The Sacramento Kings offered ex-NBA player Patrick Beverley a lucrative deal in 2019 free agency.
Former NBA point guard Patrick Beverley has taken his basketball career overseas after being one of the most tenacious and aggressive defenders and competitors in the league for years.to tell fans a story about his 2019 free agency, claiming that he turned down an offer from the Kings to return to the Clippers for less money, but instead a crazy deal with Clippers owner Steve Ballmer:
"So I signed my deal with the Clippers, right?" Beverley continues, "I got like a three-year, $50 million from Sacramento. I'm like 'Nah, I'm cool,' like I want to stay Clippers. So I take the three-year, $40 million from the Clippers... and Steve Ballmer goes, 'With that, I'm gonna give you 94 basketball courts that you can choose to put all around LA.
In 2019 free agency, Beverley was coming off a 2018-19 season where he averaged 7.6 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 3.8 assists on his way to earning ninth in Defensive Player of the Year voting. Beverley had a successful career with seven different franchises but never wanted to put on a Kings jersey. In that same free agency, the Kings gave Harrison Barnes a four-year, $85 million contract, Cory Joseph a three-year, $37 million deal, and DeWayne Dedmon $40 million for three years. While Barnes was a valiant role player in Sacramento, the Kings were seemingly just throwing money around in the 2019 offseason.
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