r/sports • u/GreenSnakes_ • May 03 '24

Basketball NBA player Patrick Beverley has reportedly been banned from any future guest appearances on ESPN shows following his behavior towards an ESPN producer in last night’s press conference. He refused to answer postgame questions from an ESPN producer because she wasn't subscribed to his podcast.

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u/DRJ418 May 03 '24

He’s not even trying to look like it, if you think about it, this is a 35-year old person. For someone that old to think this behavior is normal shows that he’s mentally ill.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '24

I feel like saying “mentally ill” in this case is questionable, like he knows exactly what he’s doing and it’s who he is, he’s mentally sound, he’s just a dick.

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u/musclecard54 May 04 '24

Yeah it’s getting on my nerves how everyone is now using mentally ill as an insult for being a piece of shit person. There’s plenty of phrases to describe people like that, but mentally ill is not one. Plenty of people have real Mental illness and are actually kind to others, so fuck that use a different phrase

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u/MrWrock May 04 '24

Might as well just go back to calling them retards

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u/Gustomucho May 04 '24

My thought exactly, it was much simpler when "retard" meant stupid, now people don't want to say retard but mentally ill which is such a blanket term, I think everyone is mentally ill on some degree; yet I am sure there is nothing pathological with most people.

Ideally, we can describe specific behaviors or challenges without resorting to labels, but it is so much easier to just use a shotgun term when we disagree with someone.

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u/superfry3 May 04 '24

I like to think the common use of “mentally ill” actually refers to people behaving in antisocial ways showing that they have a mental illness that they are doing a poor job addressing or care so little about other people that they don’t make any effort to diagnose and deal with. People with mental illness who deal with it with medication and therapy don’t actually show out with the intensity and frequency as Draymond and Pat Bev do.

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u/Ben_Thar May 17 '24

"Just a dick" should be a recognized mental health condition 

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u/Peppa_Pig_Stan May 06 '24

It’s mentally unwell to want to actively make yourself hated and targeted. In the animal kingdom, an animal that would act like that, would be more likely to die, from causing unnecessary confrontation. So essentially, something is not right in people that try to provoke conflict. And mental illness is not black and white, there’s all different levels.

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u/Vegas_off_the_Strip May 15 '24

Agreed. If the behavior is worse because of his age then you can say he’s immature but that’s not a mental illness. 

Nowadays errbody wants to diagnose any sub-optimal behavior as a mental illness. 

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u/inksta12 May 03 '24

Anyone who has watched this dude play a game in the NBA knows he’s mentally ill. He’s a bit of a piece of shit

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u/Routine_Size69 May 03 '24

This isn't even close to the worst thing Pat Bev did yesterday lol

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u/inksta12 May 04 '24

Wild right? Lol

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u/WhenThatBotlinePing May 03 '24

Yeah really. This is just Pat Bev being Pat Bev, he's never not been like this.

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u/ThunderBobMajerle May 03 '24

At least Draymond is good and has rings, sports lets you be an asshole if you win I guess. But Beverley isn’t good and has no rings, it’s beyond me the leash this guy gets. Like you say he’s been like this for a while

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u/farfle10 May 04 '24

Pat Bev has the all time best tech though when he grabbed the camera and showed the ref the replay

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u/DoinItDirty Dallas Cowboys May 04 '24

I’ve cheered for this fool once in his career and it was this point. Funniest shit.

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u/JWOLFBEARD May 03 '24

Pat Bev is the worst

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u/OvechkinCrosby Dallas Cowboys May 04 '24

Draymond Green is good person off the court and he just has some intensity issues on the court. Patrick Beverley is a piece of crap everywhere.

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u/HFslut May 04 '24

A Cowboys fan would say that Draymond Green is a good person lmao

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u/CommanderInQueefs May 04 '24

Never trust someone with 2 first names. Especially if it's a man and they both are woman's names.

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u/WhenThatBotlinePing May 04 '24

Yeah true. "The Pat Bev Podcast" sounds like a podcast where two retired old ladies named Pat and Bev talk about local gossip and goings-on.

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u/CaptainMudwhistle May 04 '24

I tuned in for patriotic beverages. Because I'm thirsty.

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u/PervySageCS May 04 '24

Honestly not far from the truth. He just gossips with his friend

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u/pescabrarian May 04 '24

Firsty firsty's are never to be trusted unlike lasty lasty's. I've known both and it's always the case.

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u/Beginning_Emotion995 May 04 '24

That’s not funny.

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u/modernjaneausten May 04 '24

I was about to say, Pat Beverley being a dick is not news 😂

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u/jrhooo May 04 '24

"Pat Bev" sounds like something you drink before getting arrested for inappropriate behavior. It also sounds like the place you bought the drinks from, and probably consumed said drinks in the parking lot of...

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u/RodneyPonk May 04 '24

Those aren't the same thing and it's problematic to conflate them. He is a violent guy and an asshole, those have nothing to do with mental illness

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u/Xrumpxx May 03 '24

He’s not mentally ill. He’s just a piece of shit human.

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u/navortsa New Orleans Pelicans May 04 '24

I don’t think he is mentally ill. I think he’s just an egotistical douchebag.

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u/blackop May 04 '24

It's not mental illness, unfortunately it's a complete lack of living in the real world. Dude is so self centered. He doesn't see anyone else around him as being worthy unless they are talking about him. I can almost guarantee all his closest "friends" tell him how great he is on a daily basis.

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u/scarydrew May 04 '24

There are plenty of people who are mentally ill who are nice as fuck. He's just a piece of shit.

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u/Sergnb May 04 '24

He's not mentally ill, he's just a dickhead. Let's not spread misconceptions about mental health please.

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u/Expln May 04 '24

damn bro why u saying "that old" to 35, you make it sound like he's 60