Dillon Brooks takes vicious shots at ‘old’ LeBron James
The Grizzlies are still three wins away from advancing past the Lakers in the NBA playoffs.
But that isn’t stopping Dillon Brooks from providing one of the greatest players of all time with some bulletin board material.
After a Ja Morant-less Memphis squad defeated Los Angeles in Game 2 on Wednesday, the Grizzlies forward who’s notorious for his trash talk fired some vicious shots at LeBron James.
Brooks first Dillon Brooks says he wish he would’ve gotten a chance to guard Miami or Cleveland LeBron James.
“It would’ve been a harder task.”
Then, after being asked if he was worried about poking the proverbial bear, Brooks proceeded to poke the bear even harder.
“I don’t care, he’s old,” Brooks said of James. “I poke bears. I don’t respect no one until they come and give me 40. I pride myself on defense and taking on any challenge that’s on the board.”
The comments came after Brooks and James traded some spicy moments during Game 2. James sparked a back-and-forth with some words for Brooks after making a shot over him in the third quarter.
Brooks responded with a staredown of James to celebrate a 3-pointer in the fourth.
James had success against Brooks in Game 1, tallying 15 of his 28 points on 6-for-10 shooting with him as the primary defender. The Lakers forward put up another 28 points in Game 2 while shooting 11 of 15 inside the arc, though he struggled from 3-point range (1-for-8).
As the 1-1 series shifts to Los Angeles, all eyes will be on the Brooks-James matchup at Crypto.com Arena.
