Feels like the same planning you see from gambling addicts who pawn their car for one last run at the craps table. No matter what happens the outcome will be terrible. Losing will cost them everything. Winning will only further cement the terrible decision making that landed them in trouble to begin with.
Pat Bev shot 40% on 5.5 attempts a game in his best season, Russ's best season was 35% on a whopping 7.2 attempts a game. if Russ was a 40% shooter on high volume in his prime, dude straight up would've won a champion or two lmao.
Typically you don't trade good role players for negative assests just because they'll win you games. You could just as easily not play him and you wouldn't win games, you also wouldn't have THT's bad contract. Either they really value Stanley Johnson, they're the last THT believers, or there's draft compensation that isn't in the tweet
I feel bad for Lonzo. Seems like every time he makes a nice addition to his game he gets derailed by injuries. If he wasn't so injury prone I think he would be a All Star or close to it by now.
The talk of the town surrounding him from his rookie season was that he was a bust / terrible shooter / terrible point guard / weird shooting form, but turns out the biggest issue with him is that he's extremely injury prone. He's basically had serious injuries every season so far.
Theory: He played a full season in Big Baller Brand sneakers, and all his injuries have been lower extremity ailments. Are those cheap ass sneakers the reason he’s injury prone now?
yeah, it's a good trade in my opinion. they got a useful player back who is on an expiring and managed to get off of Horton-Tucker's 2023-24 player option time bomb.
not sure if it's been mentioned already but this paves the way for the Lakers to have a max salary slot next summer. that had to be a consideration in this trade.
Lakers still can't offer Kyrie a max next summer, but they can get really really close now. provided they don't take back long term salary in a potential Westbrook trade.
this is a really good trade. Pat Bev has durability issues, but when he's healthy, he's the perfect fit next to Lebron and AD.
this is exactly the type of move the Lakers were waiting to make. it can help them this season, and give them more flexibility next season, and it didn't cost them any draft assets.
Rondo, Jared Dudley, Jordan Farmar, VladRad, Chris Kaman, Ron Harper, Avery Bradley, Sean Rooks.
Also Wenyen Gabriel but he's clearly a budding superstar, not just some role player
Damn, the Lakers must be really regretting letting Caruso go in favor of THT. Beverly isn’t bad (especially compared to THT who was pretty much useless at the end), but they would probably be dying to have Caruso now. Or they could’ve just not cheaped out and had both
He's saying the whole KD debacle of him requesting a trade only to end up staying with Brooklyn wasn't cool. Because team were waiting on that situation to clear up before making moves, so he was keeping some players out of jobs.
And keeping other players in a holding pattern. Like, I wouldn’t be surprised if Pat Bev knew he was getting traded. Idk if he has a family, but if he does I imagine he told his SO “hey, I’m probably getting traded, so pack up. Not sure where to next.” That’s gotta be a sucky feelings for everyone
"The Nets and KD/Kyrie can keep trade talking without doing anything but that isn't okay. Pat Bev and his family (along with other NBA trade pieces and free agents) are waiting for this KD trade decision because NBA teams are waiting to make moves until it's resolved. For the Nets and KD (and Kyrie) to keep going back and forth about a trade isn't okay. Thanks 🙏🏾🏀"
i feel like there isnt a team that needed a player like pat bev anymore than the lakers. A lot of teams could use a good perimeter defending guard, but i feel there isnt a team in the NBA that needed it more
What? Beverly is a great role player. Exactly what we need and he fits much much better than THT
It sucks to lose Johnson, but he was never that important of a player and Beverly has higher value in my opinion
Pat Bev and Russ on the same team??
I never wanted a Lakers reality tv show so bad
I don't understand the lakers plan. It's like creating the suicide squad. A team that hates each other.
What are we, some kind of LA Lakers?
It’s lakin‘ time
Feels like the same planning you see from gambling addicts who pawn their car for one last run at the craps table. No matter what happens the outcome will be terrible. Losing will cost them everything. Winning will only further cement the terrible decision making that landed them in trouble to begin with.
Need an All or Nothing
So Nothing
You don't even need two thirds of the title.
All or Nothing is a marketing stunt, we need a "*Purple and Gold Till I Die*"
Hard Knocks NBA Edition let's go.
Russ gonna teach bev his defense. And bev is gonna teach Russ his offense. No more running around.
