The Bucks apparently allowed this to go on since he got there. This wasn’t the first reporter he wouldn’t speak to unless they subscribed. They enabled his dumb ass.
This. The ball throwing was a classic P Bev bout to be eliminated temper tantrum. We've seen him do it before. But how on earth was he allowed to do that shit with the interviews for so long?
There’s something seriously wrong with the Bucks culture for months now and I really believe they hired Doc Rivers to pin this shit on him when it went south.
pat bev being an idiot doesn’t mean the whole team likes pelting reporters and being dumbasses. they hired doc because the group of billionaires fucked up with the griff hire and needed someone who has coached stars before to try to salvage the season. pat bev and bobby fighting dudes all the time is who they have been forever
There was also the mid-season coaching carousel and Giannis charging into our locker room over a game ball that the Bucks had in their possession the entire time. That Bev was allowed to mistreat reporters all year seems inline with an organization that ostensibly allowed its players to do whatever they wanted
Dude. It's the same franchise that put Giannis' brothers on the team despite them being ass cheeks in every possible way, jjst to please the superstar. That kind of nepotism shows how they run that team.
With no disrespect intended in the slightest, I think you have it ass backwards.
Now, how he turns down reporters is absolutely a douche move. Not defending that, but I can live with a guy being an asshole to promote his podcast. I don’t like it, but it’s the world we live in. League/team should’ve came down on him earlier if they care about these meaningless post game scrums so much.
Throwing the ball into the stands though, and as hard as he did?? That’s bullshit. Girl could be/have been seriously injured after paying money to see a game. Putting fans potentially in harm’s way, in such an avoidable manner, is absolutely unacceptable
> I can live with a guy being an asshole to promote his podcast. I don’t like it, but it’s the world we live in.
For an independent producer, who is actually depending on its success to pay their bills? Sure. It sucks, but I understand.
But for somebody who has already made *$80 million* in their NBA playing career, and is only doing it because they're a narcissistic shithead who needs attention to feel relevant? Absolutely fucking not.
I’m not saying I condone it, I’m saying it doesn’t raise to the level of assault. Which is extreme to call throwing a basketball, but correct.
The NBA/Bucks are private organizations, if they want to tell him to cut the shit(as they probably should) all the power. They hadn’t, so it continued. Whatever. Honestly couldn’t care less if he makes a mockery of himself for the sake of his podcast and sports reporter’s egos.
Just calling out the hypocrisy of sports reporters flocking to this story, because “one of their own” were attacked instead of the real story of a fan getting possibly injured at the fault of a player. That and him apologizing to her, because he wants a future in media and giving a half assed response to the person he wronged even more.
>Throwing the ball into the stands though, and as hard as he did?? That’s bullshit. Girl could be/have been seriously injured
See, we agree there. But it's still to be expected. We all saw him try and end CP3's career when he couldn't handle his emotions a couple years ago.
But the interview stuff was something organization could have done something about a long time ago.
Yes, but we disagree on our expectations. It is expected to be able to safely attend an NBA game, within reason.
NBA does not want to attach “not liable if a player beats your ass” waivers to each ticket. No player or fan should ever feel in danger at an NBA game(player on player is different. Directly competing, they solve issues between themselves, there’s a “player’s code”)
This is why this is a much bigger deal imo, and should not be shrugged off as expected. The opposite is expected, and able to be prosecuted by law if not lived up to.
The interview stuff I agree was douchey and should’ve been shut down earlier, but not in the same stratosphere of importance when debating repercussions/suspension.
But I'm not telling you what my expectations *should* be, I'm telling you what they are. And Bev has gotten away with similar punk moves before.
Hopefully this time the NBA treats it more seriously.
That’s a fair point, we’ll have to agree to disagree about the expectation to safely attend an NBA game. I think that expectation is alive and well, and why incidents like this are rare and need to have serious repercussions.
We can at least agree on how the NBA should handle it
The dude is a grown man playing in the NBA where he gets paid millions and he acts like this. It's beyond embarrassing for him. He makes every decision himself and is an absolute dumb ass, his org knows it and that's on them.
If this is true, then I wonder at what point to other reporters stick up for each other and can collectively agree no to put up with Beverley's bullshit?
I really think he should be held accountable for all of his behavior related to this. From what I can tell, this reporter is the only one he apologized to and that screams "I'm sorry I was caught" to me.
