{"id":514495,"date":"2026-09-09T16:06:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=514495"},"modified":"2026-09-09T16:06:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:06:41","slug":"patrick-beverley-i-turned-down-50-million-from-sacramento-to-stay-with-the-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/patrick-beverley-i-turned-down-50-million-from-sacramento-to-stay-with-the-clippers\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Beverley: \u201cI turned down $50 million from Sacramento to stay with the Clippers\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"15275a49-1f0b-44e1-b0f4-7127c5062259\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-6\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"fbskMG_root markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"372\" data-end=\"490\">Patrick Beverley revealed that he once made a significant financial sacrifice to remain with the Los Angeles Clippers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"492\" data-end=\"664\">\u201cI signed a three-year, $40 million contract with the Clippers. I turned down a three-year, $50 million deal with Sacramento just to stay with the Clippers,\u201d Beverley said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"761\">The decision was particularly meaningful to him because of his role in the franchise\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"942\">\u201cFor me to be there, with all the great guards they\u2019ve had, I was part of that starting five that helped the Clippers go to the Western Conference Finals for the first time ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"944\" data-end=\"1109\">Beverley pointed out the long list of prominent point guards who had played for the franchise, including James Harden, Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul and Rajon Rondo.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1361\">\u201cThey had a plethora of point guards that just could never help them get over the hump, but I was part of that starting five that helped them finally, for the first time ever \u2014 and they haven\u2019t been back since \u2014 get to the Western Conference Finals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1361\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ojShC8CsW2U?si=3Qj9YBF6VIjG2Z-3\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"oe3qhd\" data-start=\"1363\" data-end=\"1383\">\u201cI called Kawhi\u201d<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1385\" data-end=\"1468\">Beverley also recalled the negotiations surrounding his contract with the Clippers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1470\" data-end=\"1666\">\u201cThe \u2018no\u2019 was like four to five million dollars total for one year. I left the meeting, I called Kawhi, and then they called me back down. My agent said they lifted it up to six to eight million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1668\" data-end=\"1817\">\u201cAnd then I\u2019m like, okay, well I definitely want to go for sure, because why do you need to call Kawhi for anything when I\u2019ve been here the longest?\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"gqit72\" data-start=\"1819\" data-end=\"1844\">The Minnesota chapter<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1846\" data-end=\"1961\">Beverley also reflected on his time with the Minnesota Timberwolves and the significance of their 2022 playoff run.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1963\" data-end=\"2076\">\u201cThe first team we play against is the Clippers, and if we win, Minnesota gets into the playoffs after 16 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2078\" data-end=\"2262\">Beverley recalled the many high-level players who had previously played for Minnesota, including Jimmy Butler and Derrick Rose, as well as All-Star-caliber players such as Jeff Teague.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2264\" data-end=\"2342\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u201cThen you inject Pat Bev in there and we&#8217;re playing with a number seven seed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none -mb-px h-px w-full opacity-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former NBA guard revealed that he rejected a larger offer from the Kings to remain with the Clippers, and recalled the historic 2019 playoff run that saw Los Angeles reach its first Western Conference Finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":514496,"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":[187],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-514495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-video"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/Balzanelli_23ottobre2024_346.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514495","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\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514495"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=514495"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=514495"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=514495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}