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Beverley throws shade at Chris Paul for not making WCF with Clippers

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Patrick Beverley isn't done taking shots at Chris Paul.

The Los Angeles Lakers guard, who has shared some strong takes about Paul before, threw more shade his way while discussing their respective tenures with the Los Angeles Clippers on the latest episode of Kevin Hart's "Cold as Balls" show.

"Chris Paul was on the Clippers," Beverley said. "Then he left, and I came on the Clippers. Only crew the Clippers went to the Western Conference finals; the only time. They didn't go there with Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, the Lob City. They went there with me."

The Clippers advanced to the playoffs in each of Paul's six seasons with the team but failed to make it past the Western Conference semifinals. Paul was traded to the Houston Rockets in 2017 as part of a deal that included Beverley, who would help lead the Clippers to their first-ever Western Conference finals appearance in 2021.

Beverley also took aim at the Clippers over what he perceived to be a lowball contract offer from the team after advancing to the conference finals.

"For them to come in and (say), 'We're only looking for you get ($5 million or $6 million),' I felt like was the ultimate spit to my face when I literally just changed this whole organization around," Beverley said. "We went to the Western Conference finals. I didn't think I got the fair end of the stick."

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