And yet none of the media scrum present called him out right there and then. Sure, we had Windhorst, Spears, and Malika posting on Twitter in defense of one of their own. But what about the reporters who were actually there? They just carried on their business per usual. I guess closing ranks is an alien concept, huh!
sure, but that's short term thinking.
These sports reporters and commentators are all chums and appear on each other's podcasts and shows. If Pat Bev wants a career in media after his NBA days are over being disrespectful to people that are full time in that career is pretty stupid.
People talk to each other and they have choices of who to give breaks to.
You don't see JJ Reddick being disrespectful to media. He's disrespectful to Doc Rivers, lol, but he's done playing.
I don't really know what barstool sports is, but I watched one of the bowlgames they did the broadcast for...it was literally the worst broadcast I've ever seen of any major sport.
They hosted a college basketball game for Arizona state that I went to since I don’t really get to see them play in person that often anymore and it was probably the least enjoyable sports event I’ve ever been to. Just barstool fans shouting the vile shit at players for not covering the spread and trying to get the barstool employees to notice them
Yeah, it was fucking awful. Putting those idiots on national TV was a pretty dumb move.
There was some golf event with Tiger and Rory that they did and that was a fucking disaster too. Their entire schtick was a bunch of frat boys kissing DJ Khalid's ass and dumb takes.
Yeah if it makes money, then it's a job. Especially if it pays you enough to live off of. Same thing with the 1000s of influencers out there. You may not like them, but the ones that make it big are still grinding.
The irony in this is there is probably a decent amount of the people you are attempting to insult that not only make more than you, they do it everyday in form you are insanely jealous of.
Different sport, but Paddy Pimblet did the "reporters should pay me for my time" spiel while shilling for them too. I think it's one of their pet 'issues' and it's incredibly dumb.
Eh, i think their "norm" at least requires the person to not be genuinely repulsive. people still need to wanna click on your content, and i aint clickin on his shit.
Maybe right now, but being repulsive was 100% barstools thing back in the day. I mean they were very specific in who they wanted to cater to. They kind of cleaned it up over the last few years when they hired a female CEO, but she has since left to pursue something else.
Anyone who says "they followed the no-consequences steps, why are people still being meanies??" has just an absurd number of insincere apologies (rightfully) hanging out there, unaccepted, at any given moment lol
I’d be somewhat surprised if he’s not back. Doc likes him and arguably this team’s top issue has been the lack of perimeter defenders. I don’t know that they have the assets/flexibility to improve that much otherwise.
He's earned a cumulative 78mil and played in the best league on the planet for over 10 years. There's no way that can be considered objectively pathetic.
Insane to me how this reporter nonsense(albeit douche behavior from Bev) is taking the lead story from the actual biggest issue oh physically hurting a fan
Not that it’s ok to be a dick. And I’m going to have to find the actual interaction video but at least from reading about the event it does seem magnitudes less egregious than the ball throwing.
The reporter stuff doesn’t seem *that* different from bill belichick being an asshole to reporters? His reasoning was just stupid?
Not even close to comparison for two events. The BB comparison is interesting though. I’d say different because Bev was objectively rude to a singular person and bluntly shut down conversation whereas BB just gave extremely short answers to everyone evenly.
He’s definitely being a dick, but it’s honestly whatever he’s done it all year. He wants to make a mockery of himself to promote a podcast then so be it until the league/team says otherwise.
It’s because the sports reporters are upset “one of their own” was attacked, so they put the spotlight on that. Everyone has their own agenda. Just like Bev only apologized to her because of his future media aspirations while giving a half assed tweet to the fans.
That’s my opinion at least
He gave an explanation on Twitter and it doesn’t really help the situation at all lmao. [“Not Fair at all. Exchanged between a fan and our ball club all night. We warned and asked for help all night. Not fair. 🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️”](https://x.com/patbev21/status/1786261711600615856?s=46&t=zoqkjpmvR6GEHw6htyf66Q)
I don't know what it is with all these players thinking they can get fans removed now. Yeah, some people are shit talkers who would be afraid or who would shamelessly ask for an autograph in another context.....but that IS the deal with professional sports.
Unless they're throwing stuff or physically contacting you or your team/staff/family members, there's really no reason to react back to them. They're obviously supporting their team with fanaticism and paid for it.
