By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Preparing with Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv for the 2024-25 season, Patrick Beverley already set his sights on success in the BKT EuroCup and from there to the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.
Talking on Pat Bev Pod, he went from the Israeli club to compare the abilities and contributions of Stephen Curry, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Michael Jordan to other players, including himself.
“Steph Currys, LeBron Jameses, Kobe Bryants, Michael Jordans, those guys come all the time. We might not understand it. And we might, ‘All those guys are a dime a dozen.’ Look up. ‘It’s the next Derrick Rose. It’s the next [Russell] Westbrook.’ Only one Draymond Green. Only one Pat Bev. One Dennis Rodman. I put Marcus Smart up there. I put Jrue Holidays up there. Derrick White,” he said.
PB is really one of one 🤞 pic.twitter.com/il586yejEb
— Pat Bev Pod (@PatBevPod) August 29, 2024
Over the last 12 years, he logged 740 NBA appearances between the Milwaukee Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Clippers, Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers, Chicago Bulls, and Los Angeles Lakers. Displaying his defensive talents, he earned a spot in the NBA All-Defensive First Team in 2017, besides making the Second Team in 2014 and 2020.
Coming out of Arkansas in 2008 and before being selected with the 42nd overall pick of the 2009 NBA draft by the Lakers, he spent his first professional campaign in Ukraine with Dnipro. In 2009-10, he joined Olympiacos and played in the championship game of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four. From there to Spartak Saint Petersburg, he was named season MVP of 7DAYS EuroCup in 2012.