preface:
The Timberwolves have been the league's fishy brisket team in recent years, with only one season in the last seven seasons in the playoffs, relying on Jimmy Butler, who was taken 4-1 by opponents in the first round of the playoffs. The Timberwolves play on the court like the weather in Minnesota, with no enthusiasm in sight. Timberwolves management has also made a lot of efforts in the face of the team's record, but a few trades have not been out of the woodies, but this season after Beverley joined, the Timberwolves finally have some improvement, ignited the enthusiasm they should have, this season so far the Timberwolves have achieved a record of 20 wins and 22 losses, ranking ninth in the West, the future of entering the playoffs is bright. Fans who watch the ball can find that The addition of Beverley has indeed injected a lot of passion into the Timberwolves, and Beverley is also using his thick and thin defense to gradually help the Timberwolves get back on track.
Defensive tough guys
Beverley's defense is known to be his biggest killer on the court, Beverley has a height of 185, close to 200 weight, good physical fitness so that he will not be too difficult to fight against opponents. But Beverley's defensive skills are not as good as imagined, because of his lack of height, he will appear to be a little weak when interfering with tall shots, although the skills are not good, But Bever uses his enthusiasm to make up for the gap caused by the lack of talent, just like the mad dog defense Beverley is also called "dog brother" by fans.
In the first season when the ball brother entered the league, Beverly used his defense to teach the ball brother a lesson, facing the beverly defensive ball brother only scored two points in the whole game, not only the rookie ball brother, the top star Lillard was helpless in facing Beverly, in the past three seasons, Lillard faced Beverly a total of times, these five games Lillard without exception all lost, and these five games Lillard made a mistake, the three-point shooting rate was only 22.8%, the top pitcher Lillard guidance into a blacksmith, Beverley is the only one in the league who can do it.
The importance of Beverley's defense was on full display during the 2019 Clippers vs. Warriors playoffs. The entire series Beverley has only one mission, and that is to keep an eye on Durant, the warriors' number one person. In the first game, Durant fell into the pit that Beverley dug for him, Beverley constantly harassed Durant with small actions, and finally Durant was successfully provoked, after suffering, in the later game, although Durant tried his best to suppress his emotions, but Beverley's defense was indeed too annoying, in the words of head coach Cole, the Clippers used Beverley to exchange Durant, indeed Beverley's restriction on Durant, Durant was limited to the Warriors' lack of a fire point, which made the Warriors struggle for a while. Although the Clippers eventually lost the series, Beverley did the best he could, and after the game Durant embraced Beverley, who had troubled him a lot in every game. Beverly is the typical teammate who loves and hates the opponent, and although his style of play is difficult to respect, the benefits he brings to the team are great.
An indispensable role within the team
There is a kind of character on the basketball court, doing dirty work on the court, staring at the main players on the opposite side, fighting for floor balls, fighting for rebounds, because of the almost crazy action, often criticized by fans to play "too dirty" Beverley is this kind of player, he is the typical thankless player. He constantly put pressure on the main players on the field, stimulated with words, and harassed opponents with small actions from time to time.
Beverly has great toughness, he is like a piece of dog skin plaster, wherever his opponent goes, he will follow the harassment, and he can't shake it off. Few players can stay calm against Beverley, and often explode after complaining to the referee about fruitlessness, so that opponents fall into Beverley's trap. As teammate Paul George has said that Beverly's role on the pitch cannot be reflected in the data. If you watch the game you will know how much he plays. It is true that the data cannot reflect The role of Beverley, and his behavior on the field is not favored by the fans, but Beverley still stands in his position, does not listen to the judgment of the outside world, and strives to do what he should do.
"Brother Dog" also wants to prove himself
Beverley, who played well with the Clippers last year, was eventually abandoned. Fans don't understand this, and Beverley's importance to the Clippers can be seen in the 2019 playoffs against the Warriors, but the Clippers and Beverley eventually parted ways.
In fact, the Clippers have a reluctance in their hearts, but there are too many unstable factors, the team's star Leonard is reimbursed for the injury season, the main point of the internal attack is only George, Beverley although the role is very large, the enthusiasm on the court is also very high, but Beverley is too brittle and the contract is very large, last season due to injury only for the Clippers to play 37 games, so the Clippers for the development of the team, not willing to take risks, can only give up Beverly. After being abandoned, Beverly also held his heart and wanted to prove himself. Beverley handed out 12 assists in the game against his old club, and after the game he said that at the Clippers, the team didn't think he was a playmaker, so I always wanted to prove myself.
summary:
In the case of superstars, small players like Beverley are easy to overlook, and their talents do not have many opportunities to play, but the role he brings to the team is huge. Beverley in the Clippers somewhat nostalgic feelings, after all, the Clippers have Leonard and Paul George, and Reggie, fortunately, the Timberwolves appreciate Beverley's talent and are willing to give him a chance, Beverley also seized this opportunity very well, I believe that with Beverley, the Timberwolves will be more scrappy in the next game, which gives them a great chance to impact the playoffs.