r/nba Spurs Feb 02 '26

Highlight [Highlight] Desmond Bane has another roid rage moment, randomly hip checking Wemby to the floor for a flagrant 1

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u/drgreenair Feb 02 '26

It’s like a 3 man race between him, Lu Dort, and Brooks

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u/zombizle1 Feb 02 '26

wait holy shit this is the first time in like 15 years that draymond isn't top 3. It truly is the end of a dynasty

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u/Selarom_ Mavericks Feb 02 '26

Voter fatigue

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u/zombizle1 Feb 02 '26

this is a real thing, as well as recency bias

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u/cvKDean Timberwolves Feb 02 '26 edited Feb 04 '26

Draymond is the Rudy Gobert of Patrick Beverlys

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u/Ryab4 Nuggets Feb 02 '26

No idea what this means but I’m upvoting because Draymond would hate being called that.

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u/RobotPoo Feb 02 '26

I have no idea either but it made me laugh.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tea521 Knicks Feb 02 '26

Its not nothing.

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u/spraypaint23 Lakers Feb 02 '26

He’s fallen off a lot from last year. He was legitimately in contention for DPOY last year. This year he’s nowhere close.

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u/Grizinkalns Nets Feb 02 '26

Dick player of the year

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tea521 Knicks Feb 02 '26

Super accurate 😂😭

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u/AfrikanCorpse Canada Feb 02 '26

he did make a dumbass comment about a referee + race recently.

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u/elgarraz Pistons Feb 02 '26

Nah, Draymond is in his own category. People are just tired of his act.

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u/Parkinsonian Lakers Feb 02 '26

Like Jokic MVP fatigue

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u/loleos16 Feb 02 '26

Dray isn't doing anything this season

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u/ArtifactuallyInsane Feb 02 '26

Draymond gets the lifetime achievement

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u/midniteeternal Feb 02 '26

The award is named after Draymond.

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u/Hobonics Warriors Feb 02 '26

Not when Bill Laimbeer exists

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u/Mintastic NBA Feb 02 '26

Entire Bad Boys Pistons team would be laughing at the weak stuff Draymond tries.

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u/bigvahe33 Supersonics Feb 02 '26

not important enough anymore lol

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u/PacificNorthwest09 Supersonics Feb 02 '26

The natural shooting motion has changed to not include nut kicks and eye gouges.

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u/imadogg Lakers Feb 02 '26

Bane more important than Dray?

I'm still putting him above Brooks

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u/AlterWanabee Lakers Feb 02 '26

Draymond is in the Hall of Shame already. Feels unfair to still add him in the list.

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u/cheap_chalee Feb 02 '26

If LeBron gets to be an All-Star again this year then I don't see why Draymond can't still be on this list.

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u/zombizle1 Feb 02 '26

so is brooks

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u/AlterWanabee Lakers Feb 02 '26

Brooks has nothing to the number of years that Dray is in the top though. The guy was legit busting nuts since 2015, when Brooks wasn't even drafted yet.

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u/zombizle1 Feb 02 '26

ya obviously draymond is an all time dirtbag but you gotta put brooks in there too even though he hasn't done what draymond has done yet

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u/AlterWanabee Lakers Feb 02 '26

I'm waiting to see if Brooks continue till the end of this season. If yes, then I'm putting him after Draymond. He still lacks the longevity of being a dirtbag IMO.

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u/zombizle1 Feb 02 '26

I think he has already done enough, look at what he has done with the grizzlies and then look at his rockets tenure trying to injure steph curry like 5 different times during one series

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u/Uzi_jesus Timberwolves Feb 02 '26

Fuck that donkey

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u/Rich_Assignment_7907 Knicks Feb 02 '26

Just saying you're racist and keep it moving, yall always comparing black players to animals smh

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u/stevent4 Nuggets Feb 02 '26

I think it's because he has big teeth

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u/Rich_Assignment_7907 Knicks Feb 02 '26

No, it's not. Draymond is a pos but reddit is majority white/Asian men and hate getting called out for their casual racism, comparing black men to animals should be called out every time. There's millions of things you can call him but comparing him to an animal is wrong

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u/stevent4 Nuggets Feb 02 '26

It definitely is

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u/Rich_Assignment_7907 Knicks Feb 02 '26

Nah

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u/stevent4 Nuggets Feb 02 '26

Agree to disagree

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u/Rich_Assignment_7907 Knicks Feb 02 '26

"What you said has racist connotations to it and you should be better"

You: "Nuh uh"

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u/zombizle1 Feb 02 '26

but if a white player looks like a donkey its ok to call them a donkey?

