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“He gave me tough skin” – Dillon Brooks credits Marc Gasol for hardening him as a rookie
Dillon Brooks built his reputation on defensive toughness wherever he goes. His calling card has not changed in Phoenix, but it was honed during his rookie year in Memphis under the tutelage of Marc Gasol.
Brooks recently reflected on the tough love he received from "Big Spain," a relationship that helped carve his identity in the NBA.
"Marc gave me tough skin," Brooks told a group of reporters after the Suns defeated the New York Knicks, 112-107. "My first year, he never called me by my name."
When Arizona Central's Duane Rankin asked what Gasol called him back in his first season, Brooks declined to divulge.
Suns’ Dillon Brooks calls out refs after 13th technical foul
Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks received his 13th technical of the season in Sunday night’s 112-93 win over the Washington Wizards. Brooks is now just three technical fouls away from a one-game suspension with 43 regular-season games remaining.
Nine of those techs are “well deserved,” Brooks says. The other handful? That’s more to do with something else.
“They give me a (technical) for who I am. That’s weird, and that’s unappreciative,” Brooks said. “This is the same ref who gets manhandled in the Laker game and doesn’t give a (technical) out. I’m not going to give any names. You can go look up who it is, but this guy needs to get looked at seriously.
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"They give me a T for who I am. That's weird and …
Duane Rankin: "I'll never give the refs credit for what I do." Dillon Brooks on his react to techs as he hit a 3 after he and Justin Champagnie received a tech with 4:35 left in 3rd of Suns win over Wizards. "They say I antagonize or taunt when I'm speaking to a person who the possession before pushed me in my chest, which I got a T a past game before. Then jog down, call me out my name I can't say on media cause I'll get fined like $50,000, $25,000." Brooks came into game with league-high 12 techs. "They give me a T for who I am. That's weird and that's unappreciative and this is the same ref who gets manhandled in the Laker game and doesn't give a T out. I'm not going to give any names. You can go look up who it is, but this guy needs to get looked at seriously. This is why I have a stigma with refs and this is why they're so quick to T me."
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