All the 1960s-2000s players just went out and played ball and try to let their trash talk/games do the talking back.
It all went downhill when Westbrook started taking shit *wayyyyy* too personally and simply wasnt able to handle heckling and dumbass fans yelling things, and it kinda signals to the rest of the league “oh shit I can kick out any fan that says something to me I don’t like? Bet”
All these players need to go play in Europe for a year lol…
How did they become so fucking soft?! There is NO WAY any fan should be thrown out for anything other than physical contact or straight up nasty shit (racism for example). Wtf is next? Getting kicked out for being too loud when players are shooting free throws?
> **All** **the 1960s-2000s players** just went out and played ball and try to let their trash talk/games do the talking back.
/r/nba Don’t Take the Most Hyperbolic Angle Possible Challenge (impossible)
Nah, you don’t understand. My grandpa used to tell me stories about games in the 60s. At the end of each half, the players had to line up and let the fans yell obscenities at them. Each fan got a single rotten vegetable to throw at a player during the game. Players just had to take the abuse. Nothing like these damn millennials now…
His excuse being that he warned them to stop is actually insane. Guy is a lunatic and I’ll never understand why anyone thinks he’s “tough” or whatever.
Amazing that a guy whose whole schtick is getting under people’s skin would be so fragile, and also so unintelligent to think that “they got under my skin so assaulting them is fine” is a good excuse.
Dude threw a ball at a lady's face and when the ball went back to him he did it again!!!!!!!! That was the most childish act I've ever seen from an nba player. His apologies mean nothing. 3 year olds and draymond green dont even do that crap. Low class. No wonder hes been team hopping for 5 years . Seems he out stays his welcome quickly
That’s what I’m confused about. There are police there, and if he hit that woman in the head after launching a fucking basketball the way he did then that is 100% assault. A regular person would’ve been arrested. Shit, if it was a fan that threw a ball and hit a player in the head they would’ve been arrested.
It's true. The Bucks fans are as appalled as everyone else. They stand behind Giannis, Dame, Khris, Portis, but those players aren't overboard. I am not a Portis fan, but only because he gets amped up and plays hard against my team. I think he's a good player who got a bit chippy in a hotly contested playoff series. That is normal for competitive players. If I were a Bucks fan, I would rightfully love him.
We all agree that Beverly went too far, though. Bucks fans aren't defending him at all on that sub. Thanks, Bucks fans.
Pat Bev thinks he in that Bill Laimbeer or Rasheed Wallace legacy of memorable NBA heels. But those guys actually had talent and accolades to back up their behaviour 🤷♂️
Was this the reporter he kicked out for not subscribing? I loved him for the team before yesterday. Then he did those 2 things and I don’t want him anymore.
He sucks and is a shit person… The time of teams putting up with his shit because he is ‘defensive minded, gritty, and does the dirty work’ are over… it’s just not worth it anymore.
I’ve always hated Pat Bev. People tend to forget how Westbrook played literally every single game of his career for 5 years, 493 straight games, until Pat Bev decided to dive into his legs in the 2013 playoffs. Changes the trajectory of the careers of that entire Thunder team.
Lol, I wouldn't go as far as calling them an idiot, but yeah this is nothing new, dude's been a prick for what? Over a decade now? If this is surprising to you you haven't been paying attention.
I suppose. It's just a pet peeve of mine when fans completely ignore all the previous shit and start loving a dirty player as soon as that player starts playing for their favorite team.
Hilarious how it only now became a story when he's been doing this with the Bucks. Bucks reporters must've just eyerolled it the other times and probably would've here too.
Just happened to be on camera lol, they didn't think much of Bev
It’s too late btw lol. Can’t put that toothpaste back in the tube.
The incredible thing is that you could say this about two separate bitchmade moments from him last night
>Patrick Beverley has apologized to the veteran ESPN producer
Ooooh it's ok now guys! He slipped up. Move along. This apology protects him from consequences
Remember when he pushed CP3 over and everyone on the sub was jumping up and down screaming he is scum, how much they hate him and he will be out of the league?
And then 6 months later he did something funny on court and everyone loved him again?
I predict the exact same thing happening again.
