When Patrick Beverley, the former heart of the Clippers, was moved to the Los Angeles Lakers, the NBA world was in disbelief. Beverley had spent years slandering the Lakers and Russell Westbrook in particular. The main concern for everyone is how Russell Westbrook and Patrick Beverley would get along. One of the first things Patrick Beverley did after joining the Laker was to praise Russell Westbrook on Twitter.
Beverley being traded to the Lakers may indicate that the franchise is more inclined to trade Westbrook, according to mounting reports, so this may all be for show and be for nothing. Whatever the case, few people in the NBA could ever accept the current status. Their rivalry traces back to Beverley's and Westbrook's respective tenures as Rockets and Thunder. It persisted all the way up until last year when Westbrook was a Laker and Beverley a Timberwolf.