Patrick Beverley has by no means shied away from a beef. With anybody.
Enter Trae Younger. Beverley and the Atlanta Hawks’ All-Star guard have been going forwards and backwards this week, and it began over the All-Star Recreation. All of it started on X, when Beverley responded to a query about why gamers go more durable in random summer season pick-up video games than the All-Star Recreation — Beverley mentioned the All-Stars take the sport as a right — then Younger jumped in and mentioned All-Stars ought to converse on that.
Beverley got here again laborious at Younger on the Pat Bev Podcast. It began with Beverley saying, “I don’t suppose he’s gained sufficient to even converse to me like that or tweet me like that,” after which added, “I’ve talked to individuals who performed in Atlanta. They don’t wanna play there. Why? They don’t suppose he’s chief. They don’t suppose he’s teammate.”
Pictures fired.
Younger got here again laborious in an virtually 12-minute video the place he mentioned Beverley was about searching for consideration. “You don’t know what it’s wish to be in my place, you don’t know what it’s wish to put my footwear on. I promise you — there’s not a egocentric bone in my physique.”
Kevin Durant rallied to Younger’s protection, calling Beverley “delusional.” The Hawks’ social media crew put collectively a video of Younger scoring on Beverley.
Beverley then got here again with photographs of his personal, saying Younger will get coaches and common managers fired due to his play.
On this beef, the final word rating is that Younger is a four-time All-Star, whereas Beverley performed in zero.
Younger, nevertheless, enters this season feeling some strain. The Atlanta entrance workplace went out and put one of the best crew — on paper — round Younger he has ever had with Kristaps Porzingis on the 5, taking pictures and protection in Nickeil Alexander-Walker, extra taking pictures in Luke Kennard, plus Jalen Johnson returns wholesome from a breakout yr sidelined by accidents, and Zaccharie Risacher ought to take a step ahead in his sophomore yr. The Hawks are projected as a top-four crew within the East.
Younger didn’t get the contract extension he wished this summer season, and now the strain is on him to guide this group to a excessive seed and perhaps the second spherical of the playoffs, or it is not going to simply be Beverley asking questions.
