Dillon Brooks' quote from new Netflix doc will annoy Spurs fans all over again

Court of Gold gave us innumerable awesome moments about the journey through the Olympics for several teams, but it wasn't perfect. It gave Dillon Brooks way too much air time. One could believe he deserves it because he's an NBA player representing his nation, but there are more relevant players who should have spoken longer if they spoke at all—like Trey Lyles or literally anyone else.

In episode four, the camera crew focuses on Team France and Team Canada in their lead up to the quarterfinals game, which would eventually end in disappointment for one group. Brooks shared a nice moment with his family but then had any goodwill built up from that segment erased a few scenes later when he was asked about Victor Wembanyama in an interview before the game.

The reporter asked Dillon how Wemby reacts to a shoulder in the chest, and he replied, "You tell me. Withers, weathers, falls over." Just complete and total disrespect for a guy he'll be seeing quite a bit of over the next few years.

Brooks played himself in Court of Gold episode

Sometimes, you should just respect your opponent, go out and play ball, but that's not the approach the Rockets' guard took. I guess that shouldn't be surprising, though. He was always a bit of a clown in Memphis, but when you get to Houston, there seems to be something in the air that affects their basketball community negatively. They're all delusional. Take this fan, for example.

This makes zero sense. If anything, one should assume that Wembanyama was even more upset about that night in Houston last season if this is how he reacts to losing All-Star Games. But how does one even equate the two situations in the first place?

He also conveniently leaves out that Alperen Sengun has been nearly unplayable in two of the three games between the two teams in the current season, but that doesn't fit his odd and unnecessary narrative. Maybe he's trying to bait people so he can earn some extra money on X (Formerly known as Twitter), but there's also a possibility that he just has ridiculous opinions.

Never underestimate the power of delusion. Getting back to the series, in the same episode, Brooks tells an interviewer that he can take over games just like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jamal Murray. I had to pause the episode to let out a belly laugh that would have prevented me from hearing the next minute.

It was appropriate for the episode to end showing Canada's loss after being dominated for the majority of the game. Brooks contributed two points, so there was definitely no taking over going on, but he did have four fouls, so there's that.

Wembanyama didn't have his best offensive game, but Dillon made it seem like Wemby was soft. He's grabbed 12 boards, dished five assists, had three steals, and blocked a shot in the quarterfinals of his first Olympics at 20 years old. There's nothing soft about that. Oh, and that blocked shot was against Brooks, and it's the same one you see in the cover image above. Ouch.

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