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Renowned NBA insider Shams Charania is now under fire for his controversial tweet where he reported that there is no way the Memphis Grizzlies would bring back Dillon Brooks next season. Early on Tuesday, the whole NBA Twitter went buzzing when it was revealed that the Grizzlies have made the decision not to bring back […]

It now appears that Dillon Brooks is officially on his way to NBA free agency this summer. This is after reports emerged of the Memphis Grizzlies‘ intention to dump the controversial forward once his contract comes to an end this season. Given that he’s embraced the role of a villain in the NBA, it comes […]

The Memphis Grizzlies will not bring Dillon Brooks back “under any circumstances,” according to Shams Charania. This comes after the Los Angeles Lakers eliminated the Grizzlies in six games in the first round. Brooks trash-talked LeBron James in a postgame interview after Memphis’ Game 2 victory before declining media availability after the Grizzlies lost. In […]

Dillon Brooks is technically still a member of the Memphis Grizzlies, but his days with them are numbered, with the team informing him that it’s not going to be resigning him under any circumstances, as earlier reported by Shams Charania of The Athletic. However, it does appear that the door is not permanently closed on […]

It’s a sad day for Dillon Brooks today. This is after NBA guru Shams Charania dropped a bomb on Brooks’ future with the Memphis Grizzlies in that the team has reportedly advised him that they do not intend to bring him back next season “under any circumstances.” Brooks will now need to look for a […]

The Memphis Grizzlies’ decision to part ways with Dillon Brooks this summer was met with laughs and praise from most corners of the NBA world. One flamboyant former player, though, has been left unnerved by Brooks’ pre-free-agency exile from Memphis—at least if it’s related to his headline-grabbing trash talk about LeBron James. Nick Young voiced […]

The Memphis Grizzlies have announced they will not be bringing Dillon Brooks back next season, and thus the Grizzlies guard will now be looking for a new team. The Chicago Bulls Bleacher Nation account asked their Twitter followers if they would like Brooks on the Bulls next season, and the replies were unanimous. pic.twitter.com/FgA65FiMV5 — […]

Losing in the first round of the playoffs was not what the Memphis Grizzlies envisioned this season, especially after their major growth en route to the Western Conference Semifinals a year ago. Then again, not much has gone right for this organization over the last year other than finishing the regular season with a 51-31 […]

The Memphis Grizzlies saw their season end in the first round of the NBA Playoffs at the hands of LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. Days later, reports claimed that the Grizzlies would not be bringing Dillon Brooks back “under any circumstances.” This isn’t entirely surprising given Brooks’ troublesome past and drama-filled tenure with […]

Dillon Brooks will have to take his villain persona somewhere else. That’s after the Memphis Grizzlies communicated to the forward that he’s no longer a part of the future of the team, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. “The Memphis Grizzlies have informed pending free agent Dillon Brooks that he will not be brought […]

Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks will become an unrestricted free agent this summer. And after his poor performances in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, it appears he’ll be playing elsewhere next season. Per Shams Charania, the team has informed Brooks that the Grizzlies won’t re-sign him. “After his tumultuous end to the season, […]

Well, that was a massive disappointment. The Memphis Grizzlies were expected to be one of the biggest threats in the Western Conference in the playoffs. They had the second-best record in the West, after all. Despite a rocky end to the regular season, Memphis was able to right the ship in time for the postseason. […]

JR Smith and LeBron James go way back. This is exactly why fans could not help but point back to LeBron and his new-found nemesis Dillon Brooks when JR took to Twitter on Monday to come out with a bold Michael Jordan take. If what some folks are thinking is correct, then this is Smith […]

Dillon Brooks talked the talk ahead of and throughout the Memphis Grizzlies’ opening-round series against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. Unfortunately for the outspoken forward, he wasn’t able to walk the walk as the No. 2 seed Grizzlies suffered a heartbreaking first-round exit against the Lakers, 4-2. The bad news for Brooks is […]

The Memphis Grizzlies will have multiple crucial decisions to make in this year’s free agency period. For one, the Grizzlies will have to decide whether they will push to re-sign Dillon Brooks. Brooks is set to become an unrestricted free agent in July. He played the 2022-2023 season in the final year of the three-year, […]

Dillon Brooks poked the bear, and LeBron James punched back. In the aftermath of his team’s ugly defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the playoffs, though, the Memphis Grizzlies’ brash, confident wing doesn’t regret his inflammatory comments about the four-time champion. Brooks, in fact, has no plans on changing his […]

Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks had a tragic ending to his 2022-23 season, and it’s culminated in both his popularity and his bank account taking a hit. In an official announcement by NBA executive vice president and head of basketball operations Joe Dumars, Brooks was fined $25,000 for violating the league rules governing media interview […]

Well, Dillon Brooks sure made a name for himself, did he? Before the NBA playoffs (and really, before this season), casual fans might have known Brooks vaguely as that player for the Memphis Grizzlies. Over the course of the 2022-23 season, Brooks became one of the most hated players in the league. His trash-talking and […]

The Memphis Grizzlies season came to an end after their Game 6 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. The Grizzlies fell by a final score of 125-85 behind a 31-point performance from Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell. Dillon Brooks — who talked plenty of trash early on in this series — scored just […]

The Memphis Grizzlies had their backs against the wall on Wednesday night, but found a way to force a Game 6 after a convincing 116-99 win over the Los Angeles Lakers — and that was no thanks to Dillon Brooks. Brooks scored a measly eight points and added two rebounds over 29 minutes on the […]

