Dillon Brooks fined $25K for ducking media vs. Lakers, but his clown antics could cost him way more than that

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Dillon Brooks has been fined $25,000 for a “failure to participate in team postgame media availability” during the Memphis Grizzlies first-round loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, the NBA announced on Sunday. 

That’s a formal way of saying Brooks wimped out of multiple mandatory media sessions following some of the Grizzlies’ losses in the series, opting to duck all the smoke he was blowing after Memphis tied the series following Game 2. You’ll recall that Brooks infamously dismissed LeBron James as “old” and proudly announced himself as a professional bear-poker who only respects guys who score 40 points on him.

Last Friday, the Lakers hammered the Grizzlies in Game 6 — by 40, ironically — in a 125-85 rout that sent Los Angeles to the second round and Memphis into the offseason.

Here’s a clue for Brooks: Nobody, not on single person in the NBA, and I would venture that this includes his own teammates, cares about having his respect. He’s not Draymond Green, despite his obvious desire to be regarded in that kind of light. 

There’s no accountability, and certainly no championship tradeoff for his antics. There’s no substance to his words. He just talks, then goes out and averages 10 points on 31% shooting, including 23% from 3, for the series against the Lakers, who spent the entirety of the series flat out ignoring him like the largely irrelevant player he’s in danger of becoming. 

Brooks has always been something of a clown, but for a while there was something to the charades. You could at least respect his on-ball defense, and there were times when he could hurt you as a shooter, his delusional shot selection notwithstanding. He was a real part of a top-three Grizzlies defense. 

But the foolishness during this series utterly exposed him. He’s not worth what he costs. This comes at a bad time for Brooks, who enters free agency this summer looking for a big contract with his value in the proverbial gutter. Who wants anything to do with dealing with the childish behavior of a guy whom for the season, gave you 14 points on 32%…

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Author : Brad Botkin

Publish date : 2023-04-30 20:30:18

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