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The LA Clippers traded away fan favorite Patrick Beverley this past week, ending a five year run with the team. Beverley arrived in Los Angeles in the trade sending Chris Paul to the Houston Rockets. The trade marked the end of the Lob City Clippers and bridged the gap towards the next era of Clippers basketball featuring Kawhi Leonard and Paul George.
Without Patrick Beverley, Lou Williams, and Montrezl Harrell setting the culture for the Clippers as a grind-it-out franchise, the Clippers don't land Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. It's as simple as that. Those three played a huge role in the arrival of the team's current superstars and their value to the franchise can't be understated.
During Beverley's time with the Clippers, he also had a handful of ruthless and savage moments that made him the fan favorite he is. Whether it was locking up bigger and stronger opponents or skying for an offensive rebound that gave his Clippers another chance to score, Beverley's impact will be hard to replace.
With that being said, here are Beverley's five most savage moment with the Clippers.
1. 2019 Playoffs – First Round – Warriors vs. Clippers
The 2019 Clippers earned a lot of respect from fans and the NBA alike for their fight. Despite not having a single All-Star on the team, the Clippers reached the postseason and took two games against the Kevin Durant-led Golden State Warriors. Patrick Beverley took this series more personal than anyone, and it showed with how he went at Durant seemingly every single possession.
Beverley and Durant got into it multiple times during the early portions of the series, including a double-ejection in Game 1 when Durant shoved Beverley and Beverley got back in his face.
We have AT LEAST 3 more games in this series. Kevin Durant and Patrick Beverley went at it and got kicked out. #Clippers #Warriors pic.twitter.com/CIEyS4VHY3
— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) April 14, 2019
May the basketball gods bless us with more Patrick Beverley and Kevin Durant beef tonight 🤣
(via @sportscenter)pic.twitter.com/hGjsIxvOjV
— Ball Don’t Lie (@Balldontlie) April 15, 2019
Later in the series, Beverley felt Durant flopped to draw a foul and let him hear about it, jokingly of course. The two players shared a laugh over the incident.
Patrick Beverley mocking Kevin Durant for flopping 😭 This man the goat. pic.twitter.com/ykgPYcNhET
— . (@persiancatluvr) April 14, 2019
In the end, it was nothing but respect from Patrick Beverley and Lou Williams towards Kevin Durant, who proved once again he was the greatest scorer in the world.
Amazing postgame exchange here with Patrick Beverley and Lou Williams on guarding Kevin Durant. #Clippers #Warriors pic.twitter.com/2I4R2AnG2q
— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) April 27, 2019
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2. “The Next 5 Years Are Mine!”
Once the Clippers acquired Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, Patrick Beverley certainly started feeling himself. During a game between the Clippers and Warriors, Beverley reportedly told Stephen Curry that the next five years here his.
“You had the last five years,” Beverley told Curry, according to Sean Deveney of Heavy.com. “The next five years are mine.”
Curry laughed and replied: “Aren’t you 31?”
This is rumored to be the moment/play when Beverley told Curry this.
Patrick Beverley draws the offensive foul on Stephen Curry, then the two jaw back and forth.#Clippers #Warriors pic.twitter.com/EL0u6ltxpm
— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) October 25, 2019
Little do people know that Patrick Beverley and Stephen Curry are actually close dating back to the high school and college days.
“Steph’s like a brother,” Beverley told ClutchPoints back in January 2020. “Freshman year in college, USA team, sophomore year, Paul Pierce camp, LeBron James camp, roommates. People don’t know, but we’ve been knowing each other since we were pups. It’s crazy.”
Patrick Beverley on his relationship with Stephen Curry – “Steph’s like a brother. Freshman year in college, USA team, sophomore year, Paul Pierce camp, LeBron James camp, roommates. People don’t know, but we’ve been knowing each other since we were pups. It’s crazy."#Clippers pic.twitter.com/hIeqUEjK83
— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) January 11, 2020
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3. “Pat Bev Trick Y'all”
If there are two guys in the NBA who likely don't like each other, it's Patrick Beverley and Russell Westbrook.
During an early season game between the Clippers and Rockets during the 2019-20 season, Patrick Beverley was seen mocking Russell Westbrook's go-ahead shot, which bricked off the rim, during Paul George's clutch free throws.
😂 The Patrick Beverley and Russell Westbrook beef continues!
— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) November 23, 2019
Later in the season when James Harden dropped 47 points on the Clippers, fouling Patrick Beverley out in the process, Westbrook took another jab at Beverley.
Russell Westbrook (@russwest44)on Pat Beverley (@patbev21): “Pat Bev trick y’all man, like he play defense. He don’t guard nobody man. He just running around doing nothing..As you seen what happened 47. All that commotion and (@jharden) got 47.” pic.twitter.com/WaJ5D0Q1U5
— Mark Berman (@MarkBerman_) November 14, 2019
There were other exchanges between Patrick Beverley and Russell Westbrook during his time with the Clippers, including this one back when Westbrook was a member of the OKC Thunder.
Police have been brought onto the court to keep Westbrook and Beverley away from each other pic.twitter.com/FAlF1fm8gD
— Jovan Buha (@jovanbuha) October 31, 2018
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4. Chris Paul's flop goes wrong, Beverley mocks him
During the Clippers first ever Western Conference Finals appearance, things got unsurprisingly heated between Chris Paul and Patrick Beverley. During a play in Game 5, which was an elimination game for the Clippers, Paul tried to draw a shooting foul on Beverley. In the process, he flopped a little too hard and landed awkwardly on his back.
Beverley jumped around, flailed his arms, and laughed as he walked away from Paul, who was on the floor.
Chris Paul lands hard (he's alright) and Patrick Beverley imitates CP3's kickout flop 😂pic.twitter.com/HkEcGB803u
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) June 29, 2021
Another fun Beverley moment in the series was when the Clippers guard pulled out the ball-handling bag, crossing Chris Paul over and scoring at the rim.
Patrick Beverley crosses Chris Paul and scores 😳
pic.twitter.com/A5PhZr6Pgg— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) July 1, 2021
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5. Patrick Beverley Trolls Damian Lillard In Bubble
One of final ‘regular season' games in the Disney NBA bubble saw the LA Clippers take on the Portland Trail Blazers. Patrick Beverley trolled Damian Lillard during his two missed free throws in the clutch.
Patrick Beverley and Marcus Morris react to Damian Lillard's missed free throws on the Clippers bench.
When asked about Pat after the game, Doc River just laughed and said, "Pat's just loud all the time. He was great."pic.twitter.com/zy2S668GeN
— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) August 8, 2020
The pair of misses set the stage for Rodney McGruder to give the Clippers the lead with a three-pointer seconds later.
The biggest shot by Rodney McGruder with the Clippers:
Down 2 inside the bubble in a back-to-back game without Kawhi Leonard, McGruder nails a go-ahead 3-pointer vs. the Blazers. LA benched the starters in the final 5 or so minutes.pic.twitter.com/lsVw8yugM2
— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) November 20, 2020
Seeing and hearing Beverley certainly had Lillard feeling some type of way postgame.
Damian Lillard responds to this video – "Pat Beverley, I sent him home before at the end of a game. Paul George got sent home by me last year in the playoffs. So they know. the reason they reacting like that is cuz of what they expect from me."pic.twitter.com/ldzwq8X6xu
— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) August 8, 2020
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Honorable mention: After the Clippers blew a 3-1 lead to the Denver Nuggets, Patrick Beverley took to IG to show off his baking skills and joked that he saw everyone's Cancun's jokes.
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