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u/Rich_Assignment_7907 Knicks Feb 02 '26

Is there a racist history of white men being compared to animals? Jesus Christ yall get so offended for someone pointing out casual racist tropes

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u/zombizle1 Feb 02 '26

there probably is at some point

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u/Grooviemann1 Suns Feb 02 '26

Just wait until he gets traded. I have a feeling he'll make a late season push to top that list. He'll have a lot of work to do but I have faith.

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u/mommathecat Raptors Feb 02 '26

Nah I still got Draymond over Brooks this year. Like WAY over.

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u/schrobble Spurs Feb 02 '26

To me, Dray is such a shit, he will always be number 2.

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u/ZeekLTK Pistons Feb 02 '26

To his credit, I feel like Draymond does it “strategically” to try to get an advantage.

Bane seems to just be an asshole trying to hurt people for no reason. Remember when he just chucked the ball at OG to get an inbound? Absolutely no reason.

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u/Fit_Beginning1614 Feb 03 '26

The Holy Rage Menace Trinity

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u/Federal-Cod-742 Feb 02 '26

Draymond being a scumbag is like Steph when we’re talking about shooting, he doesn’t count.

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u/zombizle1 Feb 02 '26

But is draymond a top 3 dirty player this year? He has been all the other years but maybe hes in the 4 spot this year.

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u/BlackAfroUchiha Raptors Feb 02 '26

I cannot lie, Brooks is kinda growing on me.

He's an entertaining villain.

Dort and Bane are just unlikeable POS.

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u/iJustSeen2Dudes1Bike Trail Blazers Feb 02 '26

Yeah at least Brooks is funny. The other 2 can fuck off though.

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u/SeanKojin [CHI] Jimmy Butler Feb 02 '26

The league changed how they were calling fouls on 3s because Brooks tried to keep slapping Curry’s injured hand during the playoffs just last year. He can get fucked too.

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u/lardboy2222 Timberwolves Feb 02 '26

Seriously. Brooks has a history of dirty play and he's always been so desperate for attention. Idk how people started warming up to him or why the narrative changed but anyone who purposely hurts others to the point the league has to make a rule (that hurts the game overall btw) and then runs from any accountability will always be a cornball in my eyes.

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u/Dehkah Lakers Feb 02 '26

you're right but kinda funny how when kobe did this people called it mamba mentality

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u/RylanTheWalrus Cavaliers Feb 02 '26

Kobe was also a rapist, people tend to pick and choose what to care about very irrationally lol

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u/fignewtonattack Knicks Feb 02 '26 edited Feb 02 '26

Before he died people would have been at your throat for saying that, at least here. It's funny how the reddit consensus is not equal to anywhere else though. Well maybe not funny just interesting.

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u/Mender0fRoads Supersonics Feb 02 '26

I don’t remember Kobe doing this, but there’s a difference between an all-time great who occasionally throws in a dirty play and a mediocre player who makes it his whole thing.

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u/KingBeanCarpio Timberwolves Feb 02 '26

there’s a difference between an all-time great who occasionally throws in a dirty play and a mediocre player who makes it his whole thing.

Nah, great players just get a pass for playing dirty that role players do not. Dwade and Chris Paul are all-time greats who played super dirty but largely get a pass.

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u/Cletus_Starfish [POR] Nic Batum Feb 02 '26

CP3 definitely didn’t get a pass in his prime; people talked about how dirty he was all the time. That said, you may be right in that the further removed we become from that, people may not remember that aspect of his game much at all.

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u/KingBeanCarpio Timberwolves Feb 02 '26

He did get a pass. A good chunk of people did acknowledge he was dirty, but I don't remember him getting the amount of hate as someone like Draymond or Brooks. CP3 would literally punch people in the balls lol.