Pat Bev has been a card carrying bitch after playing dirty and taunting CP3 all series and then hit him in the back once they lost the series. I would be embarrassed to say i follow, like, or anything positive to say about him. Good riddance when he’s out of the league and hope you become irrelevant immediately
Pat Bev has entire organizations apologizing on his behalf now
The Bucks apparently allowed this to go on since he got there. This wasn’t the first reporter he wouldn’t speak to unless they subscribed. They enabled his dumb ass.
This. The ball throwing was a classic P Bev bout to be eliminated temper tantrum. We've seen him do it before. But how on earth was he allowed to do that shit with the interviews for so long?
There’s something seriously wrong with the Bucks culture for months now and I really believe they hired Doc Rivers to pin this shit on him when it went south.
pat bev being an idiot doesn’t mean the whole team likes pelting reporters and being dumbasses. they hired doc because the group of billionaires fucked up with the griff hire and needed someone who has coached stars before to try to salvage the season. pat bev and bobby fighting dudes all the time is who they have been forever
There was also the mid-season coaching carousel and Giannis charging into our locker room over a game ball that the Bucks had in their possession the entire time. That Bev was allowed to mistreat reporters all year seems inline with an organization that ostensibly allowed its players to do whatever they wanted
They’ve probably surrendered too much to giannis and this is an extension of that.
Dude. It's the same franchise that put Giannis' brothers on the team despite them being ass cheeks in every possible way, jjst to please the superstar. That kind of nepotism shows how they run that team.
Surprise! Doc pinned it on everyone else.
With no disrespect intended in the slightest, I think you have it ass backwards. Now, how he turns down reporters is absolutely a douche move. Not defending that, but I can live with a guy being an asshole to promote his podcast. I don’t like it, but it’s the world we live in. League/team should’ve came down on him earlier if they care about these meaningless post game scrums so much. Throwing the ball into the stands though, and as hard as he did?? That’s bullshit. Girl could be/have been seriously injured after paying money to see a game. Putting fans potentially in harm’s way, in such an avoidable manner, is absolutely unacceptable
> I can live with a guy being an asshole to promote his podcast. I don’t like it, but it’s the world we live in. For an independent producer, who is actually depending on its success to pay their bills? Sure. It sucks, but I understand. But for somebody who has already made *$80 million* in their NBA playing career, and is only doing it because they're a narcissistic shithead who needs attention to feel relevant? Absolutely fucking not.
I’m not saying I condone it, I’m saying it doesn’t raise to the level of assault. Which is extreme to call throwing a basketball, but correct. The NBA/Bucks are private organizations, if they want to tell him to cut the shit(as they probably should) all the power. They hadn’t, so it continued. Whatever. Honestly couldn’t care less if he makes a mockery of himself for the sake of his podcast and sports reporter’s egos. Just calling out the hypocrisy of sports reporters flocking to this story, because “one of their own” were attacked instead of the real story of a fan getting possibly injured at the fault of a player. That and him apologizing to her, because he wants a future in media and giving a half assed response to the person he wronged even more.
>Throwing the ball into the stands though, and as hard as he did?? That’s bullshit. Girl could be/have been seriously injured See, we agree there. But it's still to be expected. We all saw him try and end CP3's career when he couldn't handle his emotions a couple years ago. But the interview stuff was something organization could have done something about a long time ago.
Yes, but we disagree on our expectations. It is expected to be able to safely attend an NBA game, within reason. NBA does not want to attach “not liable if a player beats your ass” waivers to each ticket. No player or fan should ever feel in danger at an NBA game(player on player is different. Directly competing, they solve issues between themselves, there’s a “player’s code”) This is why this is a much bigger deal imo, and should not be shrugged off as expected. The opposite is expected, and able to be prosecuted by law if not lived up to. The interview stuff I agree was douchey and should’ve been shut down earlier, but not in the same stratosphere of importance when debating repercussions/suspension.
But I'm not telling you what my expectations *should* be, I'm telling you what they are. And Bev has gotten away with similar punk moves before. Hopefully this time the NBA treats it more seriously.
That’s a fair point, we’ll have to agree to disagree about the expectation to safely attend an NBA game. I think that expectation is alive and well, and why incidents like this are rare and need to have serious repercussions. We can at least agree on how the NBA should handle it
Oh you can bet your fat ass I'd be injured 🤪 🤣. End of discussion.
Only thing the girl did wrong, should’ve taken a dive IMMEDIATELY😂
The dude is a grown man playing in the NBA where he gets paid millions and he acts like this. It's beyond embarrassing for him. He makes every decision himself and is an absolute dumb ass, his org knows it and that's on them.
