LeBron James made clear Friday that he does not care to get in a war of words with the Memphis Grizzlies’ Dillon Brooks, concluding his media schedule by stating he’s “not here for the (expletive).”
Brooks, 27, took a shot at the 38-year-old Los Angeles Lakers star in the after-effects of Memphis’ Game 2 win on Wednesday night, calling the NBA’s all-time prominent scorer “old.”
Brooks and James exchanged words on a coupleof celebrations throughout the Grizzlies’ 103-93 win, and lateron Brooks was asked why he wasn’t scared to get in the face of a gamer of James’ stature.
“I puton’t care, he’s old,” Brooks stated, priorto, including: “I poke bears. I wear’t regard no one upuntil they come and provide me 40 (points). I pride myself on what I do on defense and taking any difficulty on the board.”
James scored a game-high 28 points in Game 2, though the Lakers missedouton a huge chance to go up 2-0 over the Grizzlies, who were missingouton Ja Morant.
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James, who has played more playoff videogames than any gamer in NBA history, was asked Friday if he’s ever been part of a playoff series where garbage talk hasactually affected the result.
“The videogame is won in inbetween the 4 lines. Always has, constantly will be,” James stated.
James enhanced that his focus is on the basketball when he suddenly completed his media accessibility by stating, “I puton’t desire to talk much more. Tomorrow’s going to be a gre