Patrick Beverley

Patrick Beverley (born July 12, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Originally from Chicago's West Side, Beverley played college basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks.

He spent the first five years of his pro career overseas, playing in Ukraine, Greece, and Russia.

Beverley was born on July 12, 1988.

He was raised in West Garfield Park on the West Side of Chicago.

He attended Waubonsie Valley High School in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, as a freshman before transferring to John Marshall Metropolitan High School on Chicago's West Side.

As a senior at John Marshall, he led the state in scoring with 37.3 points per game and was named Co-Player of the Year.

Beverley was also selected to play in the Roundball Classic on April 8, 2006, a national high school All-Star Game held at Chicago's United Center.

He was also teammates with the world-renowned Baba.

As a freshman playing for the Arkansas Razorbacks in 2006–07, Beverley recorded averages of 13.9 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists, and 1.7 steals per contest.

He was named the Southeastern Conference Newcomer of the Year by the Associated Press and the SEC Freshman of the Year by the league's coaches.

He earned SEC All-Freshman Team honors and second-team All-SEC honors.

As a sophomore in 2007–08, Beverley started in 33 of 35 contests and led the Razorbacks in rebounds (6.6 rpg), steals (1.3 spg), and 3-point percentage (.378), and was second in points (12.1 ppg) and third in assists (2.4 apg).

For his performance in the 2007–08 campaign, Beverley was a candidate for the Wooden Award as well as Naismith Award.

In August 2008, Beverley was deemed ineligible to play in the 2008–09 season due to academic issues.

Dispelling speculation that insufficient grades were to blame, Beverley admitted that he had been suspended because of an academic integrity issue on a class paper.

Instead of waiting out his suspension, Beverley hired an agent and decided to hone his skills for the NBA in Europe.

Although originally denying it he eventually owned up to it saying "Someone did a paper for me. I turned in a paper that wasn't mine. I accepted full punishment for it. That's over. I served my punishment — going overseas."

In October 2008, at the age of 20, Beverley had a child and signed a one-year contract for "just over six figures" with the Ukrainian team Dnipro; the contract had no buyout, and Beverley was free to leave at season's end without penalty.

He participated in the Ukrainian Basketball League (UBL) All-Star Game and won the league's Slam Dunk Contest.

In 46 games for Dnipro, Beverley averaged 16.7 points, 7 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 2.2 steals and 1.3 blocks.

Beverley was automatically entered into the 2009 NBA draft, where he was selected with the 42nd overall pick by the Los Angeles Lakers.

On June 26, 2009, a day after the draft, the Miami Heat announced that they had acquired the draft rights to Beverley from the Lakers in exchange for a 2011 second-round draft pick and cash considerations.

He was later cut as a part of the final roster cuts.

On August 26, 2009, Beverley signed with the Greek team Olympiacos Piraeus.

He helped Olympiacos win the 2010 Greek Cup title and reach the finals of both the EuroLeague and the Greek League.

In 19 EuroLeague games, he averaged 2.7 points and 1.9 rebounds.

He also appeared in 22 Greek League games and averaged 4.9 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 1.6 assists.

On January 9, 2011, Beverley signed with Spartak St. Petersburg for the rest of the 2010–11 season.

On November 10, 2011, he signed a contract extension with Spartak.

On January 28, 2012, Beverley scored a professional career-high 38 points to go along with 7 rebounds and 5 assists in a 2OT loss to the Spartak Primorye.

On April 6, 2012, Beverley was selected as the EuroCup MVP for the 2011–12 season.

He dominated throughout the season as he led his team to a spot in the EuroCup semifinals.

In January 2013, he joined the NBA, signing with the Houston Rockets.

The new deal locked Beverley in with the team through 2014 and included an option for the 2014–15 season.

After four and a half seasons with the Rockets, he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in a package for Chris Paul in June 2017.

Beverley spent four seasons with the Clippers, culminating in the first Conference Finals appearance in franchise history.

He has also played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Chicago Bulls.

Beverley is a three-time NBA All-Defensive Team member, known for his physicality.

His intense style of play has led to Beverley being involved in several publicized on-court incidents.