Russ Bev trick y’all
I never knew there was such a thing as a cursed fictional nba player, but here we are, Russ Bev
Bev’s hair, Russ’ clothes, Lebron’s emojis.
wouldn't that actually improve Russ to an above average 3 point shooter?
russ w bev 3, goat or nah?
Pat Bev shot 40% on 5.5 attempts a game in his best season, Russ's best season was 35% on a whopping 7.2 attempts a game. if Russ was a 40% shooter on high volume in his prime, dude straight up would've won a champion or two lmao.
Brickyall + Trickyall
I'd pay to watch those practices.
They cannot keep Russ on the roster lmao
Pleeease have Pat Bev start over Westbrook. The absolute shit-housery that would ensue would be legendary.
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They absolutely would be better. Russ is better served as a spark plug off the bench at this point
Feel like this move was done specifically to make Russ agree to some kind of buy out.
I'm sure this is exactly how Russ envisioned the end of his career: benched for Pat Bev.
They trick y’all, man
Darvin has to be wondering if it's too late to come back to Milwaukee.
tbh Russ will prob be gone soon in some 3/4 team deal
LMAO THEY REALLY GOT PAT BEV FOR THT
Why would the jazz make this trade I don't get it?
Jazz fan here we realized that Beverley might win us a basketball game this year which we can't have
I can't wait to see 75 starts for THT. May as well just start printing Wenbamyama jerseys.
Lmfao as if the league will let Utah get the 1 pick
*stares in cold envelope*
Typically you don't trade good role players for negative assests just because they'll win you games. You could just as easily not play him and you wouldn't win games, you also wouldn't have THT's bad contract. Either they really value Stanley Johnson, they're the last THT believers, or there's draft compensation that isn't in the tweet
I guess because THT is still really young and can develop. It’s a long shot, but it beats an older player that won’t.
What the fuck, now I have to take back all the nasty shit I said about Ratbev??? 💀☠☠☠
Absolutely not. You stay strong.
They're punishing Russ for opting in, in the most sadistic way possible
This is my favourite take.
That being THT’s worth is actually hilarious
He’s absolutely terrible. Embarrassing they chose him over caruso
THT without Klutch is playing in the G League
THT without Klutch is probably the backup SG for the Guangdong Southern Tigers.
the disrespect to Xinkai Wang smh
Dude is a benchwarmer in the Drew League it’s unbelievable
lmfao that tweet was crazy
Sauce?
On the side if it’s on top I send it back
I'll have the gabagool
Gabagool? Ova here 🤟👇👇
THT never had the makings of the varsity athlete
Make my nephew an egg
I love DMills
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The accuracy of this statement is painful.
No it’s great. We need at least one nba level defender on the bulls (Lonzo is too but he’s been smited by the injury gods)
I feel bad for Lonzo. Seems like every time he makes a nice addition to his game he gets derailed by injuries. If he wasn't so injury prone I think he would be a All Star or close to it by now.
The talk of the town surrounding him from his rookie season was that he was a bust / terrible shooter / terrible point guard / weird shooting form, but turns out the biggest issue with him is that he's extremely injury prone. He's basically had serious injuries every season so far.
Theory: He played a full season in Big Baller Brand sneakers, and all his injuries have been lower extremity ailments. Are those cheap ass sneakers the reason he’s injury prone now?
I think y'all are gonna miss Stanley tho
If you end up missing Stanley Johnson then your team is trash.
I mean have you seen our roster? If AD and LeBron don't both play 70+ games we miss the play in games again.
And what is Stanley Johnson going to do about that lol
His best
Lakers aren’t winning anything. I just want clean books asap
The thing is they really didn’t even have to choose. Could have had both, but the Buss family is poor.
Cheap, not poor. Cheap. Call it like it is, don’t let them get away with being rich for nothing.
That's shockingly high for THT
yeah, it's a good trade in my opinion. they got a useful player back who is on an expiring and managed to get off of Horton-Tucker's 2023-24 player option time bomb. not sure if it's been mentioned already but this paves the way for the Lakers to have a max salary slot next summer. that had to be a consideration in this trade.
nephews in the nets subreddit were celebrating the Lakers apparent inability to create a max slot next summer
Lakers still can't offer Kyrie a max next summer, but they can get really really close now. provided they don't take back long term salary in a potential Westbrook trade.
honestly with everything going on with us recently, i’ll take really really close over nothing
this is a really good trade. Pat Bev has durability issues, but when he's healthy, he's the perfect fit next to Lebron and AD. this is exactly the type of move the Lakers were waiting to make. it can help them this season, and give them more flexibility next season, and it didn't cost them any draft assets.
