The NBA suspends Patrick Beverley for four games for throwing a basketball at the Pacers fan

The NBA has suspended Patrick Beverley for four games without pay for “forcibly throwing a basketball at spectators on multiple occasions and inappropriately interacting with a reporter during media availability,” the NBA announced Thursday.

The suspension will take effect at the start of the next regular season. Beverley is a free agent this offseason, although missing four regular-season games won’t deter a team that wants the 35-year-old point guard.

It could have been worse – Beverley hit an innocent bystander in the head with a ball.

The incident occurred late in the fourth quarter of the Indiana game, where the Bucks were eliminated. A frustrated Beverley fired a ball at a fan in the crowd, missing its intended target but hitting a woman in the head. A Pacers fan – the one who was reportedly engaging with Beverley and the Bucks’ bench – stood up, threw the ball back to him and said something, then Beverley shot the ball at that fan.

That wasn’t the only incident that landed Beverley in trouble with the league.

After that same game, Beverley told ESPN’s Malinda Adams during his media availability that she couldn’t ask him a question because she wasn’t subscribed to his podcast, and he pushed her microphone away and told her to leave. Apparently this is nothing newbut the NBA isn’t good at players disrespecting media members over something as trivial as a podcast subscription.

Beverley started last season with the 76ers but was traded midway through the season to a Bucks team that needed an edge and a defensive spark, things Beverley still brings. The lead he brought got out of control and was lost at the end of Game 6.