Have you ever known Dillon Brooks shy away from controversy?
In fact, have you ever known Dillon Brooks to not actively seek controversy, throwing out asinine statements and being — for lack of a better word — borderline obnoxious at points?
That was the Dillon Brooks that we saw again on Wednesday night, as the former Oregon Duck star once again found himself drawing ire from the vast majority of social media users after his comments directed towards LeBron James.
Brooks and the Memphis Grizzlies beat LeBron and the Los Angeles Lakers in the second game of the first-round NBA playoff series, and Brooks was feeling brash and confident in the minutes after. Whether it was calling James, arguably the greatest player in NBA history, ‘old’ or saying that he wishes he could have played LBJ in his prime because it would have been a harder challenge, Brooks put on a master class in terms of being a heel.
As you would expect, the comments did not go over particularly well in the NBA Twitter world. Here are some of the best reactions.
The Comments
Bringing Out the Fire in LeBron
LeBron Led All Scorers With 28 Points…
Shooters Keep Shooting
LeBron, probably
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLEEEEEEEEE
That’s a lot of 40 pieces
I Could See That
There’s the Respect
We’ve Seen This Before
Skip Has a Point..
It’s a Talent
You Know It’s Coming
How Long Do We Defend Him For?
Love Him If He’s On Your Team
Can’t Wait for Game 3
Story originally appeared on Ducks Wire