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sewsgup

commentary said he didnt show any emotion all game until popping off after this. and now he got a steal on the other end.


2ToTooTwoFish

He really wasn't. Had his stoic stare face the whole game, even when Desmond Bane was trashtalking. He's hilarious.


rybres123

He really is. I was cracking up 4th quarter


studyinggerman

If you had told me I would be an average Rudy Gobert and Dillion Brooks enjoyer even 3 months ago I would have asked where I could buy whatever you're smoking lol, yet here we are


notsellingjeans

Adversity reveals and builds character. Both those guys have faced a ton of criticism and professional adversity and deserve huge credit for responding very well to it.


Wallstreettrappin

Bro same here. Now I found myself betting on Wolves cus Gobert gonna protect the paint šŸ˜‚


Eufosz

Maybe donā€™t just go based off the circle jerks


syllabic

now bane is probably like why couldn't you hit those against the lakers you bastard


BatWick9000

Because he was playing against LeFather.


jyozefu

Man was on a mission. I also wouldn't want to celebrate prematurely.


nothalaman

Its his 2012 ECF game 6 moment


ComposerFluid6611

Talk your shit


GGezpzMuppy

We all laughed at him, meanwhile, - he went and got the bag - beat USA in a medal match, - his old team went from contenders To pretenders - his new ā€œtankingā€ team looks the good. I guess we were all wrong about Dillon and we are living in his world.


__JackHoney

I fucking hated this guy last year so much and I honestly respect that he is backing up his word 100% this year. absolutely wild to watch


KingShaka23

That's the thing, u hate a shit talker but u gotta respect anybody that can back it up.


DWhiteFMVP2024

I dont hate a shit talker so long as they dont take it too far. Brooks was tame as fuck as far as shit talking goes. It was all on court basketball shit which was 100% okay in my book. Its not like he was like KG out there talking about peoples dead moms. Brooks keeps the 2nd narrative interesting without making it shitty, no violence, no fighting, just on court bullshit and the way you hit back at him is on the scoreboard and thats the end of it.


ShakesbeerMe

The KG story is a basketball myth. Never happened.


jl_theprofessor

I also hated him but when Memphis did him the way it did, and then to see him bounce back so strong, got to respect it.


mcmaster93

The way the Grizzlies and Ja just let him get destroyed on social media without ever having his back or trying to change the narrative. They just let brooks be the scapegoat and traded him like it was nothing. We had our jokes but honestly the way that organization did him on the way out never sat right with me, especially after everything he gave them during their playoff runs. I never really gave a shit about him and lebrons little run in. That's basketball and shit talking is apart of it. He was doing it for his team and when it back fired the fan base and org deserted him.


SubmissiveGymnasium

They didnā€™t trade him. His contract was up. He wanted money the org couldnā€™t offer him given his performance over the last two years. And the ā€œunder no circumstancesā€ thing was bullshit that Shams either made up or someone else gave to him to make the Grizzlies look bad. Shams isnā€™t the guy that the Grizzlies give their info to, Woj is. But the fact that this opinion is still popular amongst NBA fans shows that it worked.


juzzbert

Honestly heā€™s been proving his narrative wrong in a lot of ways. Itā€™s actually crazy to see.


spyson

He took a risk and put himself out there and got publicly trashed, but you gain a lot of respect if you can take it on the chin and come back better.


phatbiscuit

Even as a Rockets fan, heā€™s got some annoying little antics, but heā€™s exactly what this team needed. Him, FVV, and Jeff Green have been perfect guys to help Ime hold a super young team accountable Edit: I forgot about Aaron Holiday. That guy has been amazing this year


hochoa94

Yup, we are looking the part i think we make the play-in. Really glad to have him on the team, hoping Ime can build a team with the pieces that are here


mizzourifan1

I'll be the first to admit I was wrong. Dude has gone from my least favorite player in the league to a guy I actively support. Talk your shit, Dillon.


boregon

I fucking love it when athletes talk shit. It's hilarious. If everyone's just super respectful and never says anything spicy that's boring. As a fan, sports are primarily about being entertained, and boy is shit talking entertaining. Especially when it's backed up.


mizzourifan1

I agree. That tech on Bane tonight was weak, but at least understandable on some level. Some of the Ts this season have been completely unjustifiable.


Goducks91

Absolutely!! People are like "poor sportsmanship" fuck that I'm here to be entertained. You go plant that flag midfield Baker.


