‘The next five years are mine’: A Patrick Beverley retrospective

Patrick Beverley, before his five-year plan implodedFresh of the Los Angeles Clippers signing Kawhi Leonard and trading for Paul George in the summer of 2019, Patrick Beverley was full of confidence in the season opener. After forcing a turnover on Steph Curry near the end of the Golden State Warriors’ loss, Beverley declared “You had the last five years. The next five years are mine.”

Reportedly Curry’s response was, “Aren’t you 31?”

Now, after the Indiana Pacers defeated the Milwaukee Bucks Thursday night to eliminate them from the playoffs, we have reached the end of the five-year Patrick Beverley Era. It ended ugly. First, Beverley repeatedly threw a basketball into the stands, hitting a…