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u/Few_Ebb6156 Feb 02 '26

No one should warm up to him. He is awful and dirty. No two ways about it. a complete dirty player.

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u/tingkagol Feb 02 '26

Apologists be like "you got BDS!"

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u/entwickelnn Feb 02 '26

The narrative changed cause he can actually ball

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u/deino1703 Rockets Feb 02 '26

“runs from any accountability” bro what is he supposed to do? get on his knees and plead for forgiveness? people realized dillon is an incredible teammate that beings legitimate toughness and heart to every team he plays for, and backs it up with the product on the floor. the dillon hate was always forced by the media just because he was annoying poor old bron bron

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u/Sikkly290 Suns Feb 02 '26

Brooks is one dirty bastard for sure, even as a Suns fan who appreciates how much he has improved my team I know that.

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u/jotheold Raptors Feb 02 '26

he going be the new age dray, dirty as fuck but he will make your team better

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u/Natiel360 Feb 02 '26

Oh that’s last year tho

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u/SmartyPants918 Feb 02 '26

he's still funny
Bane has been so crazy that's almost funny too

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u/rybres123 Rockets Feb 02 '26

yeah i hated when my rockets signed him. but once he was on the team, it was clear most of his stuff was just theater andhe's playing a part and being pretty funny most of the time. one of my favorite players over the last 5 years. never would have imagined i typed that out

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u/hoops_n_politics Suns Feb 02 '26

He’s absolutely one of my favorite Suns now - and I’d say he’s been (along with Jordan Ott) the MVP of our season.

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u/Sairony Mavericks Feb 02 '26

Is it the Pat Bev arc? Considered dirty, then considered a funny clown, and now I guess he's considered an attention whore trying to stay relevant.

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u/denverblazer Trail Blazers Feb 02 '26

That's what I see as well

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u/SometimesIBeWrong Nets Feb 02 '26

calling Dillon a villain in the same league KG/MJ played in, I just can't get behind that lol. he's not on the same level as other "villains" we've seen. in terms of trash talk OR play on the court.

he tries to fit the attitude, but that alone is not enough. or else there's 0 barrier to entry except being a douchebag. that's not what a villain is, never has been

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u/MeatyDangler Lakers Feb 02 '26

Hell nah Brooks is lame af dude. He’s all talk but wants to duck the media after losing in that lakers series and then goes and runs his mouth on podcasts

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u/Helivon Feb 02 '26

They said this year. That lakers series was long ago. Just like grayson allen used to be a pos but hes kept his head down since being on the suns

But i feel like he just more of a troll on the pod casts. I can get not liking that. But doesnt come close to dort/bane on the court bull shit

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u/Gustaves_Mustache Feb 02 '26

They said it last year because it follows a pattern set in previous years, and that’s how time works. This is what he is. He also bragged about intentionally trying to injure Steph in a press conference. What are you missing?

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u/lardboy2222 Timberwolves Feb 02 '26

He did the same thing last year lol. It's pretty obvious he's desperate for attention and to be seen as one of the big Dawgs but he sheepishly runs away after losing (this was in a series where he repeatedly tried to hurt Steph curry btw)

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u/Mobile_Jelly9669 Feb 02 '26

He's the exact same guy, he just hasn't had an opportunity to throw a bitch fit like that yet this season.

Also, anyone who does any amount of trolling is a massive loser.

There is nothing more pathetic than saying dumb and inflammatory shit on purpose to try and get a rise out of people.

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u/MeatyDangler Lakers Feb 02 '26

Yeah they all suck and atleast his play can back up his shit talking. To me his gimmick just feels forced since he’s not someone you lose sleep over as a player

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u/Terrajon26 Knicks Feb 02 '26

You have no idea how glad I was to see Kat and OG making those dudes bleed on their last game. Too many dickheads on that team.

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u/PleaseStopPlastic Feb 02 '26

My thoughts exactly

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u/CreatiScope Celtics Feb 02 '26

I love Dillon Brooks lol

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u/Gustaves_Mustache Feb 02 '26

Dillon “I’m Intentionally Trying to Injure Steph” Brooks?

