The Los Angeles Lakers officially introduced new trade acquisition Patrick Beverley as a member of the team on Tuesday, and as they did so, there was an unexpected guest: 2017 NBA MVP and somehow still current Laker, Russell Westbrook.
While we knew that Westbrook and Beverley had at least talked since the latter was acquired in a trade almost two weeks ago, it was still a bit of a surprise that Westbrook was in attendance to welcome his old nemesis and (at least for now) current teammate. It was about as strange and surreal as you might expect, from Westbrook’s entrance, grinning to reporters with what can only be described as “yeah, I bet you though I was gone” energy.