Isiah Thomas Makes Absolutely No Sense in Support of Dillon Brooks

Dillon Brooks is probably not looking to Isiah Thomas to come to his defense.

Gary Payton II will be out for 3-5 weeks but might return if the Warriors make the NBA Finals.  Brooks has been suspended, and he’s been on the receiving end of a lot of hate and criticism for his foul, with the likes of Steve Kerr accusing the Grizzlies guard of breaking the code of conduct.

See more

Draymond Green’s Coach Steve Kerr Says Dillon Brooks Broke the ‘Code’ https://t.co/Z8zFNpQM5k

— SideAction (@SideActionHQ) May 4, 2022

Isiah Thomas, gave his take on the matter.

“It’s a fast-moving physical game [and] accidents do happen,” said Thomas. “Would I put this in the category of an accident? Yes … I think we need to be careful when we start labeling people and teams as dirty. I speak as a former [Detroit] Piston, NBA champion, Hall of Famer who has to fight and still fights these negative labels of ‘dirty.’ That carries a lot of implications in society when you move it outside the court.

“[Brooks] is not a dirty player,” Thomas continued. “Memphis is not a dirty team. They play hard, they play physical, they have always played the right way. When we talk about defense, unfortunately in sports, defense always gets attached to negative labels. When we describe offense, we always describe it with positive labels.”

See more

Dillon Brooks was given a flagrant 2 foul and ejected after a hard foul on Gary Payton II last night.

🏀 @HoopHall @IsiahThomas tells @talkhoops & @DarthAmin why he doesn’t think it was intentional #GrzNxtGen #DubNation #NBAPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/Mpuq9aHjaB

— SiriusXM NBA Radio (@SiriusXMNBA) May 4, 2022

What the hell is Isiah talking about offense and defense and labels??  It makes zero sense to me. Once again it always comes back to Isiah. He was the dirtiest little player on the dirtiest team of all time, and this is some sort of way for him to cleanse himself of his own wrongdoings.

Same old Zeke.  MJ was dead on about Isiah.

---

Welcome to the game outside the game! Follow us on our Sideaction Twitter handle, Instagram, and Facebook for the latest on sports and pop culture news across the web!