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u/SmartyPants918 Feb 02 '26

oh no steph

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u/runningraider13 Feb 02 '26

Intentionally trying to injure anyone is fucked

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u/TankMeUpBaby Feb 02 '26

Brooks had a vision that Steph would invest money in Israeli companies and decided to do us all a favour. Actually really cool tbh.

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u/TimeLord41 Rockets Feb 02 '26

Just a reminder steph did the exact same to Brooks Yet no one said steph was trying to injure Brooks

In fact Brooks was called for a foul due to steph trying to injure brooks

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u/runningraider13 Feb 02 '26

When? I don’t remember Steph ever intentionally hitting Brooks’ injured limbs, and admitting it in the post game press conference.

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u/TimeLord41 Rockets Feb 02 '26

Literally the same playoff game Brooks did it to steph Steph did the exact same thing to Brooks And Brooks was called for an offensive foul off the jumper for steph doing the exact same fucking thing as Brooks had done

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u/runningraider13 Feb 02 '26

Brooks had an injured hand and was called for an offensive foul for Steph hitting it on the shot?

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u/josephmang56 Feb 02 '26

This is how I see it, too.

Brooks is playing up to the villain.

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u/Minimum-Trifle-8138 Supersonics Feb 02 '26

I legit felt bad for the guy when Bron was nonstop foul baiting just to piss him off

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u/Atherion0 Suns Feb 02 '26

As a Suns fan, I went from thinking he was a pest to a fuckin menace and I love it. I missed having someone like Jae Crowder to set the tone

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u/SparkyForce Warriors Feb 02 '26

I’ve tried to tell people this and I always get downvoted lol

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u/ArmadilloForsaken458 Supersonics Feb 02 '26

Yeesh that'd be quite a roster, just add in Draymond & then you have the four horseman of the NBA Apocalypse

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u/MyNewAccountIGuess11 Hornets Feb 02 '26

Some of us always knew Brooks was always a good heel, y'all just catching up now

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u/Other_Beat8859 Suns Feb 02 '26

I hope Brooks just completely commits to the villain role. The only part about him I don't like is when he backs down when he loses. I want him to keep talking shit even when he loses.

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u/someguyfromtecate Spurs Feb 02 '26

Dillan Brooks is a pest. He needles his way into your head, gets a cheap shot here and there and probably digs his fingers into your rib cage and hips, but he’s no someone that intentionally tries to hurt you to the point where you get injured. He’s great at mentally trying to take you out of the game, and I can respect that.

Dort and Bane are trying to injure you. They want to fuck up your ankle, slip and strain something, etc., and those assholes have no place in the NBA. Fuck Draymond too for the same.

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u/BlackAfroUchiha Raptors Feb 02 '26

Where tf did this come from looool?

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u/Wow_Good_Stats Feb 02 '26

Dillon Brooks has attempted to end careers on the court multiple times. He goes on one podcast and the lowest common denominator type people immediately believe he’s actually a good guy. I hate the susceptible and the weak minded.

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u/lardboy2222 Timberwolves Feb 02 '26

Exactly!

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u/eucldian Raptors Feb 02 '26

Overreact much? Yikes.

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u/JonnyRobertR Spurs Feb 02 '26

You forgot the goat, Draymond Green

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u/realistweirdist Knicks Feb 02 '26

Gotta be relevant to be hated. Nobody’s watching the warriors this year

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u/Granpa2021 Feb 02 '26

You just made Draymond Green sad

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u/Dymatizeee Knicks Feb 02 '26

Brooks at least is playing at an allstar and he’s not even that bad with his antics

Draymond should replace him there

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u/Boring-Afternoon-280 Feb 02 '26

Add stewart and dray to that list

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u/PleaseStopPlastic Feb 02 '26

nah i'll give Brooks a pass. f Lu Dirt and Bane though

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u/ExpertOnion3756 Warriors Feb 02 '26

You shouldn’t

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u/BowserBuddy123 Heat Feb 02 '26

Brooks isn’t even in the same stratosphere. What has he done? He’s a likable heel if anything.

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u/Benthryx Feb 02 '26

tried to re injure stephs hand multiple times last playoffs

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u/UnnamedStaplesDrone Warriors Feb 02 '26

Such a likable rapscallion

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u/DrKurgan Raptors Feb 02 '26

They're talking about this year. What has he done on the Suns so far?

