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Magic Johnson congratulates Patrick Beverley two days later

By CM Towle

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Magic Johnson congratulated the Houston Rockets Patrick Beverley on winning the NBA skills competition two days after he won it.

Johnny-Come-Lately? NBA great Magic Johnson is apparently not great at making timely congratulatory statements. He reached out via Twitter on Monday to congratulate the Rockets’ Patrick Beverley on winning the NBA skills competition.

That’s pretty cool of him, but there’s a small problem. Beverley won the competition two days ago.

The comments in reply to Johnson’s tweet were more than a little amused, most reminding him that Beverley won two days ago and one wondering if his account was controlled by a 12-year-old.

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Hey, maybe Johnson doesn’t spend every second on Twitter like some people. Better late than never, right? Maybe Johnson’s actually really clever and his late congratulations was pointing at the way Beverley won the competition.

Beverley won the skills competition on Saturday as part of the NBA’s All-Star festivities. The 13th edition of the contest was revamped into a tournament format that featured two players competing head to head in each round. This included players dribbling through an obstacle course, passing the ball through a target, making a layup then shooting a three-pointer. Both in the finals and the second round, Beverley was well behind his competition, but managed to win by being the first one to make the final shot.

One of the funniest moments was when Atlanta’s Jeff Teague raced out to a big lead, then stopped at midcourt to wave at Beverley behind him. Unfortunately for Teague, he struggled to hit his three-point shot to get the win and meanwhile, Beverley caught him up and made his shot.

The final round saw a similar situation, but without the taunting. Milwaukee’s Brandon Knight also took a big lead over Beverley, but then struggled to hit his three-point shot. Again, Beverley caught up and again he made the winning shot.

So maybe Johnson was really just trying to mirror Beverley’s better late than never method of winning the competition. You never know.

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