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.”