Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks spoke to the media for the first time since his team was eliminated by the Lakers in the first round of the playoffs and was asked if he regretted taking shots at LeBron James after his team’s Game 2 win. The comments caused a frenzy online and led many to believe that they played a role in the team’s downward spiral.
“No. That’s who I am,” Brooks told reporters Sunday at his team’s exit interviews, two days after the Grizzlies season ended in Los Angeles. “I don’t regret it. I’m a competitor, I compete. I don’t think it got LeBron geeked up.”
The drama started on April 19 when Brooks called James “old” and added “I poke bears. I don’t respect no one until they come and give me 40 [points].”
