Patrick Beverley (born July 12, 1988), sometimes referred to as Pat Bev, is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks before spending 3+1⁄2 seasons overseas in Ukraine, Greece, and Russia. In January 2013, he joined the Houston Rockets and quickly cemented himself as the team's starting point guard. Beverley is a 3-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. In June 2017, he was traded to the Clippers.
Beverley attended Waubonsie Valley High School in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, as a freshman before transferring to John Marshall Metropolitan High School on Chicago's West Side.[2] As a senior at John Marshall, he led the state in scoring with 37.3 points per game and was named Co-Player of the Year. Beverley was also selected to play in the Roundball Classic on April 8, 2006, a national high school All-Star Game held at Chicago's United Center.