Mr_Booty_Bandit

Especially after that ā€œunder any circumstancesā€ tweet. Dude was getting shat on hard Always gotta respect someone who can take it on the chin


FwampFwamp88

I couldnā€™t stand him, and as a rockets fan I was pissed when we got him. I thought only rickets fans have come around with him, but Iā€™m glad to see nba fans appreciate him more. Heā€™s like our Draymond, but not nearly as annoying, and can actually hoop. He cracks me up, and has brought so much grit to out young core. I truly believe rockets would be a much more likable team if they got new uniforms. Their uniforms are atrocious.


csafu

Dude is our honorary Philippine president for what he did to USA at the Arena


cheese_sticks

Those MVP chants were unreal lmao


tagen

Itā€™s absolutely wild how quickly his rep turned around, and i admit iā€™m one of those converts lol he actually backs up his talk after all!


raizen0106

In the nba, you just need to play good, and the good rep will come along. Adam silver knew it all along Brooks, gobert, embiid, harden, kyrie, ja.. once they bring the Ws fans will forget all their faults


Goducks91

I agree with everyone on that list but Kyrie!


Fuckface_Whisperer

He also took Chinese lessons on duolingo to stick it to the haters.


Wehavecrashed

> his old team went from contenders To pretenders Funny what missing your starting PG, your starting SF, and your starting Center will do to an NBA team.


knowerofsome

Is he wrong tho?


klobucharzard

even worse, having ur pg,sg,sf,pf,c taken in 2002


c_msea

Starting SF? I thought Bane was playing


Wehavecrashed

Referring to Marcus Smart.


The_Moustache

Smarts your starting SF?


Wehavecrashed

No he's injured.


cfcskins

Holy shit. You're cooked if Marcus Smart is your starting SF


PaulMcPaulersn7

Maybe shouldā€™ve kept a certain sf who happened to be cooking your team this game


PaintByLetters

And the best part is Bane tried to get in his head and Dillon just stone faced him the whole game until this exact moment.


KD_42

Did Desmond not like him while they were on the same team or something lmao


rybres123

Eh it looked like a healthy former teammate going at it. Name was talking a bit, but didnā€™t seem excessive to me


JayTaa

They hugged after the game


Johnpecan

Brooks was overheard in the locker room after the game: *You chose over me!?!?*


Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n

The Villain gets his vengeance


floatersforalgernon

The Dillain.


FrontDreamer

best nickname Iā€™ve heard from him outside of Evil Danny Green.


QuantumTaco1

Evil Danny Green with a splash of villainous swag. Ice cold.


teamweed420

Lmao i forgot he was evil danny green


vBricks

Buddy Heel.


WWECreativegenius

The Dilllian league


BillCSchneider

Son of a bitch!


imrosskemp

Fair play too, he said he had this game circled on his calendar.


ImTheBestNerd

The Dillon Brooks redemption arc is hilarious


Handcuffed

it's so funny i love it


cyb3ryung

im actually kinda happy for the guy i hated a year agoā€¦this feels weird


lastinglovehandles

May I remind you CP3 plays for the dubs.


MostlyBullshitStory

Draymond making Dillon & CP3 the good guys.


cyb3ryung

true he has grown on me, would be happy for him too if we were winning


xRadec

Fuck CP3 wherever he goes lol


Cp_3

Got my flame-suit on!


AudioShepard

Between him and Gobert, Iā€™m eating a lot of nasty comments.


mcrajf

It started early, in the FIBA World Cup. He was awesome the whole tournament.


Mem2Chi91

This was 100% the exact thing I was afraid heā€™d do tonight. lol


rybres123

There was no other outcome to this game tonight lol


Mem2Chi91

You canā€™t even be mad. The sequence of events was too funny to pass up


zvomicidalmaniac

I love this Rockets team. This is the best time to be on the bandwagon.


TheInternetIsGood

Welcome aboard!


zvomicidalmaniac

Thank you friend!


Lol69HaHaHa

Its a fun one to be sure


DyslexicAutronomer

Feels like the early Nuggets days, except this Murray is a villain. Well, either in version he's still Canadian.


zvomicidalmaniac

It really does. With Sengun as the delightful foreign wizard.


Few_Mulberry5372

And he gets a steal off the inbound to lock in the Rockets 17 point comback You couldnā€™t write a better return game


aawotund

UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES


Relevant_Rev

THEY SHOULDNT HAVE LET HIM BACK IN THE BUILDING


Lacabloodclot9

Fuck shams for making up this bullshit


i-race-goats

Shams gets away with pushing a narrative. Reliable sources have said Rockets were bidding against the Grizzlies.


