<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-dillon-brooks-antics-steve-kerr-livid-draymond-greens-weak-ejection');   ga('set', 'title', 'Dillon Brooks’ antics have Warriors’ Steve Kerr livid over Draymond Green’s ‘weak’ ejection');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Warriors-News-Steve-Kerr-blasts-Draymond-Greens-weak-ejection-compares-it-to-Dillon-Brooks-flagrant-foul.jpg"></figure><h1>Dillon Brooks’ antics have Warriors’ Steve Kerr livid over Draymond Green’s ‘weak’ ejection</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-21T04:58:35-08:00">December 21st, 4:58am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-21T04:58:35-08:00">December 21st, 4:58am</time><address><a href="http://kenzofukuda.com">Kenzo Fukuda</a>Kenzo Fukuda (he/him) is a Japanese and Chinese American journalist and writer born and raised in San Francisco, CA. He is in his first season as the Golden State Warriors and Valkyries beat reporter after three seasons of covering Cal Bears basketball. Kenzo is also an avid filmmaker and holds extensive knowledge of basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>SAN FRANCISCO, CA– The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-rumors-mavs-daniel-gafford-trade-deadline">Golden State Warriors secured a much-needed</a> 119-116 win over the Phoenix Suns to snap a three-game losing streak. And they had to do so <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-draymond-green-ejected-suns-game-2-quick-techs">without Draymond Green</a>, who was tossed early in the second quarter after receiving back-to-back technical fouls for shoving Suns guard Collin Gillespie and arguing with the officials afterwards.</p><p>Gillespie and Green’s interaction began around the 10:45 mark after Green blocked the point guard’s shot. The two exchanged words all the way up the court, as Stephen Curry hit a three-pointer, at which point Green ran through Gillispie, which triggered the initial technical foul from official Pat Fraher.</p><p>Green subsequently mimicked the technical foul sign back at Fraher and began yelling at the official. Green followed Fraher to the scorer’s table, continuing to yell at the official while Moses Moody tried to usher him away. This prompted the referee to hit Green with his second technical, ending his night. Around thirty seconds of real time elapsed between Green’s first and second technicals.</p><p>“I thought it was weak,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said after the game. “He definitely deserved one. But he’s walking to the bench and yells something, and the second technical– we just saw a guy on their team literally punch Steph in the stomach the other night. Premeditated, punches him in the stomach, and no ejection for that. Two nights later, refs got upset with some words from Draymond. I totally disagreed.”</p><h2>The notorious Dillon Brooks</h2><p>The guy Kerr referenced was Suns’ wing Dillon Brooks, who has a well-documented history of antagonizing Golden State. In the Warriors-Suns game the previous night,<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/phoenix-suns/suns-news-dillon-brooks-revenge-fueled-reason-loves-playing-stephen-curry"> Brooks hit Curry in the gut</a> after a three-point attempt late in the fourth, which sent the Dubs’ star to the ground writhing in pain.</p><p>The officials assessed Brooks with a flagrant foul, penalty one, but did not eject him from the game. The league upheld the ruling, characterizing the flagrant one as the correct call according to the official Last Two Minute report.</p><p>Kerr told reporters that the Warriors reached out to the league about Brooks’ actions. He declined to share what the league explained to them. But the NBA did not fine or suspend Brooks for his actions, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-steve-kerr-dillon-brooks-dirtiest-plays-win-suns">which drew Kerr’s ire</a>.</p><p>“How could you not be upset?” Kerr said. “This is a guy who broke Gary [Payton II]’s elbow in the playoffs, clotheslining him with one of the dirtiest plays I’ve ever seen. It’s not like there’s not a track record there. It’s right there; they look at it. I don’t know what the point of replay is if you’re not going to kick a guy out for literally punching somebody.”</p><p>“It’s bizarre to me that he was not, first of all, ejected for that, and then suspended or fined. Nothing? Nothing? So apparently, you are now allowed– this is my take– you are allowed to premeditate a punch of any shooter who is left defenseless. You can now take a swing at him and just get a flagrant one.”</p><h2>How the Warriors won without Draymond Green</h2><p>Curry said that Green’s ejection “woke them up,” when they dealt with the sudden reality of their defensive anchor out for the rest of the game.</p><p>“We knew without him, we were gonna have to play even tougher, dig deeper down the rotation,” Curry said.</p><p>Deeper down the rotation emerged rookie Will Richard, who did not see the floor in the last three games as Kerr tinkered with the rotation. Richard finished with 20 points off the bench on 6-of-7 shooting and a perfect 4-of-4 from distance. He took Buddy Hield’s minutes, whose offense has been quiet as of late, and gave the Dubs a much-needed spark off the bench.</p><p>And in the fourth quarter, the Warriors turned to their closers in Curry and Jimmy Butler. Curry scored 14 of his 28 points in the fourth while Butler finished an aptly timed And-1 to go up 5 with 54.6 seconds left. Butler finished with 25 points, another aggressive offensive night after Kerr said they needed more of his scoring.</p><p>After a series of letdowns in the clutch, the Warriors secured a much-needed victory and may have found <a href="https://x.com/kenzofuku/status/2002612107561611616?s=20" rel="noopener">something in the process</a>.</p><p>“Tonight we realized what it’s gonna take to win,” Butler said. “And honestly, I think we were all on the same page at how badly we wanted to win this one after the ending of the game in Phoenix. We came to a certain conclusion of like, we all gotta be in this thing together. We win ’em or we lose ’em, but we damn sure all know nobody mess with 30.”</p><p>It’s only one win but turning this season around has to start somewhere. With two more games in this homestand, the Warriors will look to build on the narrow win.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dillon Brooks’ antics have Warriors’ Steve Kerr livid over Draymond Green’s ‘weak’ ejection

