Today, Timberwolves player Beverley participated in a podcast in which Beverly talked about Westbrook. Beverly and Westbrook have a long-standing feud, when Westbrook played for the Thunder, Beverley caused Westbrook to be injured in a fierce fight. Beverley mentioned in the column: "Westbrook ruined my career, coaches and players think I can't defend, just shout, run around.
Is Beverley's remarks right or wrong? Given his grudge with Wei Shao, these remarks would have a distinctly subjective overtones. But in the eyes of onlookers, Beverley's cognition seems to be a bit of a problem, and people don't deny his defensive ability because of a single sentence. Of course, Westbrook never ruined Beverley's career.
First of all, Beverly was selected with the 42nd pick when he entered the draft that year, and it is not easy to play in the NBA in a second-round show. Beverly has played in the NBA for such a long time, and it has been a stable rotation to go through multiple teams, which is not easy. If Westbrook really ruined his career, could Beverly still play in the NBA? Obviously not.
Speaking of defense, defense is Beverley's housekeeping skill, and he was selected for the best defensive team. The fact that a player has been named to the All-Defensive Squad means that his defensive prowess has been recognised. Beverley's defensive stats so far in his career are pretty good, and as a defender he has a very strong ability to fight. Beverley has played in 47 games for the Timberwolves this season, averaging 4.3 rebounds and 1.1 steals and 0.9 blocks in just 26 minutes per game. In particular, the latter, a point guard who is less than 1.9 meters tall blocks nearly 1 time per game, which is really very good. Beverley has a career average of 1.1 steals and is also absolutely qualified. Beverly was really fighting for every ball when he played for the Rockets earlier, every ball must be grabbed, and he was like a desperate defense with chicken blood.
Beverley's opponents will definitely hate him, after all, he clings to you like a piece of rubber candy, and there will be a lot of small movements and garbage words. He won't necessarily completely defend you, but he will definitely make you feel bad. If it's Beverley's teammate you'll love him, because any team needs a player like Beverley who is defensively tough and tenacious. It is worth mentioning that the three teams beverly played for in his career are all playoff-level teams. Both the Rockets and the Clippers have played in the playoffs, and the Timberwolves have made the playoffs this season, and they are currently seventh in the West. Beverly has given this group of young players a lot of guidance this season.
It can be seen that Beverly's career was definitely not ruined by Westbrook. On the contrary, thanks to the fierce confrontation with Westbrook, Beverley has also gained a lot of influence, and now everyone knows him. Beverly played in the NBA for so long as a second-round show, earned a total of $65 million in his career, was named to the Best Team and played the playoffs with the team many times, and his career was complete enough. Therefore, Beverley's evaluation of Westbrook is completely wrong. As an NBA star, Beverley is still good to keep a low profile, and there is no need to make such a stalemate with Westbrook to say these controversial words. Dear readers, do you think Beverley's career was ruined by Westbrook? Feel free to leave a comment in the comments section below the article.