The NBA is over for Patrick Beverley for now, Patrick Beverley will now play for the Israeli team Hapoel Tel Aviv.
The Patrick Beverly news was a bit out of left field but he said they gave him everything he asked for so he couldn’t say no.
I'm surprised to read today that the contract which included everything he asked for was only $2,000,000 per year for 2 years. His last NBA contract had to be for significantly more than that, right? I'm pretty sure that's below the veterans minimum in the NBA. I guess that means not a single team in the NBA was interested in signing Pat Bev. That, or the Israeli's are giving him some incredible perks outside of his compensation, which is more likely in my opinion than no team in the NBA wanting him for the league minimum.
His contract with the Sixers is $3,196,448 (
https://www.spotrac.com/nba/player/_/id/6297/patrick-beverley) and probably that's what the Bucks absorb when he was traded. And probably that was around the NBA veteran minimum too but obviously he rejected it. Could be the offer is too good for him by Hapoel and then there is a good chance for him to travel as well, so win win for him.
I do agree, Embiid had a bad performance so far, but I do think that this will have to end sooner or later. We are still in the exhibition matches so we can tolerate this. But once it's a full blown Olympic game, he has to step up and AD can't start as a center.