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-steve-kerr-dillon-brooks-dirtiest-plays-win-suns');   ga('set', 'title', 'Warriors’ Steve Kerr declares Dillon Brooks has ‘one of the dirtiest plays I’ve ever seen’ after Suns win');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Warriors-Steve-Kerr-declares-Dillon-Brooks-has-one-of-the-dirtiest-plays-Ive-ever-seen-after-Suns-win.jpg"></figure><h1>Warriors’ Steve Kerr declares Dillon Brooks has ‘one of the dirtiest plays I’ve ever seen’ after Suns win</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-20T22:54:30-08:00">December 20th, 10:54pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-20T22:56:02-08:00">December 20th, 10:56pm</time><address><a href="http://kenzofukuda.com">Kenzo Fukuda</a>Kenzo Fukuda (he/him) is a Japanese and Chinese American journalist and writer born and raised in San Francisco, CA. He is in his first season as the Golden State Warriors and Valkyries beat reporter after three seasons of covering Cal Bears basketball. Kenzo is also an avid filmmaker and holds extensive knowledge of basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>SAN FRANCISCO, CA– Safe to say, there’s no love lost between <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/phoenix-suns/suns-news-dillon-brooks-revenge-fueled-reason-loves-playing-stephen-curry">Dillon Brooks and the Golden State Warriors.</a></p><p>After the Dubs’ narrow 119-116 win over the Phoenix Suns, in a heated rematch full of technical fouls <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-draymond-green-ejected-suns-game-2-quick-techs">and a Draymond Green ejection</a>, Steve Kerr blasted Brooks over his history of dirty plays, two nights after Brooks checked Stephen Curry in the stomach well after a three-point attempt.</p><p>“How could you not be upset?” Kerr said <a href="https://x.com/kenzofuku/status/2002609835205145000?s=20" rel="noopener">when asked about</a> Brooks’ flagrant foul from the Dubs’ 99-98 loss to the Suns on Friday.</p><p>“This is a guy who broke Gary [Payton II]’s elbow in the playoffs, clotheslining him with one of the dirtiest plays I’ve ever seen. It’s not like there’s not a track record there. It’s right there; they look at it. I don’t know what the point of replay is if you’re not going to kick a guy out for literally punching somebody. It’s bizarre to me that he was not, first of all, ejected for that, and then suspended or fined.”</p><p>Kerr told reporters that the Warriors had spoken to the league office about Brooks’ flagrant foul, penalty one. The Dubs’ coach declined to share specifically what was said between the two parties. However, the NBA’s last two-minute report confirmed Brooks’ flagrant foul one as the correct call, signalling that the league is firm in its ruling.</p><p>Kerr believes the league’s ruling sets a dangerous precedent for adjudicating flagrant fouls moving forward.</p><p>“This is my take. You’re now allowed to premeditate a punch at any shooter who’s left defenseless. You can now take a swing out and know, you’re just going to get a flagrant one.”</p><p>“So, I don’t know, maybe we’re going to do that,” Kerr joked. “But probably not.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“This is a guy [Dillon Brooks] who broke Gary’s elbow in the playoffs clotheslining him on one of the dirtiest plays I’ve ever seen… its not like there isn't a track record.”</p><p>– Steve Kerr 👀</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/anthonyVslater?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@anthonyVslater</a>)</p><p> <a href="https://t.co/DuCi7O1U11">pic.twitter.com/DuCi7O1U11</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/2002608182049583451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 21, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2>Brooks’ extensive history with the Warriors</h2><p>Brooks has long been a thorn in Golden State’s side, dating back to his days with the Memphis Grizzlies. In 2021, he first gained notoriety when the Grizzlies knocked out the Dubs in the very first year of the play-in tournament, in which he was a key defender in bothering Curry.</p><p>The following year, the Warriors and Grizzlies faced off in the Western Conference Semifinals, which is when his dangerous foul on Payton occurred, earning him a suspension in Game 3 of the series. Payton, however, missed the rest of the series and the entire Conference Finals due to a broken elbow.</p><p>And last season, in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-news-stephen-curry-dillon-brooks-heated-game-4-moment">Dubs’ first-round series with the Houston Rockets</a>, there were several heated moments between Brooks and the Warriors. The Warriors’ broadcasters accused Brooks of targeting Curry’s injured thumb after his shot attempts on his follow-through. And after Game 5, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/houston-rockets/rockets-news-dillon-brooks-sounds-off-targeting-accusation-amid-stephen-currys-injury">Brooks had this to say</a> about those claims.