He cooks it, he eats it: Beverley rules himself out for Madrid

Patrick Beverley He has once again used his podcast to report on his situation in European basketball and what he will and will not do in the immediate future. The American player, with complicated family vicissitudes given that his fiancee is of Iranian origin and geopolitics in the Middle East does not give up, is in Israel as part of the Hapoel Tel Aviv squad. He himself has speculated about a possible departure after the attempt by his friend Johnathan Motley, who left and then returned for fear of falling into breach of contract; It won’t be like that, it stays.

In the most recent episode of this weekly conversation, the point guard, after eleven years in the NBA, refused to talk about the specific offers he received from the Euroleague (something already revealed in the past, he spoke of three teams and that one was Madrid) but he has given news about his future: he will not leave the club. Hapoelwhich has just changed hands with the arrival of Dimitris Itoudis at an exorbitant price. The Chicago native assures that “Some Euroleague teams, and I’m not going to say which ones so as not to get anyone in trouble, contacted me because they needed a point guard like me and were delighted that I could join them, but I had to make a decision”but also that “I spoke with Dedas and the new coach, Itoudis, and I told them that I was not leaving. Everyone was surprised. ‘I can’t leave. I came here and promised that I would win the triple crown.’ So I’m trying.”.

Patrick Beverley He makes these statements after having injured his quadriceps and having an estimated time out of six weeks, so any departure is ruled out thanks to this reason. It is worth remembering that Beverley knows the European market well because he was already in it before pursuing a professional career in the United States: between Dnipro and Spartak he was part of the Olympiacos squad twelve years ago, a club that has made a recent change by signing the center Ghanaian Nathan Mensah. Hapoel, owned by tycoon Yannay, retains him.

While Patrick He discards himself, when he himself opened the box of thunder a few weeks ago, Real Madrid continues to pay attention to the transfer market in case an opportunity arises that is worth it. Two positions that are worked on: base and escort, either with a generator or with someone who prioritizes quality individual attacks; power forward, preferably with an outside shot, to cover the Yabusele gap that has not yet been covered with a new player. The bad streaks have not activated the panic button in the merengue offices, which have not made any additions despite the fact that the technicians have been demanding them since September.

There is a way to go for Beverley’s team, Hapoel Tel Aviv, that takes them to the Euroleague. Because that’s the goal. “Some say, ‘What happens if they don’t make it?’ Fuck them. “I have confidence in the team, the coach, the team”he added in the podcast. The eurocupthe second continental competition, is the previous step: if you win it, you are promoted. In group A, which Bahçesehir and Granca dominate, they are fifth with six wins and five losses. The challenge will not be less.

To Hapoel The season is critical if we consider the economic investment that has been made and the results expected from it. The Israelis want to reach the first European level with a ticket that Monaco, Virtus or the recent Paris already achieved years ago, with exponential growth. The billionaire Ofer Yannay, with a fortune made thanks to renewable energies, runs the club with an iron fist and with the help of a checkbook he has brought together foreigners such as Wainright, Ragland, Blakeney or the irreverent Brazilian Bruno Caboclo. Beverley and Motley, who became friends in Los Angeles and arrived hand in hand in Tel Aviv, still remain. It’s double or nothing.

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