When the Bucks lost Game 6 of the first round of their season-ending playoff series to the Pacers on Thursday night, Patrick Beverley’s postgame behavior was just as bad as his in-game performance.
The Bucks guard, who scored six points on 3-of-11 shooting in Milwaukee’s 120-98 win for 40 points, told ESPN reporter Malinda Adams that she was not subscribed to the podcast and could not ask questions. said. During the media scrum at the lockers after the game.
“Would you like to subscribe to my pod?” Beverly, 35, said in a video of the exchange posted on X.
When Adams said, “I’m not,” Beverly responded, “I’m not.” “Then you can’t interview me. No disrespect.”
Beverly then pushed Adams’ microphone away and said, “Can you please take that microphone off my face?”
Beverly then interrupted another reporter’s question and continued to bark at Adams. Mr. Adams stood there with a microphone like the other reporters.
“If you haven’t subscribed to my pod, please move that mic or leave the circle,” he said. “I appreciate that. Thank you.”
Beverley received backlash from many other reporters and the “Inside the NBA” staff.
According to Lori Nickell of the Journal-Sentinel: It’s not the first time Beverly pulled off the stunt.
In another situation, Beverley got caught by a Pacers fan sitting behind the Milwaukee bench.
With less than three minutes left in the fourth quarter, with the Pacers leading the Bucks 114-94, Beverley violently threw the ball at multiple fans, including a woman. It was his second time throwing the ball with this group.
Beverly then ran over and brushed off her grabbed teammate, de-escalating the situation.
He exchanged words with fans, but the details are unclear.
On Friday, Beverly reposted the video on her X page with the message: “It’s not fair at all. There was interaction all night between the fans and the baseball club. We warned all night and asked for help. It’s not fair.”
Charles Barkley and Ernie Johnson were not happy with Beverly’s actions.
“Listen, I did something stupid and got criticized. It’s just wrong,” Barkley said on TNT’s postgame show. “He’s going to get suspended for that and it’s going to be a good fight because he didn’t do it once, he did it twice…That’s just stupid.”
“You wouldn’t expect that from a 35-year-old, 12-year veteran,” Johnson added.
ESPN NFL reporter Kimberly Martin I wrote it in X’s post: “One thing we will not tolerate is clown behavior, especially when it’s directed at one of the best producers sports journalism, and ESPN, has ever seen. Gotfo. ”
Beverly wrote X I said this on Friday morning. And I do. ”
It’s unclear whether he’s talking about something he wasn’t involved with on the court, a violent interaction with a fan, or harassing a reporter to boost his podcast.
The NBA had not yet addressed Beverley’s actions as of Friday morning.
