speak to you,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just kind of like not real. They don't actually

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<v Speaker 2>mean anything by it, they just do it. But Pat Bev,

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<v Speaker 2>when he got crickets back, was not having any of

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<v Speaker 2>that bullshit.

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<v Speaker 1>No he was not.

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<v Speaker 2>So he said it again and said hello everybody, and

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<v Speaker 2>then proceeded as he got up to the post. This

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<v Speaker 2>is him walking in the door as he got to

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<v Speaker 2>the podium. He decided to school them on the etiquette

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<v Speaker 2>of just being a human being. Hey, when it's good

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<v Speaker 2>it's morning, we say good morning. When it's night, we

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<v Speaker 2>say good night. Understand, So say hello. We're a family, right, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so say hello. Holy shit. And I saw the actual

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<v Speaker 2>footage of this. Some of the other reporters were taking

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<v Speaker 2>phone the phone footage and one of them responded.

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<v Speaker 1>Sheesh, so things are getting a little uncomfy already.

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<v Speaker 2>In day two, But the big question is how were

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<v Speaker 2>Patrick Beverly and Russell Westbrook going to cohabitate because they

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<v Speaker 2>pretty much hate each other. It dates back to twenty thirteen,

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<v Speaker 2>if you don't remember, when Beverly crashed into Russ's knee

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<v Speaker 2>trying to play a swiper in a late April game

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<v Speaker 2>and that actually ended westbrook season, and I took.

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<v Speaker 1>That personally meme. Beef then ensued.

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<v Speaker 2>Beef then got worse in twenty eighteen in the playoffs

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<v Speaker 2>when Russ did the hole rock the baby gesture every

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<v Speaker 2>time that he scored on Pat Bev, and Bev then

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<v Speaker 2>try to take out his legs also kind of whacked

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<v Speaker 2>it Russell Westbrook rock the baby because he did that

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<v Speaker 2>to Dame too, and then Dame sent his ass home.

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<v Speaker 2>So fine anyway, escalated again in November twenty nineteen when

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<v Speaker 2>Russ was asked about Beverly's d's defense not the other D,

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<v Speaker 2>in a postgame presser and gave us this gem, Pat

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<v Speaker 2>Beverly trick y'all man like he plays defense. He don't

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<v Speaker 2>guard nobody, man, He's just running around doing nothing. And

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<v Speaker 2>Pat Bev waited to respond, waited to respond until this

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<v Speaker 2>last offseason when he finally did oh boy. In the

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<v Speaker 2>midst of Russ's famous struggles banging shot after shot after

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<v Speaker 2>shot after shot off the side of the backboard, Beverly tweeted,

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<v Speaker 2>I remember when somebody said all I do is run

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<v Speaker 2>around and trick y'all? Well, my boy is the real

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<v Speaker 2>magician this year. Then, to top it off, he tweeted,

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<v Speaker 2>ain't no fun when the Rabbits got the gun?

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<v Speaker 1>Yikes.

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<v Speaker 2>And right before he got traded this off season, Pat

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<v Speaker 2>Bev went on JJ Reddick's podcast and said that Russ

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<v Speaker 2>damaged his career. Coaching staffs, players, fans, they look at

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<v Speaker 2>me way different now, he said, So the first question,

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<v Speaker 2>obviously in the presser is not hey, Pat Beth, how

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<v Speaker 2>much do you love la Now? It's really what's up

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<v Speaker 2>with you in Russell Westbrook now that you guys are

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<v Speaker 2>team mates. Very diplomatic non Pat Bev answer, He said, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I was asked the same question two or three years

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<v Speaker 2>ago about someone that I always wanted to play with.

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<v Speaker 1>Russell Westbrook was the first name.

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<v Speaker 2>A player with that competitive spirit, that fire, that will,

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<v Speaker 2>that dog, that nastiness, that grit. To have a running

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<v Speaker 2>mate like that, I've never had that, so I'm super

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<v Speaker 2>excited to see where it goes. You've never had that

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<v Speaker 2>you play with Kawhi Leonard, You've never had that you.

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<v Speaker 1>Play with Aunt Edwards. Pause, que up and that's a lie,

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<v Speaker 1>And that is just a lie.

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<v Speaker 2>Pat Bev trying to change cultures everywhere that he goes,

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<v Speaker 2>and in a lot of ways, Pat Beverly, you could

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<v Speaker 2>see as like a veteran line cook brought in to

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<v Speaker 2>change a failing restaurant filled with superstar chefs. He's not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna put up with any of their bullshit. He's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>make sure they're always sharp, no packets of cigarettes.

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<v Speaker 1>On the oven.

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<v Speaker 2>He's gonna bitch when their stations aren't clean, and he's

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<v Speaker 2>damn well gonna make sure that they're all there for

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<v Speaker 2>family dinner. He said, Yes, I've been watching the Bear.

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<v Speaker 2>Back to the Bear, been watching the Bear. Tremendous series.

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<v Speaker 1>He says this.

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<v Speaker 2>If you can't have those tough conversations amongst each other

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<v Speaker 2>ahead of time, you're damn sure not gonna be able

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<v Speaker 2>to have them in front of twenty thousand people when

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<v Speaker 2>the crowd is going against you. So my thing's always

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<v Speaker 2>been camaraderie, team, team, team, and if you do that

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<v Speaker 2>and play hard. You just let the dominoes fall wherever

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<v Speaker 2>they fall. From there, and if the Lakers can convince

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<v Speaker 2>Lebron James and Russell Westbrook to play.

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<v Speaker 1>Defense, I don't know. All I know the Lakers aren't

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be good, we know that, but

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<v Speaker 2>They did get way one hundred percent more interesting