She parked the car and turned to her boy. “You’ve got work to do. You’re not gonna let this guy bully you around ever again,” she told him. “Go.” Brooks wiped off tears and toddled to the front door of his rival’s house as his mother stayed in the driver’s seat. He knocked. The kid’s mother answered. Brooks asked for her son. She left to get him. The son came out … “… And I wail on him,” Brooks said.
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Three decades later, his teammates …
Three decades later, his teammates still jeer him for the puking incident. Most commonly, they’ll tell him he must have been allergic to the engineering building. “We gave him a hard time about it,” said Johnny Rogers, a collegiate teammate of Brooks’ who now works in the Wizards’ front office. “He took it all in stride. I’m sure that was like another chip he put on his shoulder as motivation. … He’s the underdog. He’s short. He’s whatever you’re gonna say. He’s not good enough. So, he’s just gonna outwork you. That was another one that I’m sure he used as motivation to prove to us how tough he is.”
Candace Buckner: Scott Brooks said the …
Candace Buckner: Scott Brooks said the team will play it by ear whether or not Isaiah Thomas plays both nights of the back to back (Denver and Phoenix) but “there’s a “great chance“ he will play both games.
Fred Katz: Brooks on the non-calls …
Fred Katz: Brooks on the non-calls late: “I thought DB got fouled on his landing. I thought Isaiah got fouled on his landing…They said he kicked his leg, but I saw the replay and it was a foul, but you don’t get them all. You don’t get them all.”
Candace Buckner: “We were just a half a …
Candace Buckner: “We were just a half a second too slow tonight.” Scott Brooks commenting on the offense following the #Wizards’ 113-108 loss to the Kings
Fred Katz: Brooks said Beal didn’t do …
Fred Katz: Brooks said Beal didn’t do much yesterday in practice and won’t tomorrow “so the load management is gonna be alright” after Beal played 42 minutes tonight.