Veteran guard Pat Beverley endorses Rockets head coach Stephen Silas

Having played for the Houston Rockets (2013-17), Los Angeles Clippers (2017-21), and Minnesota Timberwolves (2021-22), veteran guard Pat Beverley — recently traded to Utah in the Rudy Gobert deal — knows about playing a key role on Western Conference playoff teams.

Beverley is also known for speaking his mind and not holding back, as shown in his recent First Take appearances on ESPN.

With that in mind, Beverley’s latest comments on current Rockets head coach Stephen Silas — captured in a new interview by Mark Berman of Fox 26 Houston — are relatively encouraging. Among those remarks:

I like him. He’s always been solid. He’s always been a stand-up coach. Very detailed man, very professional.

I know he’s trying to do his best. Obviously, he was put in a tough situation in the Western Conference with such a young team that’s trying to be competitive.

But for the most part, they’re headed in the right direction. He’s not giving up. They’re playing extremely hard, they’re playing fast, and they’re playing a good brand of basketball.

When Silas took the Houston job in October 2020, Houston still had All-Star guards and former MVPs James Harden and Russell Westbrook on its roster. Over the months that followed, the Rockets transitioned from title contention to a rebuild, with Silas as a stabilizing force for a roster that rapidly grew younger over the ensuing two seasons.

Beverley spoke to Berman at his fifth annual “Camp Lockdown,” which he holds for youth in the Houston suburb of Humble, Texas.

“Houston is home,” he said. “All my family’s here. I’m here. My children are here. It’s the least I can do. You never forget where u come from.”