{"id":291034,"date":"2022-08-25T21:52:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T19:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=291034"},"modified":"2022-08-25T21:52:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T19:52:32","slug":"lakers-acquire-patrick-beverley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/lakers-acquire-patrick-beverley\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers acquire Patrick Beverley"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"utility-font accent-primary-border ArticleContent_articleContent__fQIPK\">\n<div class=\"GutenbergParagraph_gutenbergParagraph__unejv GutenbergParagraph_gutenbergParagraphMedium__EQvYc\">\n<p>The Los Angeles Lakers have acquired guard Patrick Beverley from the Utah Jazz in exchange for guard Talen Horton-Tucker and forward Stanley Johnson, it was announced today by Vice President of Basketball Operations and General Manager Rob Pelinka.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"GutenbergParagraph_gutenbergParagraph__unejv GutenbergParagraph_gutenbergParagraphMedium__EQvYc\">\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to add Patrick Beverley\u2019s toughness and competitive spirit to our team,\u201d Pelinka said. \u201cWe\u2019re confident that Patrick\u2019s \u20183-and-D\u2019 style will fit in nicely with the other pieces of our roster, and align perfectly with Coach Ham\u2019s philosophy of hard work and smart play.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"GutenbergParagraph_gutenbergParagraph__unejv GutenbergParagraph_gutenbergParagraphMedium__EQvYc\">\n<p>Beverley (6\u20191\u201d, 180) averaged 9.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.2 steals in 58 games (54 starts) for the Minnesota Timberwolves last season. In 526 career NBA games (438 starts) across 10 seasons with Minnesota (2021-22), LA Clippers (2017-21) and Houston (2012-17), he has averaged 8.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.1 steals in 27.4 minutes per game, shooting 37.8 percent from 3-point range.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"GutenbergParagraph_gutenbergParagraph__unejv GutenbergParagraph_gutenbergParagraphMedium__EQvYc\">\n<p>Across 65 career playoff games (54 starts) with the Timberwolves, Clippers and Rockets, Beverley has averaged 8.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 26.7 minutes per game, while shooting 36.1 percent from beyond the arc. The Chicago native received All-Defensive First Team honors in 2017 and Second Team honors in 2014 and 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"GutenbergParagraph_gutenbergParagraph__unejv GutenbergParagraph_gutenbergParagraphMedium__EQvYc\">\n<p>In three seasons with the Lakers (2019-22), Horton-Tucker appeared in 131 games (24 starts) and averaged 9.3 points, 2.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.0 steals in 22.1 minutes per contest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"GutenbergParagraph_gutenbergParagraph__unejv GutenbergParagraph_gutenbergParagraphMedium__EQvYc\">\n<p>A seven-year NBA veteran, Johnson began the 2021-22 season with the South Bay Lakers of the NBA G League before signing three separate 10-day contracts with the Los Angeles Lakers. Johnson was signed by LA for the remainder of the season on Jan. 27, and in 48 games (27 starts) he averaged 6.7 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 22.8 minutes per game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"utility-font accent-primary-border ArticleTags_articleTags__3UxXw\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles officially trades with Utah, sending Horton-Tucker and Johnson in exchange for former Clippers guard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":291033,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[185,15727],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-291034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-official","typology-press-release-en"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/2223_lal_mktg_freeagency_beverley_1600x900_jd.webp","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291034"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=291034"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=291034"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=291034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}