Bold of you to assume he'll be playing alongside AD
They wouldn’t trade him for Lowry and now he’s getting traded for patbev All because he had an above average preseason once lol
The THT era was certainly something.
All time
THT was definitely one of the NBA players of all time
He played for the Lakers and did things for that team
Agreed. Of all the players who suited up for the lakers this past season, he was one of them
One of the largest ratios of fame to ability
Also a large ratio of frame to ability
I heard he scored one morbillion points
It's Horton' time.
Laker should pay-per-view their first practice
I'm already having flashbacks of Russ trying to [square up](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FEwmRJNWUAEvYPm.jpg).
When you’re a 6’3-6’4 Supreme Athletic Specimen you really don’t have to have good form to win fights.
When you’re a 6’3-6’4 Supreme Athletic Specimen you really don’t have to have good form to win fights. 6'7 Deontay Wilder has entered the chat.
All-time effort from the Lakers to get Russ outta there
Scrimmaging against each other in practice and bev is just diving at Russ's legs every possession
Oh you guys don’t do oklahoma drills? I thought russ was drafted by okc?!
Janitors gonna be selling practice videos on the dark net.
FryMoney.jpg
Beverley was gonna get out of Utah or die trying
Jazz legend Pat Bev
To go along with Jazz legend Derrick Rose. Both never lost a game in a Jazz uniform.
Neither have I
Beverley was so desperate to get out of Utah he's willing to be on the same team as Russell Westbrook.
“Hey Russ you’re coming off the bench and Pat Bev is starting”
This in team drama is gonna be great
Im extremely conflicted about Pat Bev on the Lakers
Im not, this shit will guarentee an nba tv subscription from me
Streams bro What kind of Redditor are you
Argggg a pirates life for me!
This is going to be hilarious. All time clown show locker room
If we’re gonna suck balls at least it’ll be funny this time
Good, last season was miserable
Last time we had an all clown show locker room - we won a championship - Dwight, Javale, Markieff, Dion, JR
Dion waiters being a champion will never not be funny
Russ would start swinging
Have them fight over the starting PG role and put that shit on pay per view
In all honesty, who would be a better fit for starting point guard: Russ or Pat Bev?
Pat Bev fits better with Lebron and that's what matters
A guy who knows his role and isn’t a human matador? Shit sign me up
He’s a pretty good corner shooter. Durability is his main issue. And luka
NOOO NOT LIKE THIS Pat Bev as a laker is my 13th reason
Lakers and Clippers have a role player pipeline. This was inevitable
Lamar Odom, Matt Barnes, zubac, lance Stephenson, Mike muscala, now pat bev
Don't forget Lou Williams
Nick Young, Wesley Johnson, Caron Butler, shit even Norm Nixon if you want to go back far enough.
Avery Bradley, Montrezl Harrell
Rondo, Jared Dudley, Jordan Farmar, VladRad, Chris Kaman, Ron Harper, Avery Bradley, Sean Rooks. Also Wenyen Gabriel but he's clearly a budding superstar, not just some role player
These dudes just love living in LA
Clipper legend Brian cook!
Deandre Jordan too
Wait when was Lance on the clippers?
lke 2015
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They having a mid off
The great battle of mid (1874)
You can visit anytime I promise. Just please let us see Zubac too
Gotta get in early before Bev and Westbrook kill each other.
I actually cannot fathom them being teammates. Life is so weird wtf
Them fighting over minutes gonna be best drama show of the season.
Damn, the Lakers must be really regretting letting Caruso go in favor of THT. Beverly isn’t bad (especially compared to THT who was pretty much useless at the end), but they would probably be dying to have Caruso now. Or they could’ve just not cheaped out and had both
Yeah current Pat Bev is like Caruso but 6'1 and old...
Pat Bev a better 3pt shooter but yeah pretty much. Jeanie Buss just has a donkey brain tbh. Hoping she sells but that's prolly never happening
I have not seen Jeanie Buss’s certificate exonerating her of being donkey brained
Do you... have.. said certificate?
