Despite being bounced in the first round of the playoffs, Timberwolves guard Patrick Beverley has been going super viral this week.
The veteran ppoint guard took his talents over to ESPN’s New York offices this week to absolutely lay in to Chris Paul for his defense and his overall play in the Suns’ second-round collapse against the Mavericks.
Beverley comparing Paul’s defense to that of a practice cone got the attention of Sixers sharpshooter Danny Green.
Green had some thoughts for Beverley on the latest Inside the Green Room podcast:
“People target you too, Pat Bev,” responded Green, per NBC Sports Philly. “You ain’t playing no f–king defense out there. You ain’t stopping Luka. It’s time and time again I see Luka call your a– ‘little man’ and ‘he’s too f–king small’ and go right at you every chance he gets. When you play Luka you’re a cone, too. How would you like that?
“When you’re talking about a Hall of Famer you can critique, but the disrespect I think was taken a little far,” Green added. “I think [Beverley] just used that platform because he has an issue with Chris, and he used it as a personal vendetta to take out a lot of his anger on the set at that moment. I thought it was unfair to Chris, and I’m sure a lot of people felt the same, a lot of guys in the league. I don’t mind certain guys critiquing players, but you’re a role player. To disrespect a Hall of Famer is too far. Calling somebody a cone is disrespectful, bruh. I don’t care.”
“Target and cone are two different words, bro. He said he can’t guard. Chris Paul is a … nine-time member on the All-NBA Defensive Team. Yeah they targeted him, but s**t there’s been times when Pat Bev’s been targeted too, are you kidding me?
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“Pat Bev, you’re not stopping Luka either. There’s not many people on the planet that are stopping Luka.”
Beverley definitely went a little overboard in his critiques of CP3.
Kevin Durant was also among those to address the situation as he posted a tweet that was clearly indirectly aimed at the Timberwolves guard’s words. Durant quoted a Kanye West tweet that simply read, “He running around like he Pac.” After a few Twitter users mentioned Bev in the comments, one person wrote, “Lol role players talking like All-Stars,” to which KD replied, “These guys need to stop.”
