MILWAUKEE Bucks star Patrick Beverly has been banned from making any future appearances on ESPN following a rude encounter with a producer.
ESPN management blacklisted the NBA star from making appearances on studio shows including Get Up and First Take, according to Front Office Sports.
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ESPN executives were outraged when Beverly booted Malinda Adams from postgame media coverage on Thursday.
Beverly asked Adams if she was signed up for his podcast, and when she said no, he said he couldn’t interview him.
“Did you sign up for my pod?” Beverly asked.
“I don’t,” Adams replied.
“You can’t interview me then. No disrespect.”
Beverly then asked Adams to move his microphone or leave the media area.
ESPN released a statement in support of Adams following the incident.
“Malinda is a respected colleague and a true professional. She has our full support.”
Stephen A. Smith decided to call out Beverly for her behavior on Friday’s episode of First Take.
“I just can’t believe he did that. I’ve known Patrick Beverley for years,” Stephen A. said.
“I love the brother. It’s inexcusable. It’s indefensible.”
Adams later revealed that Beverly called her to apologize and the Bucks also apologized.
“I appreciate and accept this,” she wrote.
“The Bucks also apologized. I’ve been in the news for over 40 years and kindness and grace always win.”
Beverly’s incident with Adams occurred after an altercation with fans during the Bucks’ 120-98 loss to the Indiana Pacers, which eliminated them from the playoffs.
The Bucks star threw basketballs into the stands at fans, one of which hit a woman in the side of the head.
Beverly didn’t express much remorse for the incident, saying that the fight with fans “wasn’t fair” but that he needed to “do better.”
“It’s not fair at all. It goes back and forth between a fan and our club all night. We warn and ask for help all night. It’s not fair,” he wrote in X.
“But I have to get better. And I will.”
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