Lakers’ Patrick Beverley calls out Fox Sports 1 analyst Skip Bayless for making false assumptions about Russell Westbrook
The NBA season is just around the corner. With less than 12 days to go, all teams are using the preseason to acclimate their squads to the changes made over the summer. The Los Angeles Lakers are no different.
Although the Lakers are 0-3 at the start of the preseason, we’ve seen signs that the team looks better than it did last season. The first unit seems more in focus and the second unit seems sharper than it used to be. LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and Anthony Davis all showed flashes of excellence in the first two games.
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Despite previous reservations, Patrick Beverley seems to be a good fit for the team. However, Skip Bayless saw something on the bench that he thought was enough to spark the drama.
Patrick Beverley shuts down Skip Bayless and his futile chase
We all know how hard the Los Angeles Lakers tried to find a trade for Russell Westbrook this summer. Since he opted out of his $47 million for the 2022-23 season, the Lakers were trying to find a way to get rid of his contract. However, they didn’t want to part with their 2027 first-round pick. That became the thorn in their path, making them unable to find a trade.
Once a suitable trade was not found, both Russ and the Lakers decided they would try to make things work. However, Skip Bayless still doubts the same.
Russell Westbrook (not playing) is sitting in street clothes in the middle of the Lakers’ bench. LeBron, AD and PatBev (who don’t play) are sitting together in street clothes at the other end of the bench. He says it all.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) October 7, 2022
Patrick Beverley saw the same thing and couldn’t stop the analyst from continuing his wild goose chase.
No, he does not do it. Stop looking to skip. Sheesh 🙄 https://t.co/6JR7NMCSO3
—Patrick Beverley (@patbev21) October 7, 2022
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Things seem to be going well on the Lakers’ field, and Pat Bev doesn’t want a 70-year-old man trying to fill people’s heads and saying otherwise.
Lakers Twitter endorses Pat Bev, asks Skip Bayless to back off
In all of this preseason, we’ve seen Skip Bayless talk about only one team out of 30 teams. Could it be his love for LeBron James or his love for the drama surrounding Purple and the Gold?
Either way, the Lakers’ Twitter decided they’d had enough and talked about the same thing.
Smh jumps to Bayless, trying to find something to talk about on the show because without LeBron James your ratings for Undisputed would drop.
— Big Baby (@BigBabyJonathan) October 7, 2022
Yeah, they sure are isolating themselves from Russ! pic.twitter.com/v984k2jt9o
— 🌟 (@LALeBron23) October 7, 2022
In no way did you turn on the game to criticize that.
— Tony (@wlxtch) October 7, 2022
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People hope that Skip will stop trying to create drama where none exists. Still, that’s a great question from someone who has made hating LeBron James his lifelong goal.
