Patrick Beverley hasn’t performed in an NBA recreation since Might 2024, however that is not stopping him from stirring the pot.
The 12-year NBA guard responded to Atlanta Hawks star Trae Younger on Wednesday after Younger replied to a publish from Beverley final week. In that preliminary publish, Beverley weighed in on a query on X about why gamers go all-out in open runs through the summer season however typically present much less depth within the All-Star recreation.
Beverley wrote: “As a result of All-Stars take the sport as a right. Not 1 All-Star on the court docket. good bump,” prompting a response from Younger — a four-time All-Star — telling Beverley to “loosen up” and let gamers converse for themselves.
4 days later, Beverley addressed Younger’s response on his podcast, saying, “I do not assume he is gained sufficient to even converse to me like that or tweet me like that.”
“He is been to the playoffs thrice. I have been to the playoffs 9 [times]. He is been within the NBA seven years. My first seven years I did not miss the playoffs in any respect within the Western Convention,” he mentioned. “His rebuttal’s most likely going to be, ‘Yeah you were not the primary participant on the crew.’ Completely proper. However that is why it is a crew.”
Beverley added that he had spoken to gamers who’d performed with Younger in Atlanta — and so they instructed him they did not wish to play there.
“They do not assume he is a very good chief. They do not assume he is a very good teammate. … Trae, you possibly can rating all of the factors you need,” he mentioned. “You would make all the cash you need. You would have all of the main assists you need. You would do all that. For those who do not win, that s— will not matter. For those who do not win, if you retire, they are going to overlook your title. Quick, too.”
Pat Bev saved it 💯 with Trae Younger pic.twitter.com/kkbrTx0njY
— Pat Bev Pod (@PatBevPod) September 17, 2025
Younger had his personal response later Wednesday in an almost 12-minute video on X.
The Hawks guard mentioned Beverley “does not know what it is like” to be in his footwear, and he responded to Beverley’s claims that former Hawks teammates mentioned it was the “Trae’s Hawks,” not the Atlanta Hawks.
“State your supply. Which teammate of mine instructed [you] that it is the Trae Hawks, it ain’t the Atlanta Hawks?” Younger mentioned. “As a result of I might let you know myself, I’ve quite a lot of teammates I keep up a correspondence with. Lots. Lots that I do know you recognize. So I would like you to state your supply.”
Younger famous a number of of the All-Star gamers Beverley teamed up with throughout his profession, earlier than referencing Beverley’s emotional celebration after defeating his former crew, the LA Clippers, in a play-in recreation with the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2022.
“We not even gonna speak about how we have a good time play-in wins,” he mentioned. “I win play-in video games on the street, and I am able to get to the playoffs. You win play-in video games at dwelling, and also you standing on the scorer’s desk appearing prefer it’s a championship. We have a good time wins completely different, too.”
You realize the bar.. @fromthepointTY pic.twitter.com/I9ikBg812H
— Trae Younger (@TheTraeYoung) September 18, 2025
Younger added that dealing with Beverley by no means intimidated him — and nonetheless does not.
Younger closed by saying he has “nothing however love” for Beverley and that Beverley may attain him by means of former teammates if he wished to attach.
“Or if you wish to simply preserve speaking about it, you’ll be able to preserve speaking about it,” he mentioned.
The episode concluded with the early seconds of Drake’s 2013 observe “Tuscan Leather-based.” Within the tune, Drake raps: “Bench gamers talkin’ like starters, I hate it,” a line Younger seemingly referenced through the podcast.
“I do know lots of people wished me most likely simply to hearken to that Drake tune and publish that bar. Everyone knows how that goes,” he mentioned.
The Hawks added gasoline to the hearth Thursday by posting a compilation video of Younger scoring in opposition to Beverley in prior matchups.
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) September 18, 2025
Thursday evening, Beverley posted a video on YouTube responding to Younger, saying the guard places up “empty stats,” suggesting his numbers do not all the time translate to wins and pointing to defensive shortcomings.
“Humble your self. Embrace the constructive criticism,” Beverley mentioned. “Get higher at that and transfer the f— on. We do not have to maintain going again like this a motherf—ing YouTube debate. Prefer it ain’t that deep.”
Beverley then doubled down on his take that gamers do not wish to play in Atlanta, highlighting the turnover in coaches and entrance workplace employees. Younger has performed for 3 normal managers and three full-time head coaches since being drafted in 2018.
“Everybody that comes sees Trae Younger, they get thrown out the constructing by their collar, you hear me?” Beverley mentioned. “Gamers come. They see you, they get traded. Coaches come. They coach you, they get traded. GMs come. They govern the crew after which they get fired. Everybody that sees Trae Younger will get fired. That is the reality. … Individuals are scared to play in Atlanta.”
Beverley questioned Younger’s management and claimed he by no means sees Younger understanding at a crew facility, not like Beverley’s different former star teammates, who Beverley noticed work out at their respective crew services.
“If I am understanding in Houston, James Harden is in Houston understanding,” Beverley mentioned. “Not James Harden is understanding at one other place. Each time we see you, you are understanding at one other place. We by no means see you within the Hawks area understanding.”
Regardless of the criticism, Beverley hopes the exchanges have been productive.
“Regardless the way it goes, it should be good that comes out of this,” Beverley mentioned. “Regardless. I hope that is motivating. I hope that you simply get to the top of the 12 months and also you preventing for a motherf—ing playoff. I hope, I hope that that is so f—ing motivating that this take you to the Japanese Convention [finals].”
In seven regular-season matchups, Beverley holds the sting with a 4-3 document.
Younger averaged 25.3 factors, 9.8 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1 steal when the 2 confronted off, whereas Beverley put up 8.3 factors, 4.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.1 steals per recreation.
