Toothless Villain Dillon Brooks Can’t Stop Hating LeBron Or Writing Checks With His Mouth That His Game Can’t Cash

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Hasn’t everyone had it up to here with Dillon Brooks by now? He was an admittedly better player than expected for the Houston Rockets this past season, but that was in a low-stakes, low-expectations environment as the de facto veteran leader on a super young team. Prior to that, Brooks decided to talk trash about LeBron James in the NBA playoffs, only to back that up on the court with piss-poor play.

Across his last 17 postseason games, Brooks is shooting 33.7% from the field, 30.7% from 3-point range on almost seven attempts per contest, and yeah, has revealed himself to be a toothless villain who can’t get it done when it matters most. Why would that change on the Summer Olympics stage, in an exhibition matchup between Team Canada and Team USA?

Courtside fans have been known to stir LeBron into a competitive frenzy where he annihilates his competition. Probably not the best guy to pick a fight with. Brooks continues to be so undeterred and audacious by poking the bear, despite a truly embarrassing history with The King.

Then there’s this stark contrast of imagery that I couldn’t help but share, given that the U.S. squad was pretty much sleepwalking through the start of their meaningless duel with Canada.

The Americans committed eight turnovers in the first quarter alone before settling in. Canada actually has some dudes: NBA MVP finalist Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver Nuggets star Jamal Murray, and several other solid pros. A rather decent perimeter/wing rotation. It’s just that they have nobody in the frontcourt who can even f**k with the likes of Joel Embiid, Anthony Davis, or even Bam Adebayo if we’re being honest.

Less spacing on international-sized courts and the absence of three-second violation infractions make Team USA’s defense borderline impenetrable. Only Team France’s tandem of Victor Wembanyama and Rudy Gobert poses such a fortified interior wall.

In other words, why does Brooks insist on putting forth such consistent loser behavior like walking right in front of Devin Booker’s interview?

How’s it look from down there, Dillon?

Glad the refs let the fellas play on this one, too:

You almost wonder sometimes if Brooks does things because he knows he’s trolling. I’m 98% certain that he’s not self-aware enough to be in on the joke, because he has such staggering delusions of grandeur.

Whereas Lance Stephenson was at least kind of likable to the point where LeBron eventually welcomed him as a teammate, there’s nothing redeemable about the way Brooks carries himself. To quote Bob Barker in Happy Gilmore, this guy sucks.

Now I say that, and realize that, hey, Dillon Brooks helped make an Olympic exhibition game more interesting and relevant than it otherwise would’ve been. So I guess he can just keep on keeping on. Whether or not he ever understands we’re laughing at him not with him? Sounds like a personal problem for him. Sounds tough.

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