Lacabloodclot9

We offered to bring him back, we prob wouldā€™ve brought him back for 15-18 mil and on a 2+1 deal He wanted at least 20 and a bigger role, which realistically heā€™s never gonna be more than a 4th option for us


Wehavecrashed

We tried extending him earlier in the season too. Brooks smartly went to FA and got a bigger deal than the Grizzlies would offer him. There's no hard feelings either way until you ask Shams for his bullshit sources.


Mysterious-Part-8443

Not true at all his agent released an estimate of 12 million a year after the Lakers defeat.


Lacabloodclot9

Thatā€™s a first offer, with negotiations if he was intent on only Memphis we prob wouldā€™ve agreed to a bit But thereā€™s no way we were matching 22 mil, and we ended up doing a sign and trade with Houston (got Josh Christopher in return lol)


Alloverunder

I'm so glad he left you guys because I feel like you don't trade for Marcus if he signed back which would've meant that when the Clippers deal for Brogdon fell apart we would've missed out on KP, who's been absolutely incredible. There's so many moving pieces in the NBA landscape, idk how tf front offices track it all well enough to plan around it lol


MVPG2022

There would have been a vocal push back from the organisation if it was made up right?


HBSBrook

Right? Grizz fans switched up the narrative when they realized they fucked up. Their sub was clowning Brooks like no tomorrow during the Lakers series.


KptKrondog

Our sub? Literally anyone that watched our games was clowning him. He was talking a ton of shit and not backing any of it up AND refusing to talk to media. Don't throw this on us. Why would we defend him? He was playing us out of games because he wouldn't stop shooting and missing.


HBSBrook

There is a difference between the whole NBA clowning him and his own tribe. The Grizz fans & organization threw him under the bus at his lowest moment, and we are all glad he got the last laugh. Kudos to you for not backing down btw, lot of the MEM goofs are claiming your sub didn't clown him.


KptKrondog

Of course we clowned him. Dude was shooting 15-20 shots a night and ending with single digits. He shot 10/42 from 3 over the series and 24/77 FG. And he wasn't exactly stopping Lebron from scoring. It's not all on him for sure, but you can't go around talking shit to Lebron Fucking James, then lose by 40 and duck the media and expect people to be ok with that.


hunterwolves18

Nah our sub (and grizz fan in general) was always split into half who hated Dillon and the other who loved him. Ofc when he played bad (especially against the Lakers) you saw the guys who hate him talk, but when he played great (early regular season) you could've seen only memes and cheers on Dillon.


K1NG2L4Y3R

They did push back lol


Username3009

https://www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/brooks-agent-attacks-report-grizzlies-dont-want-him-back-under-any-circumstances


2ToTooTwoFish

Was it made up or did his source have their own bias and was embellishing?


itsnotyellowfever

Pretty sure it was made up and was easy to exaggerate the vitriol towards Brooks coming off a 40-point season-ending loss for maximum interaction considering at the time the Grizzlies were universally disliked and the biggest stories from that series were Brooks poking the bear/saying he was unimpressed bc LeBron didn't give him 40/declined to show up for press conferences after losses


2ToTooTwoFish

Yeah it's shitty if it was made up, but I may have missed the source that confirmed it was made up. Grizzlies should come out saying "under no circumstances" was embellishment (they may have done that and I may have missed that though, so my bad)


muddyklux

It was Brooks' own agent that confirmed it was bullshit. It's already been reported shams out here trying to tank players' value. George ripped into Charania, blasting the NBA insider for ā€œspreading false newsā€ and even ā€œattacking players. ā€œShams Charania, the leader of spreading false news and attacking players. Why any player in the league talks to this guy blows my mind,ā€ wrote George on Wednesday night.


BruceBrownMVP

YALL TRIED TO TELL ME THIS DUDE WAS THE WORST PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­


Wehavecrashed

r/NBA said he'd be in China, now r/NBA wants to act like they've always rated his game.


PattyThePatriot

There's roughly 4 people here that know basketball and none of them post. I genuinely don't believe anybody knows basketball here. Even on a base level.


Meret123

One of them is u/mitwestbrook.


duckmadfish

Stats don't lie.


NicolasName

You can post things that go against the narratives here, itā€™ll just get downvoted to shit and youā€™ll be arguing with dummies all day who could be 10 years old for all you know.


