On a night where things went from bad to worse for Dillon Brooks, the Grizzlies guard found himself on the receiving end of a scathingly honest assessment from ESPN analyst Doris Burke during Saturday’s 111–101 Game 3 loss to the Lakers.
With Memphis trailing 10–2 early in the first quarter, Brooks was preparing to inbound the ball when Burke and fellow analyst Mark Jones got into a conversation about the 27-year-old’s game. However, what began as a run-of-the-mill analysis of Brooks’s strengths and weaknesses turned into something a little different for the viewers after Burke decided to focus her attention solely on the latter.
“He does not bring elite athleticism to the game. He, obviously, does not bring elite shooting, he’s on the floor to do one thing: guard the toughest guy every single night. It’s a thankless job, it’s hard job and he embraces it,” Burke said.