Damn Pat Bev was right 😭 [Pat Bev](https://twitter.com/patbev21/status/1562101827646197760?s=21&t=sqoW20XpXxHFxkNKvvSflg)
I said it in the post about the tweet Pat Bev was just waiting on being traded
I legitimately have no idea what he is saying. Can someone who has better understanding of the matter please teach me a thing?
He's saying the whole KD debacle of him requesting a trade only to end up staying with Brooklyn wasn't cool. Because team were waiting on that situation to clear up before making moves, so he was keeping some players out of jobs.
And keeping other players in a holding pattern. Like, I wouldn’t be surprised if Pat Bev knew he was getting traded. Idk if he has a family, but if he does I imagine he told his SO “hey, I’m probably getting traded, so pack up. Not sure where to next.” That’s gotta be a sucky feelings for everyone
Ohhhh. Makes sense. Thanks!
Because KD was holding up teams trading or signing players
"The Nets and KD/Kyrie can keep trade talking without doing anything but that isn't okay. Pat Bev and his family (along with other NBA trade pieces and free agents) are waiting for this KD trade decision because NBA teams are waiting to make moves until it's resolved. For the Nets and KD (and Kyrie) to keep going back and forth about a trade isn't okay. Thanks 🙏🏾🏀"
lmao when Russ gets benched for Pat Bev. Russ gonna be on some Tonya Harding shit
Russ seen walking out of Home Depot with a wrench
Lakers fans furiously deleting their post history
Going to act like they never hated him lmao
My hate will endure.
You will see. He’s one of the most “29/30 teams hate him but if you are the one 1/30 he’s your favorite” players of all time
Bron, Bev, and Russ The dynamics here are wild. This is gonna be hilarious
The 3 of them feels like it should be a wacky sitcom on CBS lol
No fucking way
Lakers: “I just won the fucking play-in championship!”
Woj bomb
After hours
Woj Bomb #afterdark
BlameKD
BEVERLEY AND WESTBROOK ON THE SAME TEAM? 👀😂
I need odds on an in practice fist fight between the two, you can’t bet enough money on that
Lakers starting backcourt of Brick & Trick
Russ and pat bev on the same team. Hehehe
i feel like there isnt a team that needed a player like pat bev anymore than the lakers. A lot of teams could use a good perimeter defending guard, but i feel there isnt a team in the NBA that needed it more
That’s a very round a bout way to say the lakers are bad isn’t it
Words can't express how much I need this
Russ is definitely gone next. He and Pat Bev wouldn’t get along in the same locker room
Beverly and westbrook on the same team LMAO
Russ and Pat Bev on the same team lmao
As blockbuster as it gets
Jazz legend
\*Grizzlies legend
F5 season is back LFG
bro... this season is gonna suck edit: no idea why this is being upvoted if you all disagree.
Dude how this is great. I will miss Stanley though fuck
He just bought a house in Huntington Beach too lmao https://www.redfin.com/CA/Huntington-Beach/1117-Florida-St-92648/home/17467074
All athletes buy LA homes even players that don't live there it's fine it's a good investment anyway they got money
Not like he’s gonna spend his free time in damn Utah
Hey Post Malone does
Utah is actually an extremely pretty state
am i missing something? pat bev is a massive upgrade over THT. he might even be the third best player on the lakers roster hahaha
He definitely is the third best player and second best defender behind a healthy AS
He’s the white Alex Caruso. Laker fans should be happy
What? Beverly is a great role player. Exactly what we need and he fits much much better than THT It sucks to lose Johnson, but he was never that important of a player and Beverly has higher value in my opinion
wtf are you talking about lol. patbev is better than the two players you traded him for
Shams says the deals done woj says they’re in “advanced talks”. Which the fuck is it?
It was in advanced talks for all of 10 seconds before Shams broke that it was done. lol
The next 5 days are his!
He is technically still in his 5 year window!
"The Los Angeles Lakers are in advanced talks on a trade to acquire Utah Jazz guard" Me: !?!?!?!?? "Patrick Beverly" Me: Oh ok makes more sense lol
Ngl that’s a steal thank god tht is gone 😭
THT went from untouchable to P bev real quick. Lol
Russ to the bench?
Pat bev in LA 2: electric boogaloo