Patrick Beverley has one of the best stories about how he finally got his shot in the NBA to become the player he is today.
During a conversation with Kevin Hart on his show “Cold As Balls,” Beverley spoke on what happened after he was cut from the Miami Heat. Him being released led him to a Russian team where he channeled his attention toward reaching his best potential.
However, the NBA would soon come calling for him again shortly after he signed his overseas deal. He would soon learn that he would have to foot a $1.4 million bill to play for the Houston Rockets or Cleveland Cavaliers.
“I had to pay,” Beverley told Hart. “I signed a no-NBA clause overseas. I think at the time the buyout for the NBA was only $250,000. I’m 22-years-old, I don’t know the business side of it. I’m thinking like, ‘They can pay the $1.6 million — NBA got that.’ My agent tells me, ‘No, they can only pay $250,000.’ So, I’m looking at him like ‘So, who pays the other $1.4 million?’”
His agent responded, “You have to.”
That’s when Bev looked to his mother for guidance on what he should do. She would reach into her purse and take a checkbook out to write the check for the Russian team to free Beverley from his contract.
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Once he got back to the states, things were not all good after he received his first check.
“I get my first check in the NBA … that mother f–ker say $11,000. I’m living with my mom in the NBA. My mom is going out to do nails, and I’m going to NBA practice. I’m coming home like, ‘Yo, what we got for dinner?’ So like, that was my life, my first couple of years in the NBA,” Beverley explained.
Beverley went on to play for the Houston Rockets. He would go on to sign a three-year contract totaling $1,985,491 from 2012 to 2014. Once he re-signed with the team, he landed a four-year contract totaling over $23 million.
These days, he is playing for the Lakers. He’s averaging 6.0 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game and is shooting a pretty horrible 37.8 percent from the field and 31.6 percent from deep.
