Houston Rockets: What's In Patrick Beverley's Future?

The Houston Rockets lost a big contributor in regard to what they do this week.

Who would that be?

That would be none other than uptempo guard Patrick Beverley.

There are many fans that think that the Rockets won’t miss a beat but his defensive prowess is second-to-none and it’s the reason why he is in the NBA in the first place.

Yes, there have been many moments over the past few months where we could’ve seen a better effort out of Bev in some of the games that he undertook.

But we don’t know for sure if he were playing these games in a great deal of pain.

Beverley’s season has officially ended after undergoing surgery to repair some ligaments in his left wrist that will sideline him for the next four months.

He injured it near the mid-point of the third quarter against the Indiana Pacers March 23rd.

We can only go off of what performance he demonstrates on the basketball court and what appears on the stat sheet to which Beverley is not a specialist in.

He doesn’t stuff stat sheets, he’s a fighter, warrior, a junkyard-dog type that doesn’t back down from anybody.

He’s the type of the player that’s in one’s face and is like a annoying little tick each time his defensive counterpart brings the ball up the court.

In an era of professional basketball where defense has become more passe than anything, it’s good to know that somebody out there still appreciates the value of having such a craft.

Anybody can shoot, dunk, or do some jaw-dropping move between their legs but defense is something that can’t be taught — it has to be within oneself and it needs to emanate like a ray of sunshine.

After all, it wins championships.

Look at the past recipients of the Larry O’Brien trophy — those teams won championships by playing hard-nosed defense against their opponents.

Even the Rick Carlisle-coached Dallas Mavericks, the 2011 NBA Champs, had to instill a new mindset to ensure in their once high-scoring, tepid defensive strategy was a thing of the past.

In fact, they held the Miami Heat to 92.6 PPG — versus 100.2 PPG during the season — in the NBA Finals, with just one game in the triples when they allowed the Heat to score 103 points in Game 5.

You see what I mean?

Defense is such an important virtue that when you find a player of Beverley’s caliber you have to hold on to him and not let go.

I honestly think that’s what the Rockets will do — despite his deficiencies in other areas of his game, he makes up for it in so many other ways, particularly his high-level of energy.

It had been reported earlier this season that the Rockets are eager to sign him to a extension this summer, so we’ll have to see how that shakes out.

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But with all things considered, his game is best suited for him to come off the bench and I honestly think that if we can snag a true point guard, Beverley would contend for winning a future Sixth Man of the Year Award.

We’ll have to wait until next season to see if the Rockets, in fact, decide to employ such a roster change.

You’d better believe that Daryl Morey is already working on it.

With all things considered, I think Beverley’s future is bright with the Rockets.

Although there is a sliver of uncertainty with Morey’s mindset to never become attached to his role players, I think this may be one of the rare exceptions unless there’s an offer that’s made that he can’t refuse.

Houston Rockets: What’s In Patrick Beverley’s Future?

By Brian K. Patterson | Mar 31, 2015

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