The new Los Angeles Lakers guard Patrick Beverley revealed that he wasn’t expecting to get traded this offseason:
“The Minnesota trade came out sideways. Obviously no one on my team… we didn’t expect for that to happen so I’m preparing like I’m going back to Minnesota. I get a call, ‘You’re traded to Utah.’ My mindset I gotta take Utah to the playoffs. That’s just my mindset.
“You hear things… you’re on the Internet, I’m on the Internet you hear things. You don’t know how true it is until it finally happens that’s when it really hits you like, ‘I’m a Laker.’ When we got that call or whatever… the guy or whoever put it out, Woj or whoever, it was almost like… you want something it’s finally here. I’m just super excited about it. Like I said, to play with those three guys and the coaches. His first year… I’ve been with a coach where he coached his first year. It’s super exciting, you focus on nothing but winning. To go through that whole process again, I’m very excited.”
