A recent clip has some fans anxious about Westbrook’s chemistry with his teammates as the regular season approaches, but he and Patrick Beverley say “everything’s great.”
EL SEGUNDO — In the story of Russell Westbrook’s tenure with the Lakers, the internet might be its own character., a host of fans fixated on a clip from the ESPN broadcast less than 20 seconds long in the third quarter: Patrick Beverley called a huddle during a break in the game. LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Lonnie Walker IV all walked over –
To any number of amateur sleuths, this could be fuel to a few fires: that Westbrook is unhappy as a Laker; that he and Beverley still don’t get along. Overnight, the clip was teased apart and generated hundreds of thousands of views in various iterations. He smiled as if befuddled when talking about the Internet’s reaction to the clip – but the 33-year-old knows his behavior is being closely dissected after the offseason rumor mill he’s already run through.
Ever since the Lakers traded for Beverley, there’s been speculation that the two could not coexist given their history of going at each other over the last decade – dating to 2013 when Beverley made a play that led directly to Westbrook tearing the meniscus in his right knee. But since September,– with Beverley going so far as to call Westbrook “my best friend” on the team early on.
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