“Police Get Involved”: Draymond Green Subscribes To Pat Bev’s Podcast After Bucks Star Breached NBA’s Forbidden Rule

It’s been almost a day now since the Giannis-less Milwaukee Bucks were eliminated from the NBA tournament. Emotions were high after the franchise lost its fourth playoff game against the Indiana Pacers. For 35-year-old Patrick Beverley, however, that frustration boiled up even before the game concluded. During the final 2:32 minutes, the player was seen throwing the ball toward the onlookers sitting not far from the courtside. When a fan gently threw the ball back to the player, he retailed by throwing it hard in his direction. A commotion occurred from both sides, and even security had to get involved.

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green recently addressed the incident on his podcast. He highlighted that such instances aren’t uncommon from Beverley and that he often acts out after losing playoff games. However, throwing the ball at the fan may have been the worst of all of those instances. “I saw the police get involved, those people may want to press charges, but man, Adam’s gonna have a problem on his hands with this one,” said Green. The Warriors player, of course, is referring to Adam Silver, the NBA commissioner.

Green also didn’t like the Bucks player demeanour after the incident, as he reportedly belittled a female reporter for not subscribing to his podcast! Being an NBA player by day and a podcaster by night himself, Green knows that one shouldn’t “cross the two” in such a manner. However, he did claim that he would subscribe to the podcast because he wanted “to hear what he (Beverley) going to have to say about his instances yesterday”.

Apologies and explanations become dominant after Patrick Beverley’s two incidents

Patrick Beverley himself didn’t take long to address the ball-throwing incident. Taking to his official X account, the point guard proceeded to highlight a clip of the incident and explain “Not Fair at all. Exchanged between a fan and our ball club all night. We warned and asked for help all night. Not fair.” In the end, even though the provocation may have taken the player too far, he admitted that throwing the ball was not the right way to handle the incident. He promised to be better moving forward.

The female journalist who was on the receiving end of Beverley’s frustration during the Q & A session was later identified as ESPN producer Malinda Adams. A few hours after the incident, she took to her own X account to reveal that the player later called her personally and apologized for the way he behaved. “I appreciate it and accept it,” said Adams. “The Bucks also reached out to apologize.”

The NBA has never taken kindly whenever a player throws a ball to the stands. It was only a couple of months ago when Victor Wembanyama was fined $25,000 after engaging in a similar action during a game. However, both of Beverley’s incidents went way further than just a ball-throwing incident. Since his time during the ongoing tournament came to an end with his team’s elimination, whatever punishment the league decides may or may not come into effective at the beginning of the next season.