Dillon Brooks has been within the headlines for way over simply his pre-game outfits. In current weeks, Brooks has publicly gone forwards and backwards with Draymond Inexperienced each on the court docket and within the media.
This week, Brooks made headlines for shoving a cameraman on the sidelines after going for a free ball within the second quarter of the Grizzlies’ showdown in Miami. The league launched an announcement on the matter, asserting a $35,000 wonderful for Brooks for “the unsportsmanlike act of shoving a digital camera particular person.”
For Brooks, who’s tied with Luka Doncic and Draymond Inexperienced as league leaders in technical fouls this season (16), he’ll must tread rigorously going into the playoffs. Per the NBA’s official guidelines, each two technicals from right here on out will see Brooks handed one other suspension.
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Draymond Inexperienced and Dillon Brooks’ beef
With Dillon Brooks lately receiving a $35,000 wonderful, his beef with Draymond Inexperienced is again in headlines. When the Grizzlies performed the Warriors, Brooks wished to make his presence felt. The best way Draymond Inexperienced noticed issues, he was making an attempt to get in his head, and spark a response that might earn him his sixteenth technical of the season.
Whereas Inexperienced didn’t take the bait, after listening to Brooks rip him and the Warriors post-game, the four-time champ didn’t maintain again. Though he initially declined to remark, he then fired again on his podcast, shutting down speak of a rivalry between the 2 groups, saying the Grizzlies hadn’t earned a rivalry.
“He stated, ‘I simply do not like Golden State.’ I, fairly frankly, would not like a crew that beats me on a regular basis both. That is No. 2. ‘I do not need something to do with them.’ Fairly frankly, you have been slightly child in highschool watching us win championships. You need to be completely satisfied that you simply even witnessed that.”
The 2 groups are in fact slated to face off one closing time on Saturday, the place the rivalry will probably rear its ugly head as soon as extra. Within the time because the two groups final squared off, Inexperienced has racked up his sixteenth technical foul. Whether or not or not he’s extra prepared to take Brooks’ bait understanding he gained’t face a direct suspension, solely time will inform.