About Dillon Brooks
Dillon Brooks ( DIL-ən; born January 22, 1996) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks, where he was named a consensus second-team All-American and earned conference player of the year honors in the Pac-12 in 2017. Brooks was selected in the second round of the 2017 NBA draft. He began his career with the Memphis Grizzlies, earning NBA All-Defensive Second Team honors in 2023. He was traded to the Houston Rockets in July 2023 and was later dealt to the Suns after two seasons with Houston. In the same year, Brooks was named the Best Defensive Player after helping the Canada national team to bronze in the FIBA Basketball World Cup. Brooks has developed a controversial reputation for his trash talk and physical play, though others consider him a culture setter. Embracing the attention surrounding his on-court persona, he has adopted the nickname "(Dillon) the Villain". After averaging 16.1 points per game over the first half of the season, on February 5, 2020, he signed a three-year, $35 million extension with the Grizzlies. On April 16, during Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs, Brooks scored 24 points in a 117–130 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. At the end of the season, Brooks was named for the first time to the NBA All-Defensive Second team.
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