TNT basketball analyst Charles Barkley fired criticism in the direction of Grizzlies wing Dillon Brooks following his Game 5 performance against the Lakers.
Brooks has been under fire since Memphis’ Game 2 win for calling Los Angeles star LeBron James old and saying that he wouldn’t respect anybody that couldn’t put up 40 points on him. In the games that followed the callout, Brooks was ejected for hitting James in the groin, said the media created a villain narrative about him and then refused to speak to reporters after the team’s Game 4 loss.
And though the Grizzlies beat the Lakers 116–95 in Game 5 on Wednesday night, narrowing the first-round series deficit to 3–2, Brooks still caught flak from Barkley before the win due to his on-court performance in Game 4.