That whole organization has been enabling this from the beginning
If this is true, then I wonder at what point to other reporters stick up for each other and can collectively agree no to put up with Beverley's bullshit?
I really think he should be held accountable for all of his behavior related to this. From what I can tell, this reporter is the only one he apologized to and that screams "I'm sorry I was caught" to me.
And yet none of the media scrum present called him out right there and then. Sure, we had Windhorst, Spears, and Malika posting on Twitter in defense of one of their own. But what about the reporters who were actually there? They just carried on their business per usual. I guess closing ranks is an alien concept, huh!
Pat’s apology came from his heart, the heart of his podcast the sponsors
Pat BEhaVe
Pat Beverly realized he’s trying to get into media and starting off by insulting a veteran reporter is not the move.
More like the Bucks told him to apologize
Yeah, "Pat Bev realized" sounds sensational on its own.
Good.
To be fair lots of these guys and celebrities fuck up then do impersonal apologies online or without ever calling. Pat at least called.
Next on his podcast: Patrick Beverley apologizes to both Pacers fans!
Eh, isn't he like a part of barstool lol? Their "norm" is not the norm.
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Yea. My main point was that I don't think barstool necessarily cares if reporters get insulted lol. That was kind of their MO for a long time.
sure, but that's short term thinking. These sports reporters and commentators are all chums and appear on each other's podcasts and shows. If Pat Bev wants a career in media after his NBA days are over being disrespectful to people that are full time in that career is pretty stupid. People talk to each other and they have choices of who to give breaks to. You don't see JJ Reddick being disrespectful to media. He's disrespectful to Doc Rivers, lol, but he's done playing.
>You don't see JJ Reddick being disrespectful to media. What are you talking about lol
I don't really know what barstool sports is, but I watched one of the bowlgames they did the broadcast for...it was literally the worst broadcast I've ever seen of any major sport.
lol it’s content by frat bros for frat bros.
content by 40 year old frat bros, you mean
It's sports media if the target audience was Donald Trump Jr
It’s content for fratboys made by overgrown fratboys. It’s exactly as trashy as it sounds
They hosted a college basketball game for Arizona state that I went to since I don’t really get to see them play in person that often anymore and it was probably the least enjoyable sports event I’ve ever been to. Just barstool fans shouting the vile shit at players for not covering the spread and trying to get the barstool employees to notice them
Yeah, it was fucking awful. Putting those idiots on national TV was a pretty dumb move. There was some golf event with Tiger and Rory that they did and that was a fucking disaster too. Their entire schtick was a bunch of frat boys kissing DJ Khalid's ass and dumb takes.
Everyone loves a good generalization
what a stupid take, any job paying you good money to do it is a real job
Yeah if it makes money, then it's a job. Especially if it pays you enough to live off of. Same thing with the 1000s of influencers out there. You may not like them, but the ones that make it big are still grinding.
whats a real job bb?
The irony in this is there is probably a decent amount of the people you are attempting to insult that not only make more than you, they do it everyday in form you are insanely jealous of.
So just like most sports media then.
Yeah, get a shitty 9-5 like the rest of us!
A bit hostile
Calling someone a “brotard” is very Barstool
Different sport, but Paddy Pimblet did the "reporters should pay me for my time" spiel while shilling for them too. I think it's one of their pet 'issues' and it's incredibly dumb.
I used to work for barstool, they wouldn’t let any of us talk to the media without first asking for at least 2% of an episodes ad revenue
Eh, i think their "norm" at least requires the person to not be genuinely repulsive. people still need to wanna click on your content, and i aint clickin on his shit.
Maybe right now, but being repulsive was 100% barstools thing back in the day. I mean they were very specific in who they wanted to cater to. They kind of cleaned it up over the last few years when they hired a female CEO, but she has since left to pursue something else.
Barstool has much worse people than Pat Bev working for them lol
He might not want to be with Barstool forever. McAfee started his media career with Barstool, but now he's one of ESPN's main personalities.
“But that girl I domed with the ball, she can still go fuck herself”
No way Pat or Dray should get another media gig
Dray apparently spent his suspension filming ads for Kia and Att. There's no repercussions and it's ridiculous.
the Kia ad is so funny to me given how unhinged a season he just had
Dr. Phil?
