Dillon Brooks clowned himself off the Grizzlies and into NBA free company

There is no such thing as a cause Dillon Brooks must be one of many greatest names within the NBA. The 27-year-old ahead wasn’t a primary spherical draft decide, he’s by no means been wherever near an All-Star, and he’s by no means been a part of a championship group. Nonetheless, Brooks turned probably the most recognizable gamers within the league this season by operating his mouth off the ground and blurring the road between clear and soiled performs on it.

The Memphis Grizzlies have seen sufficient. Days after the No. 2 seed Grizzlies have been upset within the first spherical of the 2023 NBA Playoffs by the No. 7 seed Los Angeles Lakers in six video games, the group knowledgeable Brooks he won’t be re-signed this summer season, in accordance with Shams Charania.

It’s uncommon for a group to return out and say they aren’t fascinated with retaining one in every of their very own free brokers this early into their offseason. The way in which this was worded by Charania positive it makes it appear private between Brooks and Memphis:

Charania’s tweet has 20K quote-tweets within the first hour with followers taking the chance to make enjoyable of Brooks. He introduced all of this upon himself.

As we wrote in the course of the Grizzlies-Lakers sequence, Brooks merely isn’t adequate to be the principle character of the NBA Playoffs. It solely felt like he was due to his questionable decision-making (that’s placing it kindly) each on and off the court docket.

Off the court docket, Brooks gave an all-time ridiculous interview in the course of the sequence the place he known as LeBron James outdated and drained.

“I don’t care, he’s outdated,” Brooks mentioned of the 38-year-old James. “I poke bears. I don’t respect nobody till they arrive and provides me 40 (factors). I delight myself on what I do on protection and taking any problem on the board.”

Brooks then proceeded to hit James within the, uh, groin and get ejected from the very subsequent recreation.

None of this was out of character for Brooks. He spent the whole season feuding with established stars, catching the ire of Draymond Inexperienced and Klay Thompson specifically. Brooks additionally hit Donovan Mitchell within the “groin” in the course of the season. Don’t neglect that he had a grimy play in final 12 months’s playoffs too when he took out Gary Payton II mid-air on a play that fractured the Warriors guard’s elbow. Brooks was suspended for that one.

For the sequence vs. the Lakers, Brooks shot 31.2 % from the sphere and 23.8 % from three. He merely takes too many pictures and isn’t a adequate shooter to warrant the touches.

For his half, Brooks is saying he desires an even bigger function, and that he couldn’t present the whole lot he might do on the Grizzlies:

Brooks continues to be a fairly good defensive participant — and he defended LeBron effectively within the first spherical sequence for essentially the most half. If he can turn out to be a greater shooter, he might nonetheless have a whole lot of worth across the league. In fact, he additionally must tone down the antics that made him well-known however left a foul style in everybody else’s mouth.

Brooks isn’t the principle cause the Grizzlies’ season is over. Steven Adams and Brandon Clarke have been each damage for the playoffs. Ja Morant suffered an damage, too. Brooks simply didn’t assist himself by lacking so many pictures and speaking a lot trash to the most effective gamers of all-time. He’s the kind of man solely hardcore followers ought to know, however as a substitute he acted ridiculous typically sufficient to boost his profile. It solely made the highlight brighter on his disappointing play.

Brooks ought to nonetheless have a market elsewhere, however who’s going to wish to put up with him? If the Grizzlies’ assertion appears harsh, simply know Brooks introduced this upon himself.