NBA Free Agent Patrick Beverley Makes Big Announcement on Basketball Future

Patrick Beverley may be leaving the NBA

Joey Linn | Jul 14, 2024

Jan 6, 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia 76ers guard Patrick Beverley warms up before action against the Utah Jazz at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports / Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

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NBA free agent Patrick Beverley recently finished his 12th season in the league. Playing for the Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks last season, Beverley appeared in 73 games, averaging 6.2 points per game in 20.0 minutes per game.

Known for his defense, Beverley is still very effective on that end, even as his career 37.1% clip from three-point range dipped a bit last season. Able to sign with any team as a free agent, Beverley may choose to take a big contract in Europe next season instead of a veteran minimum contract with an NBA team.

Making this announcement via his Pat Bev Podcast account on X (formerly known as Twitter), Beverley revealed the two options he is weighing:

DEVELOPING: @patbev21 is currently weighing his options between a NBA Vet Minimum contract and a HISTORIC contract in Europe 💰
— Pat Bev Pod (@PatBevPod) July 14, 2024

Beverley has played for seven NBA teams in his career, spending most of his time in the league with the Houston Rockets and LA Clippers before making stops with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia 76ers, and Milwaukee Bucks.

Selected 42nd overall in the 2009 NBA Draft, Patrick Beverley has put together one of the better careers from that class, ranking 13th in career minutes played out of everyone selected that year. This is very impressive for a player selected in the second round, and especially since Beverley did not actually make his NBA debut until the 2012-13 season after spending time playing professionally overseas.

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JOEY LINN

Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined Sports Illustrated's FanNation to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams during his time in school. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts, combined with his excellence in the classroom, earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Joey covers the NBA full-time across multiple platforms, primarily serving as a credentialed Clippers beat writer.

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