One of the best ways to endear yourself to modern Lakers fans is to bury one of the team’s rivals in either the Celtics or Clippers. Newly-acquired Laker Patrick Beverley, an expert in pandering, needed one press conference to accomplish that task.
On Tuesday, Beverley was officially introduced as a Laker and officially became a Laker at the same time by slandering the Clippers.
Patrick Beverley on going from playing for the Clippers to the Lakers: “Very different. Night and day. Walking around the city, you almost get a different respect.