Patrick Beverley hasn’t played in an NBA game since May 2024, but that isn’t stopping him from stirring the pot.
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The 12-year NBA guard responded to Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young on Wednesday after Young replied to a post from Beverley last week. In that initial post, Beverley weighed in on a question on X about why players go all-out in open runs during the summer but often show less intensity in the All-Star game.
Beverley wrote: “Because All-Stars take the game for granted. Not 1 All-Star on the court. good bump,” prompting a response from Young — a four-time All-Star — telling Beverley to “relax” and let players speak for themselves.
Four days later, Beverley addressed Young’s response on his podcast, saying, “I don’t think he’s won enough to even speak to me like that or tweet me like that.”
“He’s been to the playoffs three times. I’ve been to the playoffs nine [times]. He’s been in the NBA seven years. My first seven years I didn’t miss the playoffs at all in the Western Conference,” he said. “His rebuttal’s probably going to be, ‘Yeah you weren’t the main player on the team.’ Absolutely right. But this is why it’s a team.”
Beverley added that he had spoken to players who’d played with Young in Atlanta — and they told him they didn’t want to play there.
“They don’t think he’s a good leader. They don’t think he’s a good teammate. … Trae, you could score all the points you want,” he said. “You could make all the money you want. You could have all the leading assists you want. You could do all that. If you don’t win, that s— won’t matter. If you don’t win, when you retire, they’re going to forget your name. Fast, too.”
Pat Bev kept it 💯 with Trae Young pic.twitter.com/kkbrTx0njY
— Pat Bev Pod (@PatBevPod) September 17, 2025
Young had his own response later Wednesday in a nearly 12-minute video on X.
The Hawks guard said Beverley “doesn’t know what it’s like” to be in his shoes, and he responded to Beverley’s claims that former Hawks teammates said it was the “Trae’s Hawks,” not the Atlanta Hawks.
“State your source. Which teammate of mine told [you] that it’s the Trae Hawks, it ain’t the Atlanta Hawks?” Young said. “Because I would tell you myself, I have a lot of teammates I keep in touch with. A lot. A lot that I know you know. So I want you to state your source.”
Young noted several of the All-Star players Beverley teamed up with during his career, before referencing Beverley’s emotional celebration after defeating his former team, the LA Clippers, in a play-in game with the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2022.
“We not even gonna talk about how we celebrate play-in wins,” he said. “I win play-in games on the road, and I’m ready to get to the playoffs. You win play-in games at home, and you standing on the scorer’s table acting like it’s a championship. We celebrate wins different, too.”
You know the bar.. @fromthepointTY pic.twitter.com/I9ikBg812H
— Trae Young (@TheTraeYoung) September 18, 2025
Young added that facing Beverley never intimidated him — and still doesn’t.
Young closed by saying he has “nothing but love” for Beverley and that Beverley could reach him through former teammates if he wanted to connect.
“Or if you want to just keep talking about it, you can keep talking about it,” he said.
The episode concluded with the early seconds of Drake’s 2013 track “Tuscan Leather.” In the song, Drake raps: “Bench players talkin’ like starters, I hate it,” a line Young seemingly referenced during the podcast.
“I know a lot of people wanted me probably just to listen to that Drake song and post that bar. We all know how that goes,” he said.
The Hawks added fuel to the fire Thursday by posting a compilation video of Young scoring against Beverley in prior matchups.
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) September 18, 2025
In seven regular-season matchups, Beverley holds the edge with a 4-3 record.
Young averaged 25.3 points, 9.8 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1 steal when the two faced off, while Beverley put up 8.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game.
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