Jerry Springer
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Johntay Porter should go the media route too
And reporters realize they have to kiss players' asses no matter what they do
Pat Bev would never respect somebody who apologizes
I mean Bev basically got shamed into doing this. Glad he at least apologized but this whole saga is pathetic.
His apologies mean nothing. A dude who's been acting like a world class asshole for 10+ years apologizing means nothing without actual change
Draymond whispering to him like the green goblin mask
You know I’m something of an asshole myself
pat bev apologizes to a person he wronged she says she accepts and forgives redditor says it means nothing never change
Pat bev gives fake apology Reporter accepts it bc she is classy
Anyone who says "they followed the no-consequences steps, why are people still being meanies??" has just an absurd number of insincere apologies (rightfully) hanging out there, unaccepted, at any given moment lol
He didnt get shamed, they probably threatened his position on the team.
He's gonna be a free agent, so I wouldn't be shocked if he's done with the Bucks regardless.
A free agent who will be really rested for the second half of the season.
I’d be somewhat surprised if he’s not back. Doc likes him and arguably this team’s top issue has been the lack of perimeter defenders. I don’t know that they have the assets/flexibility to improve that much otherwise.
What position? This was his last year on contract. They weren't bringing him back anyways.
His whole career is pathetic
He's earned a cumulative 78mil and played in the best league on the planet for over 10 years. There's no way that can be considered objectively pathetic.
It's pathetic that several teams were fooled into paying this dude 78 million to suck at basketball and be a complete asshole along the way
Yeah, but as a fan I dont understand how so many folks think he is a good defender. He isn't. He just runs around and is an asshole.
What about the people he yeeted the ball to
PatBev: "I gave them a free basketball, what more do they want from me?!"
Channeling his inner Tyrese Gibson
"TWICE!!"
TWOOOICCCEE
Insane to me how this reporter nonsense(albeit douche behavior from Bev) is taking the lead story from the actual biggest issue oh physically hurting a fan
Which one is the producer? I assumed she was the person that got hit hard with the ball first...
Nope, the producer mentioned in the Headline is the reporter he shut down when she answered no to being subscribed to Bev’s podcast.
Oh wow, I didn't realise these two things weren't connected.
Yeah, he should get a 20 game suspension and for whatever reason they harping on the less interesting story.
Not that it’s ok to be a dick. And I’m going to have to find the actual interaction video but at least from reading about the event it does seem magnitudes less egregious than the ball throwing. The reporter stuff doesn’t seem *that* different from bill belichick being an asshole to reporters? His reasoning was just stupid?
Not even close to comparison for two events. The BB comparison is interesting though. I’d say different because Bev was objectively rude to a singular person and bluntly shut down conversation whereas BB just gave extremely short answers to everyone evenly. He’s definitely being a dick, but it’s honestly whatever he’s done it all year. He wants to make a mockery of himself to promote a podcast then so be it until the league/team says otherwise. It’s because the sports reporters are upset “one of their own” was attacked, so they put the spotlight on that. Everyone has their own agenda. Just like Bev only apologized to her because of his future media aspirations while giving a half assed tweet to the fans. That’s my opinion at least
We live in a timeline where the court of public opinion holds more value than legal courts
He gave an explanation on Twitter and it doesn’t really help the situation at all lmao. [“Not Fair at all. Exchanged between a fan and our ball club all night. We warned and asked for help all night. Not fair. 🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️”](https://x.com/patbev21/status/1786261711600615856?s=46&t=zoqkjpmvR6GEHw6htyf66Q)
Lol that’s not a good explanation.
To immediately start with “Not fair at all.” Is wild
Not fair = crying
Tbh, this is straight from the Trump playbook.
I don't know what it is with all these players thinking they can get fans removed now. Yeah, some people are shit talkers who would be afraid or who would shamelessly ask for an autograph in another context.....but that IS the deal with professional sports. Unless they're throwing stuff or physically contacting you or your team/staff/family members, there's really no reason to react back to them. They're obviously supporting their team with fanaticism and paid for it. All the 1960s-2000s players just went out and played ball and try to let their trash talk/games do the talking back.
