Dillon Brooks garnered a lot of attention Wednesday night after the Grizzlies’ 103–93 win over the Lakers in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series. Not for his 12 points, though, but because he called LeBron James “old” and added, “I don’t respect no one until they come and give me 40 [points].”
James, 38, finished the game with 28 points and 12 rebounds on 12-for-23 shooting from the field. Brooks added some insult to injury by adding that he would have liked to play against a different version of James.
“He’s not at the same level as he was when he was on Cleveland, when he [was] winning championships in Miami,” Brooks said. “I wish I got to see that. You know what I mean? It would have been a harder task.”
