Patrick Beverley
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"Patrick Beverley" is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2009 NBA draft, and then traded to the Miami Heat for a future 2011 second round draft pick and an undisclosed amount of cash. In 2007, Beverley appeared in the movie Hoop Reality, the sequel to Hoop Dreams, with Arthur Agee. He also appeared in the 2004 MTV Nike Battlegrounds series, and played for the Chicago team at age 16. He played college basketball at the University of Arkansas. In the 2008–09 season, he played in the Ukrainian Basketball League/Ukrainian Second Division with BC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk/Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. In 2009–10, he played in the A1 Ethniki/Greek Basket League with Olympiacos B.C./Olympiacos Piraeus.

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Winning brings everything. It's not that I'm playing any better. We're just getting more attention.

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There was a lot of pressure on Derrick early, but now he's really maturing. He was just outstanding, but we what you come to expect from him each game.

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It was my first visit, and I was just a little blown away by it all. I decided to take more time to make a decision.

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He didn't tell me he was returning, but sometimes you just get that feeling. I still hope he comes back.

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This is my last season, and I didn't want to lose a game at home. So I had to step up and be a leader. I just picked the perfect time to step up.

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This something we've hard for. It feels great.

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I'd like to thank my teammates, my mother and the coaching staff. I couldn't have done this without them. It was a hard decision and I had to go with my heart.

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I think we underestimated their shooting ability. They shot the ball very well in the first half and we had to turn up the pressure in the second half and get them to turn the ball over. But they are a great shooting team.

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It's four quarters of basketball, you know? The first two quarters, the jitters were in us. We were kind of nervous playing in front of that big crowd. But Coach (Lamont Bryant) kept telling us, 'Don't change anything. What we've been doing has got us down here.' Everyone followed through.

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