After the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Phoenix Suns in a tight clash on Sunday night, tensions escalated between LeBron James and Dillon Brooks.
Both were known to have an off vibe during their matchup, where Brooks was trying to mind-game James every time, especially on referee or violation calls.
Now, before the Suns’ next matchup against the Golden State Warriors, Brooks has spoken with the media after their practice regarding his thoughts on James and their last matchup against the Lakers.
“We made so many rules on this offense and touching and this that. And now it’s so hard for the refs to even call anything or call everything. So, I don’t blame them old guys running around and trying to make calls, cuz shoot, we’re putting in new rules every single year, and they don’t know what to call,” Brooks said.
The Canadian forward emphasized that James had special treatment in terms of calls and favors by the officials.
“There’s just a lot of special treatment out there… I wish it were just at a minimum,” he added.
He was also asked about why James was mad at the officials during the tight clash.
“He [LeBron James] is a social media junkie. This will be all over social, so he’ll be seeing what I’m saying,” Brooks said.
Brooks seems to be keeping the tension between them by talking and playing that way, ever since he was with the Grizzlies.
“When I go out there, and he thinks. Like I told you, he thinks that people should think a certain way about him or see a certain way about him, or play a certain way. I am not going to play that way.”
“So I guess in his moods or in his modes, whatever it is, I’m all for that. I wish we let him shoot that shot, that sh*t would’ve been an airball,” Brooks concluded in reference to the controversial call that arguably cost the Suns the game.
