” I’ve been to the playoffs every year since I’ve been in the NBA, and I don’t expect that to change. “. A year ago, almost to the day, Patrick Beverly landed at Wolves, and he recalled that he had never missed the playoffs in his career, whether with Houston and LA Clippers. At the time, some smiled as Wolves had only reached the playoffs once in 17 years. But with Patrick Beverley in the lead, Minnesota will actually reach the playoffs and even deliver a good fight to the Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs.
A year later, Patrick Beverley arrives at the Lakers after two trades, and his goal has not changed: to play in the playoffs.
” I’m proud that I never missed the playoffs“, he said during his presentation to the press. ” I’m proud of these little things. For people it might not be a big deal, but for me it’s a big thing because I’m not at the All-Star Game every February. To make the playoffs or not is an important thing for me and I display it proudly. I don’t expect that to change anytime soon. “
“The closer you are, the more of a team you are, the more time you spend together, the better your team will be”
As in Minnesota, Patrick Beverley just joined a team that just missed the playoffs. Weighed down by injuries and the complicated integration of Russell Westbrook, the Lakers must reconnect with their glorious past, and Patrick Beverley believes that this is a different situation from what he has known before.
” I changed the cultures of these three franchises he says of the Rockets, Clippers and Timberwolves. ” But I’m not here to change the culture. I’m trying to implement what I think has worked the last few years, which is that the closer you are, the more of a team you are, the more time you spend together, the better your team will be.. “
Patrick Beverley insists on what happens off the field, and what must also remain behind the scenes. The Lakers must create a collective out of sight.
” If you can’t have those tough talks among yourselves, you’re definitely not going to have them in front of 20,000 people when the public is against you. So my thing has always been camaraderie, team, team, team. If you do that and give it your all, the dominoes fall where it should.“
“He lives and breathes by the collective”
This state of mind is what seduced Darvin Ham. Every formation needs a player who sacrifices himself for the team, and who thinks of ‘we’ before ‘I’.
“He cares about his teammates. He lives and breathes by the collective” concludes the new coach of the Lakers. “He is an incredible defender individually and collectively. But his goal has never been to receive compliments, but to have an impact on winning basketball. Every time, whether it’s at Houston, the Clippers and Minnesota, he’s made his presence felt in a meaningful way, and we can’t wait for him to continue to do so here.”
| Patrick Beverly | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2012-13 | HOO | 41 | 17 | 41.8 | 37.5 | 82.9 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 5.6 |
| 2013-14 | HOO | 56 | 31 | 41.4 | 36.1 | 81.4 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 10.2 |
| 2014-15 | HOO | 56 | 31 | 38.3 | 35.6 | 75.0 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 10.1 |
| 2015-16 | HOO | 71 | 29 | 43.4 | 40.0 | 68.2 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 9.9 |
| 2016-17 | HOO | 67 | 31 | 42.0 | 38.2 | 76.8 | 1.4 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 9.5 |
| 2017-18 | LAKE | 11 | 30 | 40.3 | 40.0 | 82.4 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 12.2 |
| 2018-19 | LAKE | 78 | 27 | 40.7 | 39.7 | 78.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 7.6 |
| 2019-20 | LAKE | 51 | 26 | 43.1 | 38.8 | 66.0 | 1.1 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 7.9 |
| 2020-21 | LAKE | 37 | 23 | 42.3 | 39.7 | 80.0 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 7.5 |
| 2021-22 | MIN | 58 | 25 | 40.6 | 34.3 | 72.2 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 9.2 |
| Total | 526 | 27 | 41.4 | 37.8 | 75.6 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 8.9 | |