</p><p>“If I had an injured ankle, I would attack that ankle every single time,” Brooks said. “So, whatever they’re saying on the broadcast, they can keep saying it.”</p><p>At the time, what Brooks was doing by hitting Curry’s follow-through arm after the shot was well within the legal confines of the rulebook. But this past offseason, the league changed the rule to disallow the loophole that allowed defenders to make contact with a shooter’s arm. They now classify it as “hot-stove contact,” which counts as a shooting foul.</p><h2>Warriors players’ comments on Brooks</h2><p>Brooks, after Friday’s game, explained his thought process behind the flagrant foul on Curry.</p><p>“I thought he was running to try to get the rebound, so I tried to stop him,” Brooks said. “I don’t know how to explain it. Just gotta figure it out for next game so I don’t do anything to put our team in a bad spot.”</p><p>After the game, Payton had a simple answer when a reporter asked for his perspective on Brooks’ playstyle and history of questionable plays.</p><p>“Just who he is.”</p><p>The Warriors will see Brooks one more time this regular season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Warriors’ Steve Kerr declares Dillon Brooks has ‘one of the dirtiest plays I’ve ever seen’ after Suns win

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/phoenix-suns/suns-news-why-dillon-brooks-become-kendrick-perkins-favorite-nba-players');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Dillon Brooks has become ‘one of’ Kendrick Perkins’ favorite NBA players');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Dillon-Brooks-of-the-Phoenix-Suns.jpg"><figcaption>Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Why Dillon Brooks has become ‘one of’ Kendrick Perkins’ favorite NBA players</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-19T15:32:01-08:00">December 19th, 3:32pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-19T15:32:01-08:00">December 19th, 3:32pm</time><address><a>Benedetto Vitale</a>Benedetto Vitale is an avid sports writer who is an expert at covering the NFL, college football, NBA, and UFC. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a film degree but has since dedicated his career to sports writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Phoenix Suns are 15-12 on the season and sit in seventh place in the Western Conference. Early on in the season, the team is seemingly playing above expectations, and Kendrick Perkins <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/phoenix-suns/suns-news-dillon-brooks-escalates-feud-social-media-lebron-james-airball-diss">credits Dillon Brooks</a> for the team remaining competitive.</p><p>During a segment on “NBA on ESPN,” the former NBA center revealed that Brooks is <a href="https://x.com/ESPNNBA/status/2002138845555433860" rel="noopener">one of his favorite players</a> in the league right now. Perkins is ultimately impressed by the 29-year-old guard/forward for the leadership he’s bringing to the Suns.</p><p>“No one expected the Phoenix Suns to be where they are,” said Perkins. “I believe they’re in the seven spot right now, and it’s because of Dillon ‘The Villain.’ Dillon Brooks, who has become one of my favorite players in the NBA. And this guy, just winning, winning follows this man.</p><p>“Memphis hasn’t been the same since he left. We watched him last year help develop that culture with the Houston Rockets, and now he’s bringing something that the Phoenix Suns hadn’t had since they got rid of [Chris Paul], and that’s leadership.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"No one expected the Phoenix Suns to be where they are I believe they're in the seventh spot right now, and it's because of Dillon 'the Villain'."<a href="https://twitter.com/KendrickPerkins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KendrickPerkins</a> on how impressed he's been with Dillon Brooks on the Suns ✍️ <a href="https://t.co/heZlWiqfbf">pic.twitter.com/heZlWiqfbf</a></p><p>— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/2002138845555433860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Brooks has played in 21 of the Suns’ 27 games so far this season and is experiencing what might be a career year in Phoenix. He’s emerged as one of the top scoring options for the team, while retaining his defensive presence and tenacity on the court.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/phoenix-suns/suns-news-dillon-brooks-revenge-fueled-reason-loves-playing-stephen-curry">Dillon Brooks is entering Saturday’s game</a> against the Golden State Warriors, averaging 21.7 points (career-high), 3.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.4 steals (career-high) per game. He’s also shooting 44.8% from the field (career-high) and 32.9% from beyond the three-point line.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Dillon Brooks has become ‘one of’ Kendrick Perkins’ favorite NBA players

