Bucks G Patrick Beverley Recalls “Sick Story” in Short Stint with Jazz

The Utah Jazz have had their share of NBA players pass through Salt Lake City in their careers. Jazz fans may recall when current Milwaukee Bucks guard Patrick Beverley was traded to Utah as part of the Rudy Gobert exchange in the summer of 2022.

Beverely’s time as a Jazzman was short-lived. He was traded during the same summer to the Los Angeles Lakers for Talen Horton-Tucker and Stanley Johnson. Despite not lasting long enough ever to put on a Jazz uniform, Beverly still has a good memory regarding his experience in Utah. 

Specifically, he recalled interacting with Utah’s front office while working out for his new team. Beverly sounded off on the experience when he joined the Pardon My Take podcast @BarstoolSports.

“Sick story, I get traded to the Jazz and I don't know, they just literally traded everybody. Donovan Mitchell is gone, Rudy Gilbert is gone. I'm like, okay. Are you guys being competitive? You know? But I really don't know anyone because I just got traded there and I'm like, I don't know what's going on. I show up everyday 5:30 am six days in a row. Show up every f****** day 5:30. I'm the first m******* there. By the time I'm done, GM’s are just walking in.”

“Are we trying to win, just let me know. Let me know if we’re just trying to win. I got m******* out they beds 6:00 in the morning. I'm talking about professionals I see a GM, he walking there with his son. I go — I got to take my son to school. Hey man, you know what, I'm glad you said that because I'm trying to see where I'm gonna take my son to school this season. Am I going to be in Utah? I need to know.”