Unfortunately for Draymond Green and the Warriors, Dillon Brooks and the Memphis Grizzlies got the last laugh Thursday night.
Memphis handed Golden State an ugly 131-110 loss on FedExForum, the Warriors’ third straight loss and first against the Grizzlies this 2022-23 NBA season. There’s usually no shortage of excitement in matchups between these two teams, and Thursday night was no different.
After Brooks dissed Green in an interview with ESPN last week, the Warriors forward issued a brutal response to the latest episode of his podcast, in which he called Brooks a “clown” and an “idiot,” among other things.
Speaking to TNT’s Jared Greenberg on the pitch after the game, Brooks was asked what his message was to Draymond after the two faced each other in the second quarter.
“That’s what I do, I talk,” Brooks said. “I told him to leave the mic on. Keep doing his podcast, keep blogging, keep doing his thing off the field. You know it’s cute, he enjoys it.”
Greenberg ended his interview with Brooks by acknowledging his “impressive performance” against the Warriors, to which the Grizzlies forward walked off with a final message for Green.
“Thank you. Appreciate it. Appreciate it,” Brooks added. “You should give Draymond the mic then you talk about me… Get him to keep talking about me so I can play better.”
Brooks finished the game with 14 points on 6-of-15 shooting from the field and 1-of-7 from 3-point range.
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The 27-year-old became a villain in the eyes of the Warriors and Dub Nation after injuring Gary Payton II in the Western Conference semifinals last season, and appears to have embraced the role ever since.
Green and the Warriors will have their chance for revenge in nine days as the two teams face off for the final time of the regular season.
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