There’s absolutely no love lost between the Grizzlies and the Warriors. These two teams have developed a legitimate rivalry over the last couple of seasons and it’s been fantastic.
We’ve got some pretty great moments out of it like Klay Thompson taunting the Grizzlies and Draymond Green dancing to ‘Whoop That Trick’ without care despite being blown out by Memphis.
We’ve also seen some pretty bad moments, too, like when Gary Payton II got injured during last year’s Western Conference semifinals and we had the whole “crossed the line” talk for the next month. That was unbearable.
Add all this together and you get two teams who very clearly don’t like each other all that much. Dillon Brooks took things a step further in an interview he did with ESPN’s Tim Keown.
Not only does he not like the Warriors, but he specifically doesn’t like Draymond Green.
Keown actually compared Brooks to Green because of their similar defensive tenacity and their similar dispositions that got them to where they are currently. Brooks scoffed at the mere thought of being compared to Green — who is almost certainly a future Hall of Famer! — in any way. It was hilarious.
He went in on Draymond. He gave him a compliment toward the end, sure, but he absolutely led with hate.
“I don’t like Draymond at all,” he says. “I just don’t like Golden State. I don’t like anything to do with them. Draymond talks a lot. Gets away with a lot, too. His game is cool — with Golden State — but if you put him anywhere else, you’re not going to know who Draymond is. He plays with heart, plays hard, knows the ins and outs of their defense. I guess that’s why they like him over there.”
Green’s response, according to Keown, was just to laugh, which is also just as incredible as this quote.
Of course, Brooks doesn’t like Draymond. Remember when he trolled him with the whole “4 rings” thing? (He later denied this because of course he did).
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Green spent the entire Christmas Day game against the Grizzlies trolling Brooks. It’s no surprise Dillon doesn’t like him — he absolutely should not.
This is the sort of energy we need more of in rivalries across the league. It’s fantastic entertainment.