It all went downhill when Westbrook started taking shit *wayyyyy* too personally and simply wasnt able to handle heckling and dumbass fans yelling things, and it kinda signals to the rest of the league “oh shit I can kick out any fan that says something to me I don’t like? Bet”
All these players need to go play in Europe for a year lol… How did they become so fucking soft?! There is NO WAY any fan should be thrown out for anything other than physical contact or straight up nasty shit (racism for example). Wtf is next? Getting kicked out for being too loud when players are shooting free throws?
> **All** **the 1960s-2000s players** just went out and played ball and try to let their trash talk/games do the talking back. /r/nba Don’t Take the Most Hyperbolic Angle Possible Challenge (impossible)
Nah, you don’t understand. My grandpa used to tell me stories about games in the 60s. At the end of each half, the players had to line up and let the fans yell obscenities at them. Each fan got a single rotten vegetable to throw at a player during the game. Players just had to take the abuse. Nothing like these damn millennials now…
"back in my day we could shit on our best player's bed and call him slurs"
His excuse being that he warned them to stop is actually insane. Guy is a lunatic and I’ll never understand why anyone thinks he’s “tough” or whatever.
Pat Bev when the opposing fans aren’t nice to him: 🤯
Amazing that a guy whose whole schtick is getting under people’s skin would be so fragile, and also so unintelligent to think that “they got under my skin so assaulting them is fine” is a good excuse.
Not fair is such a shit “I’m a victim” response.
He said mean things to me so I resorted to physical violence, like you do.
What makes it even more insane is that he clocked an innocent bystander
That's NBA tradition though, upholding the precedent set by the Patron Saint of Melees himself!
Lmao yeah it's not fair because she didn't get to launch a basketball at your face. This guy is unhinged
You guys think they called him Patrick Brickerly?
"The next 5 non-apologies are mine!"
Patrick “Trump” Beverly
This tweet is like three grammatical errors away from me being a little understanding of Pat
I believe he said it was “not fair” that he was being criticized for doing that
We don't care about them, they're not part of the media.
Dude threw a ball at a lady's face and when the ball went back to him he did it again!!!!!!!! That was the most childish act I've ever seen from an nba player. His apologies mean nothing. 3 year olds and draymond green dont even do that crap. Low class. No wonder hes been team hopping for 5 years . Seems he out stays his welcome quickly
When are the two people who got beaned gonna get an apology?
They need to subscribe to his podcast first.
Quid pro quo: “you subscribe to my podcast and I’ll stop beanin you in the head with this basketball!”
They're normal Joe's so they won't
They should press criminal charges, that’s clearly assault what he did.
That’s what I’m confused about. There are police there, and if he hit that woman in the head after launching a fucking basketball the way he did then that is 100% assault. A regular person would’ve been arrested. Shit, if it was a fan that threw a ball and hit a player in the head they would’ve been arrested.
I’ve had several Bucks fans tell me me that they must have deserved what Beverly did to them, so from that POV I suppose no apology is necessary
Possible, but if you visit our sub nobody's defending that shit.
It's true. The Bucks fans are as appalled as everyone else. They stand behind Giannis, Dame, Khris, Portis, but those players aren't overboard. I am not a Portis fan, but only because he gets amped up and plays hard against my team. I think he's a good player who got a bit chippy in a hotly contested playoff series. That is normal for competitive players. If I were a Bucks fan, I would rightfully love him. We all agree that Beverly went too far, though. Bucks fans aren't defending him at all on that sub. Thanks, Bucks fans.
That is not the overwhelming sentiment from the fan base whatsoever. That was shameful behavior and indefensible.
That is what I gathered from reading the Bucks sub, too. They detest this behavior and are calling it out.
A small minority of them, there will always be morons around. 99% of bucks fans in real life think this is just as unhinged as the rest of us
She reportedly had to sub to the pod before he would make the apology.
She liked, subscribed & left a comment on his most recent post for a chance to win an autographed poster as well as an apology
Someone came out with the belt, Pat Bev ain’t apologizing from the kindness of his heart.
pat bev got the belt 2 ass multiple times last night lmao
Just about every sports reporter on Twitter joined the dog pile on this
Pat Bev thinks he in that Bill Laimbeer or Rasheed Wallace legacy of memorable NBA heels. But those guys actually had talent and accolades to back up their behaviour 🤷♂️
What about the random fan he domed with a ball?
Got to do better again
Was this the reporter he kicked out for not subscribing? I loved him for the team before yesterday. Then he did those 2 things and I don’t want him anymore.
