{"id":424247,"date":"2023-05-03T17:19:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=424247"},"modified":"2023-05-03T17:19:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:19:54","slug":"grizzlies-to-part-ways-with-dillon-brooks-kendrick-perkins-bill-simmons-think-that-couldve-been-done-with-more-dignity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/grizzlies-to-part-ways-with-dillon-brooks-kendrick-perkins-bill-simmons-think-that-couldve-been-done-with-more-dignity\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies To Part Ways With Dillon Brooks, Kendrick Perkins &#038; Bill Simmons Think That Could&#8217;ve Been Done With More Dignity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Grizzlies To Part Ways With Dillon Brooks<\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>This will probably be Brooks&#8217; 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.<\/p>\n<p>This summer, he&#8217;ll become a free agent. Despite the fact that he will be an unrestricted free agency, it doesn&#8217;t appear like the Grizzlies will even give him a retention offer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Grizzlies not bringing Dillon Brooks back \u201cunder any circumstances\u201d makes this Draymond video SO much funnier\ud83e\udd23<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/74Z8zGJQgP\">pic.twitter.com\/74Z8zGJQgP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Angelo (@_klaynation_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_klaynation_\/status\/1653434082829938688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Along with labelling LeBron James &#8220;old,&#8221; Brooks avoided his media responsibilities after at least three games.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Someone should have shown Dillon Brooks this video before he provoked Lebron  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k1eJUoQNdF\">pic.twitter.com\/k1eJUoQNdF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barstoolsports\/status\/1650727562870398976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Bill Simmons Thinks There Could&#8217;ve Been Done With More Dignity<\/h2>\n<p>Bill Simmons and NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins said the Grizzlies organization might have handled the split with more respect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expected them not to [bring back Brooks], but it\u2019s not what you do, it\u2019s how you do it,\u201d Perkins said on ESPN\u2019s \u201cNBA Today\u201d on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s funny how the Grizzlies are handling this situation with Dillon Brooks. It\u2019s one thing to clown and joke about him throughout the series, but when you come out and say that you\u2019re not gonna bring him back no matter the circumstances, like zero chances.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stephen Jackson says it\u2019s \u2018bullsh!t\u2019 how the Grizzlies treated Dillon Brooks <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess when you compete against LeBron everyone gets mad\u201d <\/p>\n<p>(Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAMATHLETEpod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IAMATHLETEpod<\/a> ) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NibQVGeVQq\">pic.twitter.com\/NibQVGeVQq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1653784277287419907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis 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\u2019s also a reflection of your organisation, this is not how you want to be trending.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perkins went on to remark that the Grizzlies should treat players better on the way out if they want to be &#8220;eye candy&#8221; and a desirable destination for future free agents.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Grizzlies have informed Dillon Brooks he will not be brought back &quot;under any circumstances,&quot; per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShamsCharania<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/66ezbI51u7\">pic.twitter.com\/66ezbI51u7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1653431517186514945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t want them to feel like, \u2018Oh, this is how they did Dillon Brooks,\u2019 because that\u2019s how I would look at it, and it\u2019s just very disturbing to me that they handled him like this,\u201d Perkins said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they didn\u2019t want to sign him, so what? Don\u2019t sign him! But you don\u2019t 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Memphis Grizzlies have informed pending free agent Dillon Brooks that he will not be brought back under any circumstances, league sources say.<\/p>\n<p>Full story and details at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthletic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAthletic<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CRztYTgYi7\">https:\/\/t.co\/CRztYTgYi7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1653430519315714049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"MLB History: The Longest Baseball Game Ever\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/mlb-history-the-longest-baseball-game-ever\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">MLB History: The Longest Baseball Game Ever<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":417351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[303,7821,7820],"class_list":["post-424247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-dillon-brooks","tag-dillon-brooks-bill-simmons","tag-dillon-brooks-grizzlies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}