Paul Pierce has had his fair share of battles with LeBron James through the years. In fact, the Boston Celtics icon claims to be LeBron’s “biggest rival.” In this respect, it appears that Pierce wants to have a word with Memphis Grizzlies stud Dillon Brooks amid the latter’s current beef with the NBA’s all-time leading […]

Dillon Brooks made quite a name for himself recently after coming out with an unfiltered take on LeBron James. The Memphis Grizzlies stud called LeBron “old,” which unsurprisingly drew the ire of Los Angeles Lakers fans everywhere. So far, though, Brooks hasn’t been able to back up his talk. Actually, it has been quite the […]

Damian Lillard took a shot at an unnamed NBA player on Tuesday, and a lot of fans thinks he’s referring to Memphis Grizzlies swingman Dillon Brooks. On Twitter, Lillard sent out a tweet saying “You can’t be ‘HIM’ one day and in a identity crisis a few days later.” He didn’t drop any names, but […]

The Memphis Grizzlies had Game 4 against the Los Angeles Lakers in hand and let it sip away. The Grizzlies blew multiple chances to upset the Lakers in a 117-111 overtime loss. Instead of heading back home with the series tied 2-2, Memphis is on the brink of being eliminated from the 2023 NBA Playoffs. […]

Former NBA forward Richard Jefferson likes the fire and swag that Dillon Brooks brings to the Memphis Grizzlies. However, he definitely didn’t like Brooks’ gesture following their crucial Game 4 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. For those who missed it, Brooks refused to talk to the media after LeBron James and co. took a […]

Dillon Brooks got absolutely destroyed by LeBron James on the basketball court in the Los Angeles Lakers’ Game 4 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night. Brooks then got annihilated by the fans in the aftermath of the game after he decided not to speak to the media following their devastating 117-111 overtime loss […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have won two straight games ever since Dillon Brooks called LeBron James ‘old’. The Grizzlies can’t be too thrilled with Brooks’ antics, as they now find themselves down 3-1 while Brooks has been thoroughly outplayed by James post commentary on James’ age. Been a rough series so far for Dillon Brooks […]

Remember when the Memphis Grizzlies were a likeable team? Just a few seasons ago, they were seen as the young, spunky underdogs that everyone was rooting for. Led by the feisty Ja Morant, their surprising run to the top of the West had everyone enthralled. Two years later, and Memphis is arguably the most hated […]

You come at the king, you better not miss. Everyone and their mothers knew that taunting LeBron James is never a good idea, but Dillon Brooks did anyway. The Memphis Grizzlies forward was feeling good after their Game 2 win over the Los Angeles Lakers, and so he talked some smack. One trip to LA […]

Dillon Brooks escaped suspension for his flagrant foul on LeBron James in Game 3, but he and the Memphis Grizzlies couldn’t avoid the wrath of the Los Angeles Lakers superstar Monday night in Game 4 of this first-round series. LeBron James used Game 4 as the backdrop of yet another statistical masterpiece, as he muscled […]

Dillon Brooks literally refused to speak to the media after the Memphis Grizzlies’ devastating Game 4 loss against the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 of their NBA Playoffs opening-round series. LeBron James led the way for LA in their show-stopping 117-111 victory on Monday night, thereby promoting Brooks to walk out on his postgame […]

Game 4 between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Memphis Grizzlies was one for the ages. The stakes were extremely high in this one, and for his part, LeBron James knew what he needed to do to deliver his squad to the promised land. True enough, it was LeBron who came up big in the clutch […]

Memphis Grizzlies wing Dillon Brooks has become a household name after a season in which he played a villain role for the NBA, constantly getting into back-and-forth taunting matches with opposing players — from superstars like LeBron James to bench players like Theo Pinson. While his behavior has endeared him to some fans, it hasn’t […]

Memphis Grizzlies guard Dillon Brooks has been embroiled in media controversy amid his beef with LeBron James in the first round series against the Los Angeles Lakers. His 2023 NBA Playoffs has been defined by his antics and not his play, and Stephen A. Smith believes he has shown a level of weakness for not […]

Dillon Brooks, a career role player who has never averaged more than 18.2 points per game in any season of his career, has become the story of the NBA playoffs. The reason? Dillon Brooks is making everybody—and LeBron James, in particular—super mad. During the first three games of the Memphis Grizzlies first round series against […]

Draymond Green and Dillon Brooks agree on very few things — but they do have one thing in common. The beef between Green and Brooks went into overdrive during the regular season whenever the Golden State Warriors played the Memphis Grizzlies. It resulted in podcast bashing and post-game digs, and if there turns out to […]

Dillon Brooks continues to refuse to say what LeBron James told him during their chat before Saturday’s Game 3 showdown between the Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Lakers. However, he did give a funny response when asked about it on Sunday. Speaking to reporters after practice, Brooks hilariously said that James just told him his […]

Throughout the entire season, Dillon Brooks has been mixing it up with stars across the NBA. In the Memphis Grizzlies playoff matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers, Brooks has set his sights on LeBron James. But after James and the Lakers took down Brooks and the Grizzlies, Memphis’ star seems to be changing his tune. […]

The Memphis Grizzlies first-round playoff series with the Los Angeles Lakers has created a lot of headlines through three games, and it’s not particularly hard to see why. Easily the biggest headline for this series, though, revolves around Dillon Brooks and his desire to continue to trash talk LeBron James as this series goes on. […]