MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Dillon Brooks appears to nonetheless be salty Andre Iguodala didn’t play for the Grizzlies throughout the 2019-20 season earlier than he was traded to the Miami Warmth.
Talking Monday evening after the Grizzlies spanked the Warriors 123-95, Brooks mirrored on how far the younger staff has are available just some seasons whereas additionally taking a jab at Iguodala.
“All of us had the imaginative and prescient,” Brooks instructed reporters after the sport. “He didn’t, which is ideal. Ship him again to the Warriors and let him do his factor over there.”
A refrain of boos roared via the house enviornment of the Grizzlies when Iguodala checked into the primary quarter.
Iguodala paid no thoughts to the taunting. And on his first possession, he sank a nook three and subtly shrugged as he ran all the way down to the opposite finish of the court docket.
After the sport, Iguodala dismissed the followers’ fixed booing all through the evening.
“That is the second time taking part in right here, I believe that’s simply part of how sports activities and followers have turn into,” Iguodala stated. “They’re extra into the video games with their feelings and emotions and clearly the narrative that may be pushed particularly from these which can be of wealth, that management the media… I perceive that a true story isn’t all the time going to get on the market, you cope with it, you progress ahead.”
The Warriors offloaded Iguodala’s contract to the Grizzlies in the summertime of 2019. Nevertheless, the 2015 NBA Finals MVP by no means performed a sport in a Memphis uniform.
Brooks and Ja Morant appeared to take it personally that Iguodala sat out the primary few months of the season as he waited to be traded. And Brooks nonetheless appears bitter, although greater than three years have handed.
In February 2020, Iguodala instructed the Athletic that he by no means explicitly stated he didn’t wish to play for the Grizzlies.
“To me, that’s actually a tragic scenario,” Iguodala stated Monday evening. “It form of upset me however I simply perceive the foundations of America, that’s actually the way it’s been working particularly [for] somebody that appears like me.”