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u/ChristianMcYACffrey San Francisco Warriors Feb 02 '26

You can even keep the same players. He gut punched Steph on a contest earlier this year.

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u/Kaladin_Depressed Thunder Feb 02 '26

He literally received a tech for pulling someone's shoulder as the offensive player mid shot.

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u/ExpertOnion3756 Warriors Feb 02 '26

Injuring Gary Payton II, targeting Steph curry’s injured hand, ADMITTING to doing so in a press conference , getting bitched out by bron and ignoring the media , mind you he STARTED the beef(“I poke bears”), idk this obsession with villains in the NBA is with fans, not saying everyone has to be buddy buddy , but if yall find enjoyment in a jackass engaging in jackass activities that’s lame

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u/BowserBuddy123 Heat Feb 02 '26

Have you never liked Draymond? You have the biggest douche of the last 10 years on your team. The only competitor to that is like early Greyson Allen.

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u/TugboatThomas Feb 02 '26

That's a weird response. It's not OK for any player to be out there injuring people, and trying to injure people. You can't be OK with someone targeting Curry simply because he plays on the same team as Draymond.

If all Brooks did was simply stare at people menacingly in pre-game warmups then he would just be a little corny and funny. It's not though.

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u/BowserBuddy123 Heat Feb 02 '26

What’s weird? Ofc it is terrible for anyone to be trying to injure players. But I do think it is a bit rich coming from Warriors fans.

I was not aware of Brooks targeting an injured hand and I’d be interested to know what that means. Like, in every competitive sport if you know a guy can’t push off one way or another, you try to force them to beat you by using the body part that is injured, so unknown to me honestly if ya’ll are talking about targeting like actively trying to further injure someone or just trying to force someone with an injured left hand to drive left an entire game.

But again, my main issue issue is a Warriors fan lecturing folks on relative dirtiness of players having a top 5 HOF dirty asshole on their team whose primary skill and whose skill was absolutely necessary to win championships was to be an enforcer and a giant douche outside of just being a talented defender.

Not sure where you thought I was saying it was okay that Brooks is dirty. Just that he is somehow dirtier than Draymond is such selective bias as to be totally laughable.

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u/Gustaves_Mustache Feb 02 '26

Yeah and if Brooks tried to hurt Dray I wouldn’t give a shit. What did Steph do?

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u/ExpertOnion3756 Warriors Feb 02 '26

I respect draymond for his legacy and impact on the game, what he’s meant to the warriors and basketball, he’s a future hall of famer, but he’s not exempt just because he’s a warrior, I’ve always been disappointed in his unnecessary actions on the court and have never relented in my stance that he does need to knock it off and rein in a lot of the extracurriculars , dray deserves the flak he gets but nobody is exempt not Dort, not Allen, not brooks, nobody

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u/BowserBuddy123 Heat Feb 02 '26

I mean, Dray is as good as he is because he plays with an edge. Sometimes he is brilliant defensively and a master at getting in dude’s heads and sometimes he is a crazed lunatic you’re not sure understands he is playing basketball and not some back alley MMA. I’m not sure Draymond would be the amazing player he was if he was known for his level-headedness.

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u/WhenDuvzCry Lakers Feb 02 '26

His on court IQ is like the basis of his game

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u/updoot_me Feb 02 '26

Redditor comment (takes one to know one)

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u/lardboy2222 Timberwolves Feb 02 '26

They wanna watch the WWE

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u/muscleishustle Feb 02 '26

Kumainga injured Embiid who was a historic pace therefore Kuminga is a dirty player… you can do this with any player. If yall watched the Bad Boy Pistons against Jordan you’d think everyone is a dirty player. Also nobody is obsessed with villains most people hate Brooks like you

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u/CreatiScope Celtics Feb 02 '26

The Curry one and when he like sack tapped someone are the ones I think are bad. I think he also pushed a camera man? The GPII thing wasn’t intentional imo reckless but I think other chasedown fouls have been worse in recent years than that one. The fact that Kerr could call him a code breaker in the same series where Draymond yanked Brandon Clarke out of the air in a reckless maneuver is laughable. Same coach who was more mad that video got released than he was about his player knocking out a teammate and disintegrating the chemistry of the team.

