Dillon Brooks has broken his silence on his beef with LeBron James following the Memphis Grizzlies' loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round of the NBA playoffs. James appeared to subtweet Brooks by quoting JAY-Z lyrics on Saturday night as the Lakers advanced to the second round. Despite the defeat, Brooks says he has no regrets about angering LeBron James.
"That's who I am," he told reporters on Sunday. "I'm a competitor. I compete. I don't think it got LeBron 'geeked' up. He's back in the playoffs, it'd been a little while. He was ready to play." Prior to the comments, the NBA announced that it had fined Brooks $25,000 for "failure to participate in team postgame media availability during the first round of the 2023 NBA playoffs."
Dillon Brooks Guards LeBron James
"Unlike you little ****, I'm a grown ass man," James' tweet reads. "Big shoes to fill, grown ass pants. Prolly hustled with your pops, go ask your parents. It's apparent you're staring at a legend. Who put a few little **** in they place before. Trying to eat without saying they grace before!" The quote comes from JAY-Z's song, "Trouble,” off of 2006’s Kingdom Come. James also posted on Instagram, "If you ever see me fighting in the forest with a Grizzly bear, HELP THE BEAR."
Things between Brooks and James really heated up as the games went on between the Lakers and Grizzlies. After taking Game 2, Brooks told reporters, "I don't care, he's old. You know what I mean? I was expecting him to do that game four, game five. He wanted to say something when I got my fourth foul, he should've been saying that earlier on. I poke bears, I don’t respect no one until they come and give me 40. I pride myself on what I do."
LeBron James Appears To Subtweet Dillon Brooks
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