Grizzlies To Part Ways With Dillon Brooks, Kendrick Perkins & Bill Simmons Think That Could’ve Been Done With More Dignity

Grizzlies To Part Ways With Dillon Brooks

Despite being one of the worst players in the playoffs, Dillon Brooks has made a lot of news over the previous two weeks. The Memphis Grizzlies were defeated by the Los Angeles Lakers in the opening round as a result of his subpar play.

This will probably be Brooks’ final game wearing a Grizzlies uniform after he scored 10 points in Game 6 against the Lakers. Shams Charania claims that Memphis has no intention of keeping the forward after this year.

This summer, he’ll become a free agent. Despite the fact that he will be an unrestricted free agency, it doesn’t appear like the Grizzlies will even give him a retention offer.

Along with labelling LeBron James “old,” Brooks avoided his media responsibilities after at least three games.

Bill Simmons Thinks There Could’ve Been Done With More Dignity

Bill Simmons and NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins said the Grizzlies organization might have handled the split with more respect.

“I expected them not to [bring back Brooks], but it’s not what you do, it’s how you do it,” Perkins said on ESPN’s “NBA Today” on Tuesday afternoon.

“I don’t think it’s funny how the Grizzlies are handling this situation with Dillon Brooks. It’s one thing to clown and joke about him throughout the series, but when you come out and say that you’re not gonna bring him back no matter the circumstances, like zero chances.

“This guy is up for a contract. This guy spent six years in your organisation, and a couple of those years he was actually great for you. So my thing is when it comes down to affecting a livelihood, and it’s also a reflection of your organisation, this is not how you want to be trending.”

Perkins went on to remark that the Grizzlies should treat players better on the way out if they want to be “eye candy” and a desirable destination for future free agents.

“You don’t want them to feel like, ‘Oh, this is how they did Dillon Brooks,’ because that’s how I would look at it, and it’s just very disturbing to me that they handled him like this,” Perkins said.

“If they didn’t want to sign him, so what? Don’t sign him! But you don’t have to put it out there like that like he committed a damn crime or some off-court distractions, because he was none of that. The kid played with heart and passion every single night. No matter what he shot from the field, he brought his game every single night when it came to competing between those lines.”

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