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“Keep Playing That Dumb A*# Defense”: Kyrie Irving Trash Talks Dillon Brooks While Putting up 20-points on Him at Halftime

Akash Murty
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“Keep Playing That Dumba*# Defense”: Kyrie Irving Trash Talks Dillon Brooks While Putting up 20-points on Him at Halftime

There is a world of difference between the current Grizzlies team and any Golden State Warriors team of the last 10–12 years. The Dubs have never been as arrogant as the Grizzlies have been, despite having 4 championships in the past 9 years. And most of the Memphis team’s arrogance is Dillon Brooks.

The man is much more of a pest in his head than on the court. That much is pretty obvious with the numbers he has been averaging this season.

After coming off as a promising young two-way guard for the talented young team, he has been a bit of a disappointment. But he thinks himself worthy of talking smack to the likes of Draymond Green and Klay Thompson.

However, Mavericks star, Kyrie Irving, made it a point to tell him who he exactly is.

Kyrie Irving calls out Dillon Brooks’ “dumb A*# defense”

Brooks’ back and forth with future first-ballot Hall of Famers like Green and Thompson recently have been the most eventful days of his 6-year NBA career. Well, that gets a boost as another star of the game, decided to humble the 6ft 6’ guard-forward of the Grizzlies. Obviously, it was Brooks who started it.

In the Monday night encounter between the Grizzlies and the Mavericks, when Brooks was trying to stop Kyrie, the 2016 NBA champ brought him down to the ground right away.

Uncle Drew didn’t just quietly embarrass Brooks like he usually does to players, he trash-talked the trash-talker.

NBA Twitter erupted with joy as Irving destroyed Brooks in Memphis

As soon as Kyrie started putting on a show while Brooks tried stopping him, fans went on a frenzy mocking the Grizzlies guard as Irving put up 20 points on him at half-time while just allowing Brooks 7 on the other side.

They even brought up how Brooks was challenging Irving in the last encounter.

This is what he deserves. And as far as his Head Coach Taylor Jenkins’ expectations of All-NBA First Team (for Brooks) goes, a man averaging well under a steal (0.8) and almost no blocks (0.2) a game should not be under consideration despite how good of an on or off-the-ball defender he might be.

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Akash Murty

Akash Murty

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An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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