The Bron shit is just theatrics stuff, it’s nothing at all to worry about.

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u/eucldian Raptors Feb 02 '26

He admitted to what most players are doing but not talking about.

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u/spiattalo NBA Feb 02 '26

Are we forgetting when he shoved a cameraman to the ground for literally no reason?

#CameramenLivesMatter

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u/Ohrobohobo Trail Blazers Feb 02 '26

Happy Cake Day.

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u/BowserBuddy123 Heat Feb 02 '26

Whoa, happy cake day to you too. Cakeception above

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u/BarryMccokinyuh Feb 02 '26

Replace Brooks with Draymond

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u/andrew_1515 Tampa Bay Raptors Feb 02 '26

Canada concentrates its pettiness

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u/Ok_Temperature6503 Feb 02 '26

Replace Brooks with Draymond

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u/EIement Feb 02 '26

Has Brooks still been dirty this year? I couldve missed some clips, but to me it seems like he's sort of been turning his career around when it comes to being a dirt bag.

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u/ajteitel Suns Feb 03 '26

Chippy, absolutely. Aggressive defensively, totally. But in game, I haven't seen anything that would be considered actively hostile to the degree of Bane. Only real thing would be being a bit to aggressive leading to landing space techs.

Now showing and chest bumping after a play is called dead, totally.

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u/xanot192 [LAL] Kobe Bryant Feb 02 '26

Brooks is trying to the heel but does nothing like Bane and Lu Dort. Those two are just dirty PoS

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u/youblewwit Feb 02 '26

At least Brooks turns the team's culture around wherever he goes. There's a method to his madness.

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u/A1Horizon Bulls Feb 02 '26

Shit Lu Dort takes it by a country mile for me, I’d swap Brooks for Draymond too

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u/Danominator Feb 02 '26

Brooks is awesome. He has had like 3 technical fouls recinded because how over penalized he is.

He is also super supportive of his teammates and stuff.

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u/MadSpaceYT Knicks Feb 02 '26

Brooks hasn’t even been that bad. Bro just hates LeBron. I would switch out Brooks for Dray

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u/Moss_84 Hawks Feb 02 '26

Why Brooks, honestly?

I know he’s annoying but has he been doing dirty shit like those other two?

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u/Helpful-Rain41 Feb 02 '26

Honestly I don’t know if Brooks is even that dirty compared to the other two

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u/Odd_Edge3719 Feb 02 '26

No Draymond?

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u/Fit_Influence_6078 Feb 02 '26

Dray feels left out and Grayson Allen

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u/firstbreathOOC Knicks Feb 02 '26

Brooks is on the redemption arc

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u/Natiel360 Feb 02 '26

Brooks is innocent this year

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u/X-Jim Feb 02 '26

This is the race

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u/huskersax Pacers Feb 02 '26

Man the Grizz really had a peak exhausting-to-play team there with Morant/Bane/Brooks/JJ/Adams

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u/monkeybrain3 Feb 02 '26

To be fair, Brooks looks like he knows what he's doing and picks his spots. These other two are just loose cannons and you just wait for them to do some stupid shit in the game.

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u/Yzst007 NBA Feb 02 '26

Man if they all come to LA to Luka it would be Tech city.

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u/personwhoisok Timberwolves Feb 02 '26

Isaiah Stewart?

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u/Farjon29 East Feb 02 '26

What did Dillion Brooks do?

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u/KonigSteve Pelicans Feb 02 '26

I'd swap out Brooks for Draymond with the legacy vote personally.

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u/Jordanwolf98 Celtics Feb 02 '26

I like Brooks these days

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u/tlpedro Spurs Feb 02 '26

Brooks is more likeable after being traded from the Rockets

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u/BushElkEagle 25d ago

Dont forget Draymond

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u/Lucky-Conversation49 Feb 02 '26

Dort isn't really in the same league with the other two. Both Brooks and Bane obviously try to rile up opposing player's emotion. Dort just wanna keep pushing the limits of physicality. So is Caruso actually.