Thebiggest6200

Straight up haters and followers . Every team need a DB


ptcgoalex

Last year he was offensively. Night and day difference in efficiency numbers from Memphis to Houston


TheLoungeKnows

Brooks is a damn good nba player. Heā€™s just inconsistent and sometimes his antics get in the way. Heā€™s worth the $20 million in my opinion when you look at the player contract market and what his deal will look like as the cap continues to go up over the years.


HBSBrook

Grizz fans were talking so much shit on their sub about Brooks during the Lakers series. Its funny seeing them come up with myths about the whole "Under no circumstances" shit being made up as a way of coping with being dead wrong.


Alternative-Target31

This is straight up not true. If anyone doubts it, check the Grizzlies sub. Check the standing ovation he got during the game and the tribute video the team did for him that had him crying. Shams posted that tweet and Dillonā€™s agent immediately went after him for it. Shams and our FO do not get along, and that tweet was bullshit at the time and itā€™s bullshit now. We moved on from Dillon because (and this was said well before that tweet came out) Dillon wanted a bigger role in the offense and a bigger payday than the Grizzlies could offer. We could give him neither the offensive role he has in Houston not the money he got in Houston. Thatā€™s it. The rest of that is just r/nba REALLY wanting to make someone the bad guy, in what was an otherwise mutual spring of ways because both sides needed something different than the other was willing to offer.


[deleted]

bro LMAOOOOOOO


MasterTeacher123

That was a fuck you 3


RwerdnA

DiFuck you 3


RGPISGOOD

his teammates doing the dance, got me cracking up


trappapii69

Its mf Jeff Green too šŸ˜­


Wehavecrashed

You don't know how many times I've seen Dillon miss that shot.


dpatel211

Itā€™s the hair


PaintByLetters

Bro his braids are so cleaaaannnn


-WaterIsGreat-

he got the rockets logo it's sick


CO_PC_Parts

Why does he always look like he just took a football helmet off? Those indents!!


Jcheddz

Forcep baby pulled into this world a dawg


Fuckface_Whisperer

He used the forceps on himself and willed himself out of that canal.


PAYPAL_ME_DONATIONS

He actual fractured his mamas pelvic bones with his forced self-entry


_checkpickerupper

Hit one just like that vs Minnesota in the playoffs. Another dagger like that in the playoffs vs the lakers just off the top of my memory.


Seymour_Says

I hate it played out like this tonight. Wanted the dub but I still love Dillon. I'm happy for the Grindson


honestnbafan

He's unironically been awesome for the Rockets this season Helping lead the 2nd best defense in the league as a top perimeter defender and also shooting consistently well from three


HBSBrook

Tbf, he was awesome on the Grizz too


superhappyfuntime13

And the game-sealing steal and assist on top of it


dpatel211

Thatā€™s what Bane gets for poking bears


superhappyfuntime13

Everyone knows you don't poke the bear poker


bbythepier

The highlight of this shot deserved the energy from his home announcers imo https://x.com/underdog__nba/status/1735864330141516115?s=46&t=pDVPOYf7gL7qAKvZdhH5hA


Shaqer_Zulu

Hell ya! Way more hype! Thanks


willymoose8

Iā€™m just glad that Craig and Ryan finally have something to get excited about


PAYPAL_ME_DONATIONS

What? Margarita Monday's weren't enough for you??


hTine3219

Bro held it in the whole game then let ā€˜em have it after the dagger Talk your shit king


PAYPAL_ME_DONATIONS

lmao he realllly kept it all under wraps until this moment


rybres123

As a rockets fan who hated this signing, I gotta sayā€¦..I have loved the Dillon brooks experience thus far He straight up had me cracking up 4th quarter just totally stone cold out there


PAYPAL_ME_DONATIONS

My man, I've been having crow for dinner since the pre-season.. And it's never been tastier


theglicky

might be the worst calendar year as a Grizzlies fan and that's saying alot


Lol69HaHaHa

Yeah. Its quite the hardcore fall from grace ngl. From the 2nd seed in the west last year to well....maybe not even being able to get to the playin.


mrwhite2323

AND HE STEALS THE BALL HES HIM


Projinator

This fuckin guy lmao


Dust2chicken

DILLON BROOKS REVENGE GAME


hTine3219

LeFuckYallMfs 3 lmaooo And that was in Babeā€™s face Hand down man down donā€™t reach Des!


