Lakers News: Patrick Beverley Takes Subtle Dig At LA Fans

The ex-Lakers guard is always unfiltered on his personal podcast.

Former Los Angeles Lakers starting shooting guard Patrick Beverley (all 6'1" of him) is now thriving with his hometown Chicago Bulls after LA flipped him to the Orlando Magic at the trade deadline for Mo Bamba, and Orlando subsequently bought out the 34-year-old vet. 

Since Pat Bev has been installed into the lineup as his team's starting point guard (over another native Chicagoan, Ayo Dosunmu), the Bulls have more or less saved their season, and at 34-37 are currently ensconced as the No. 10 seed in the Eastern Conference, 2.5 games north of the Washington Wizards and Indiana Pacers.

On a recent episode of his Barstool Sports show The Pat Bev Podcast With Rone, Beverley subtly threw some shade towards the Lakers faithful, in the way he praised the Bulls' fanbase.

“I play a bad game with Chicago, I ain't gotta look on Twitter and hear, ‘He’s a bum, get him outta here!’ Like I was hearing that s*** in L.A,” Beverley told his cohost Adam "Rone" Ferrone.

A big reason Chicago may not be as impatient with Beverley is simply that the team has been starved for good point guard play since the middle of the 2021-22 NBA season, when the team's nominal starter at the position, ex-Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball, first went down with a knee injury. 

Ball just underwent his third surgery for the ailment, and may not return to the floor for the Bulls until the 2024-25 season. With that bummer of a development, Chicagoans were desperate for a steady lead guard who could help manage the game, defend on-ball consistently, and knock down triples.

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