Other than peaceful coexistence within the Lakers between Russell Westbrook and the newcomer Patrick Beverley, two antithetical playmakers in the style of play, and who have been opposing each other for about ten years.
An unstable animosity that dates back to 2013, when Beverley, under the Clippers, dived to retrieve a stray ball by touching Westbrook’s knee intent on calling a timeout.
Westbrook, who was then a member of the Thunder, had suffered a tear in his meniscus on the occasion that knocked him out for the rest of the playoffs. It’s no secret that Westbrook hasn’t forgiven …
So, according to The Athletic’s Jovan Buha, Beverley’s arrival at the Lakers marks the end of Russell Westbrook’s Los Angeles story. If he is not sold, he could be the subject of a buyout or even stand still for a year as happened to John Wall with the Houston Rockets.