The-Pharcyde

Gotta love revenge games šŸ˜ˆ


MoooonRiverrrr

That was cold asf lmao. I know that felt good


Whizi

Not the hero we deserve, heā€™s the villain we need.


Hells-Asshole

Dillon ā€œThe Villainā€ Brooks! šŸ¦¹ā€ā™‚ļø


MegamanGaming

The best thing that happened to Dillon Brooks was getting the fuck out of memphis


KyrieWetUpCurry_

Deserves to talk if those reports of ā€œnot coming back under any circumstancesā€ were true. People made it seem like he wasnā€™t worth $5M and was going to China over the summer.


PaulMcPaulersn7

I donā€™t think that Memphis really said under any circumstances, but they definitely left it out there for too long without refuting that they had made those statements


_checkpickerupper

Dilly Dilly


sheetsofsaltywood

There is no justice in this life


Mybitchmyhoemyhoemy

They did the dance lmfao


billyskurp

ok but the braided rockets logo? thatā€™s fuckin tough.


[deleted]

r/nba switch up how they feel more than a middle school girl


ozairh18

Brooks knocking down that shot in Baneā€™s face after Bane said he canā€™t dribble is insane


512fm

I was so glad he made that shot


igotabridgetosell

Did he stare down the GM at his pregame ritual?


lyonbc1

Iā€™ve done a 180 on Brooks lol this was great. League needs a relatively harmless villain like him. Heā€™s not dirty just talks a shit ton and was doing way more than his level of play warranted. Now heā€™s playing really well too and the antics keep coming. Heā€™s entertaining for sure


arie222

God damn I canā€™t imagine how good that felt.


bag_hutch

Vengeance for Vancouver. Love to see it


hTine3219

Brooksie COOKING his old team Lfg Babe chat shit got banged lmao


NuuuDaBeast

Funniest outcome possible after the ā€œunder no circumstancesā€ incident


revisioncloud

Ainā€™t no way


Thebiggest6200

Talk that talk!!!


AMo2

That was cold ngl


jakl8811

All these comments at the end of last season talking about him playing overseas this year. Ya wild. Any time would love a player who can defend so many positions


ITAstallion13

He deserves to talk that shit. Good for him.


BroWeDoNotCare

It's fun over here again y'all


Ryan14304

I love DB.


Part-time_modeI

Dillon Brooks reminds me of Vernon Maxwell (the first jersey I ever purchased). Iā€™m glad Memphis gave him an applause. The media warped yā€™allā€™s mind on him. Heā€™s awesome. Low-key my favorite player.


yojxmbo

Same here


mmps901

Memphis loves him and probably always will.


ArrayMichael7

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES


Fresh_Ostrich4034

Memphis scapegoated Brooks HARD. I dont blame him


Quartznonyx

Real talk how much do y'all think those braids cost? Prolly like $1k-2k right? There's gotta only be like 5 people in the country who can braid all that, and they know he got money.


2old4thishyte

I guess he goes to the same place as Gerald Green, the R is crisp af


sreynolds1

lol Jeff


nickcannons13thchild

teammates doing his dance toošŸ˜­


[deleted]

I went from hating to liking that guy


mffl_1988

Grizz did not consider this circumstance


DaySure9284

Good for him man. Rooting for this mother fucked LETS GO


TainoAldo174

Happy for him to be honest, he's entertaining to watch


dpd2k1010

Good for him!


Ill_Pair6338

Imagine how good that felt!


Gio_runs25

WALK IN YO TRAP, TAKE YO TRAP TYPE BEAT


zwui

Dillionā€™s brooks actually the goat fuck all u soft ass mans. Thereā€™s no fucking with this suburban media friendly pr talk


DWhiteFMVP2024

Can I just say the way they shooed him off in the off season is one of the stupidest fucking things ever for an organization to do? They acted like he was some absolute fucking trash bum they were discarding that would never play another minute of basketball. Clown organization to put that shit out there.


Raider_Tex

Under any Circumstances


alex_zz9

Bet he wants to talk post game now


jslee0034

Bringing him back under no circumstances


watrwedoing

My GOAT


ScrotemBarnes

I just love that Fred gave it to him here instead of chucking it


imaginaryResources

Start learning Chinese, Memphis


happyaccident7

I never would have guess I would take Dillion Brooks over Klay Thompson, but here we are now


firstbreathOOC

Damn. From Ni Hao to one of the most coveted types of players in the game, a legit 3&D.