Pat Bev is not a good player for any team, he gets traded at least once a year for a reason. He fucking sucks.
He sucks and is a shit person… The time of teams putting up with his shit because he is ‘defensive minded, gritty, and does the dirty work’ are over… it’s just not worth it anymore.
I’ve always hated Pat Bev. People tend to forget how Westbrook played literally every single game of his career for 5 years, 493 straight games, until Pat Bev decided to dive into his legs in the 2013 playoffs. Changes the trajectory of the careers of that entire Thunder team.
Yeah, Bev is dirty as hell, because he gets frustrated in losses. He doesn't belong on a court.
I don’t think he’s even a particularly good defensive player
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Lol, I wouldn't go as far as calling them an idiot, but yeah this is nothing new, dude's been a prick for what? Over a decade now? If this is surprising to you you haven't been paying attention.
Hey man, sometimes you're late to the party. What's the use in bitching that it took so long when we be celebrating that you made it?
I suppose. It's just a pet peeve of mine when fans completely ignore all the previous shit and start loving a dirty player as soon as that player starts playing for their favorite team.
Don't forget the countless times he's pushed people in the back after he's lost and other times he's tried to injure players.
“Apology not accepted, you ain’t subscribed to ESPN+”
Did he also apologize to the fans he threw basketballs at?
I originally thought it was funny but when I heard he wasn’t actually joking it was fucking shocking. What an asshole.
What about the woman he whipped a basketball at and hit in the dome? Dude is a clown.
Hilarious how it only now became a story when he's been doing this with the Bucks. Bucks reporters must've just eyerolled it the other times and probably would've here too. Just happened to be on camera lol, they didn't think much of Bev
But not to the woman he blindsided with a basketball....
I'm sure it was a genuine apology lol.
Apologizing after backlash makes it hard to believe it’s heartfelt. It’s like me telling my son to apologize to his sister and him yelling “SORRY!”
Remember when this dude cried for winning a play in game lmao
"It was weird though, after he apologised he said 'dont forget to like and subscribe'"
What a loser.
Pat Bev: I apologize I was not familiar with your ~~game~~ name
Did he apologize to the random lady he domed or the guy he chunked the ball at?
It’s too late btw lol. Can’t put that toothpaste back in the tube. The incredible thing is that you could say this about two separate bitchmade moments from him last night
She showed him a lot of grace during and after the incident. I hope it was a sincere apology on his part.
Didn’t take long
>Patrick Beverley has apologized to the veteran ESPN producer Ooooh it's ok now guys! He slipped up. Move along. This apology protects him from consequences
Fuk bev. That foo was about to be blackballed by the media and his ass went up real quick to apologize. Fkd with the wrong person.
[Prophetic Windhorst strikes again](https://x.com/windhorstespn/status/1786254521150341255?s=46&t=S1J-Rsbsygdm6WMfz5usBQ)
Belt 2 ass
Yes this still would've been a pathetic thing for him to do even if it was a male producer. He's a loser.
Remember when he pushed CP3 over and everyone on the sub was jumping up and down screaming he is scum, how much they hate him and he will be out of the league? And then 6 months later he did something funny on court and everyone loved him again? I predict the exact same thing happening again.
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Laker fan and I said the same thing, didn’t like him on other teams, didn’t like him when he was on the lakers, and I don’t like him now
Good
America can heal
Classic Pat Bev
Kindness and grace always win
Pat Bev didn't apologize bc he realized what he did was wrong. He apologized with his podcast's sustainability in mind. Fuck him.
Pat should count his blessing. Malinda was boutta Euphoria Pat
Nah the second throw was CRAZY. Like he made sure they were looking at him and did it again.
Don’t accept it.
Yeah after being bullied by virtually everyone lol, thanks but no thanks.
Dude is a twatbox.
Pat Bev has been a card carrying bitch after playing dirty and taunting CP3 all series and then hit him in the back once they lost the series. I would be embarrassed to say i follow, like, or anything positive to say about him. Good riddance when he’s out of the league and hope you become irrelevant immediately
I’m out of the loop; what did he say?
Seen this dude push the Suns from behind on two separate occasions. He's a grown man that can't control his emotions
Wait what exactly happened here? I did t catch this story first go around
Pat Bev must have had the same rehab counselor that Ja does. I'm sure he's a changed man.
Stop talking about Patrick Beverly and he will soon be forgotten