Kevin Durant Understands What Dillon Brooks Is Trying to do, Becoming NBA’s Villain: “I Can Respect It”

Akash Murty | 05/04/2023
Kevin Durant Understands What Dillon Brooks Is Trying to do, Becoming NBA’s Villain: “I Can Respect It”

Dillon Brooks has become the NBA’s biggest villain in recent times, which looks more like his will than his nature. And Kevin Durant, who unwillingly was one of the league’s most hated players, understands why the Grizzlies guard wants it.

Brooks has earned himself a better reputation playing this character than his primary role with his team, i.e., to be the defender that guards the opposition’s best player and be a good 3-and-D player around Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr., and Desmond Bane.

The Slim Reaper thinks the 6ft 7’ guard is doing both bits quite well by being who he is, and he respects that.

Kevin Durant respects Dillon Brooks being the villain of the NBA

In a recent interview on ‘the etcs’ podcast on his own media platform, the Boardroom, the 13x All-Star took time to talk about Brooks who has been messing with some legendary players like Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, and Russell Westbrook, who also happen to be KD’s former teammates.

“It’s just a part of the role he has to play for his team,” Durant said. “And we’ve seen so many players in the history of the game that we all love for doing the same stuff. It is who he is, and he’s standing on that. I can respect it.”

Is it really who Brooks is?

Everything else Durant said can be true, but it cannot be who Brooks actually is. He is just playing a character, and he is good at it. I mean, just look at this man.

To add to the point, he wasn’t doing all this throughout the last year when he was even a better player compared to this season’s form of his.

The persona only came into the limelight after the Grizzlies matched up with the Warriors in the 2022 Conference Semi-finals. It can be his image to run along with now, but it isn’t his true nature as that of say, Patrick Beverley.

 

 

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Akash Murty

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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