Patrick Beverley was turned into a villain on the internet today after Yahoo! Sports reported that he rudely interrupted Michele Roberts during a presentation to the NBA’s player’s during their meeting on Wednesday after the walkout.
He reportedly told Roberts that “I pay your salary” and wouldn’t let her continue a point about the financial losses the players could see if they chose not to continue the playoffs in the NBA’s bubble.
But apparently, according to some NBA players who were obviously at the meeting, it didn’t go down that way.
Roberts and Beverley did have some sort of moment with one another, but his teammates and other players are saying he absolutely did not tell her that he pays her salary.
His teammate Amir Coffee said that isn’t how it went down.
Stop the cap 🧢🧢 https://t.co/221jmKtk1H
— Amir Coffey (@coffeyshop_) August 28, 2020
So did Ivica Zubac
I don’t know who leaks this stuff, but Pat never said anything like this… 🤦🏻♂️ https://t.co/HYyUuugekL
— Ivica Zubac (@ivicazubac) August 28, 2020
And the Orlando Magic’s Vic Law.
Quite frankly, I don’t know what reporter was in the room, but I can definitively say that is not what he said. https://t.co/8QUklB6hJj
— Vic Law (@Followthe_LAW) August 28, 2020
So, it looks like something did happen. But it doesn’t seem to have happened in the fashion that it has been reported.
Beverley addressed the situation briefly when talking with the media on Friday.
Pat Bev discusses his communication with Michele Roberts pic.twitter.com/tYrdSMNwtI
— Taylor Rooks (@TaylorRooks) August 28, 2020
“We had a very interesting conversation. PA is like a family…Everyone is part of a family. You don’t always agree with your family members and that’s OK. You communicate about it and you try to make it better. Whatever the dialogue was and whatever you guys think it is, we made things better yesterday meeting with the owners. And that’s the most important.”
So it doesn’t look like we’ll ever find out exactly what was said between the two and how the conversation went down. But it seems that some people may owe Beverley an apology.
