Patrick Beverley

LeBron James provided the blueprint for NBA sustainability and professionalism

Every single day of every minute of the day, I was with LeBron James. He showed me how to do everything the right way... Be different. That foundation he gave me with the Miami Heat is probably why I'm sustainable now.

Daryl Morey trading me for a second-round pick and Cam Payne was a hell of a business move

You get a 35-year-old, you pay him the minimum. You get Pat Bev for the minimum, literally steal... Then you trade him, you get a younger Cam Payne and you get a second round pick. You gotta think that's a hell of a business move. I understand how it is.

I guarantee the Bucks have a chance to compete for a championship this year

I guarantee a chance to compete for a championship [with the Bucks]. Yes. It's the only answer.

70% of big men in the NBA do not actually love basketball

50% of the NBA are guys that don't love basketball... Let's raise that number to 70 then for the big guys. 70% of the big guys... it's forced upon you because you're seven feet. Something wrong happened in your life [if you didn't play basketball at that height].

The key to a long NBA career is playing elite defense for the first six years to establish yourself, which buys you another decade to show your offense

In order for me to sustain a career in the NBA, the key or the code to the bank or to the key to get in the door was defense. Now, once I set the stone in six years, I should be cool if I ride that wave, I should be good for like another eight or nine years. During that eight or nine years I can show offense.

Draymond Green gets the JJ Watt treatment on defense where they let him freelance and do whatever he wants

They give [Draymond Green] the JJ Watt treatment. They let him do whatever the fuck he wants... They let him roam. Freelance.