Once teammates with the Lakers, Patrick Beverley and Austin Reaves now have beef. And according to Beverley, it all stems from a celebration Reaves did while playing against him late last season after Beverley had signed with the Bulls.
Things boiled over during Monday’s matchup between the Sixers (where Beverley now plays) and Reaves’ Lakers, a 44-point drubbing by Philadelphia. Beverley requested the defensive assignment on Reaves after Reaves hit him with the “Too Small” celebration last year, a move Beverley explained that he found disrespectful. That led to a not-so-incidental shoulder bump between the two players during Monday’s game, and Beverley said on his podcast that the beef isn’t fading anytime soon.
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