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Rebilas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Dillon Brooks’ revenge-fueled reason why he loves playing Stephen Curry</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-18T23:30:03-08:00">December 18th, 11:30pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-18T23:30:03-08:00">December 18th, 11:30pm</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>PHOENIX– Revenge is a dish best served with a win, if you’re Dillon Brooks. After the Phoenix Suns took down the Golden State Warriors 99-98 in dramatic fashion, it felt like <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/a-brief-history-of-wild-lebron-james-dillon-brooks-feud">another vintage Brooks performance</a>.</p><p>He finished the game with 24 points and consistently posed a threat throughout. The tenacious defense, microwave scoring, and ability to turn a game upside down have been what the Suns wanted.</p><p>However, he has had some extra motivation over the past handful of games. On Thursday, it happened to be Stephen Curry. The latter only had 15 points compared to Brooks’s 24.</p><p>Still, the latter made his presence known with his physicality. While some might’ve thought he went overboard, he’s <a href="https://x.com/HaydenCilley/status/2001890166924021934?s=20" rel="noopener">out to prove something</a> when playing against the league’s best.</p><p>“Those teams had my number for a while in the big stages,” Brooks said postgame. “I’m trying to get to the big stage and perform there. These are just games to get to this point, or get to that point in the future.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I asked Dillon Brooks why he enjoys playing against guys like Steph Curry so much.</p><p>“Those teams had my number for a while in the big stages. I’m trying to get to the big stage and perform there. These are just games to get to this point, or get to that point in the future.” <a href="https://t.co/oQeaWn8cnO">pic.twitter.com/oQeaWn8cnO</a></p><p>— Hayden Cilley (@HaydenCilley) <a href="https://twitter.com/HaydenCilley/status/2001890166924021934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 19, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Dillon Brooks sees Suns win over Stephen Curry as redemption</b></h2><p>This headline might be a little misleading, but it paints a broader picture. Curry has given Brooks his fair share of viral moments that left the internet buzzing.</p><p>Most notably, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/fans-erupt-after-stephen-curry-savagely-cooks-dillon-brooks-defense">Brooks was the victim of a Curry masterclass</a> in the 2024-25 NBA playoffs in the first round. The Warriors sharpshooter made quick work of the Houston Rockets and had a memorable closeout game.</p><p>Now, Brooks is in Phoenix, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-mnJAcCtnw" rel="noopener">hoping to reset the narratives</a> about him not being a winner. He’s out to prove that he belongs on the big stage. And judging from his career season under first-year head coach Jordan Ott, he might be right.</p><p>But one game won’t define everything, as has been the Suns’ mantra all season. They’ll continue to put their best foot forward as they’ll take on the Warriors again, but this time in the Bay on Saturday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dillon Brooks’ revenge-fueled reason why he loves playing Stephen Curry

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Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Wherever Dillon Brooks plays, just know that he’s going to be his most authentic self, and he’s not going to back down from a challenge. Since he’s been with the Phoenix Suns, he’s kept that mindset, and there’s no doubt that it has been contagious around the team, which could be one of the reasons for their success. One player that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-heated-lebron-james-grabs-ref-dillon-brooks-swats-ball">Brooks refuses to back down from is LeBron James</a>, as they have years of history.</p><p>Brook and James got into it several times in their last matchup, and the Suns’ guard ended up getting ejected toward the end of the game. That was days ago, but the feud still seems to be fresh in Brooks’ mind, which is why he continued to <a href="https://x.com/ESPNNBA/status/2001445157745439025?s=20" rel="noopener">escalate the beef</a> with James in his latest media availability.</p><p>“He’s a social-media junkie,’’ Brooks said. “He be all over the socials… he thinks that people should think a way about him or not say nothing about him or play a certain way, and I’m not going to play that way. He gets in his moods or in his modes or whatever it is. I’m all for that.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Dillon Brooks spoke about getting into it with LeBron at the end of the Lakers win vs. the Suns 👀 </p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/Suns?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Suns</a>) <a href="https://t.co/8qbxukhunm">pic.twitter.com/8qbxukhunm</a></p><p>— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/2001445157745439025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 18, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I wish we would have let him shoot that shot and that s— would have been an airball.”</p><p>According to Brooks, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-lebron-james-opens-up-blunder-dillon-brooks-ejection">James has probably seen these comments</a>, and somebody will definitely ask him about them soon. The real question is, will James pay it any attention, or just move on?</p><p>Brooks has been trying to prove since he was with the Memphis Grizzlies that James doesn’t bother him. It’s hard to tell if he’s forcing it with him or not, but he has been able to get James riled up a few times, especially in their latest matchup.</p><p>It seems like this will go on however long they face off against each other, and with the Lakers coming out on top, James won this battle.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
21.4	3.3	2.0	0.2	2.0

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