Dillon Brooks
No. 24 – Memphis Grizzlies | ||||||||||||||
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Position | Shooting guard / Small forward | |||||||||||||
League | NBA | |||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
Born | Mississauga, Ontario | January 22, 1996|||||||||||||
Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | |||||||||||||
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High school |
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College | Oregon (2014–2017) | |||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2017 / Round: 2 / Pick: 45th overall | |||||||||||||
Selected by the Houston Rockets | ||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2017–present | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
2017–present | Memphis Grizzlies | |||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||
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Stats at NBA.com | ||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | ||||||||||||||
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Dillon Brooks (born January 22, 1996) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies 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. He is a member of the Canada national team.
College career[]
Brooks, a small forward from Mississauga, Ontario, came to Oregon after playing at Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada. As a freshman, he averaged 11.5 points per game and was named to the Pac-12 Conference all-freshman team.[1] As a sophomore, Brooks led the Ducks to the Pac-12 Conference regular season title and a top ten national ranking. At the close of the season, he was named first-team All-Pac-12[2] and a third-team All-American by the Sporting News. He was also named the District IX player of the year by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).[3] Brooks averaged 16.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game.[4]
After the conclusion of the 2015–16 season, Brooks said he would remain with Oregon for a third season.[5] He suffered a foot injury in the summer of 2016 and did not play in Oregon's offseason trip to Spain.[4] On November 7, 2016, Brooks was named to the Associated Press' preseason All-America team.[6] During his three seasons of college career Brooks averaged 14.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 28.9 minutes per game.[7]
Shortly after the 2016–17 season, he declared himself eligible for the 2017 NBA draft and hired an agent, ending his college career.[8]
Professional career[]
Memphis Grizzlies (2017–present)[]
Brooks was drafted by the Houston Rockets with the 45th pick in the 2017 NBA draft and then was immediately traded to the Memphis Grizzlies.[9] On July 21, 2017, the Grizzlies signed Brooks to a three-year, $3,812,377 rookie deal.[10] On October 18, 2017, during the Grizzlies' season opener, Brooks scored 19 points, the most points scored by a Canadian-born player in an NBA debut.[11]
On April 11, 2018, Brooks scored a career-high 36 points along with seven rebounds, one assist, and two steals in a 137–123 loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder.[12] In December 2018, Brooks was involved in a failed three-way trade between Memphis, the Washington Wizards and the Phoenix Suns; the trade faltered over confusion between Brooks and his similarly-named teammate, MarShon Brooks.[13]
On January 5, 2019, Brooks suffered from a ruptured ligament in his right big toe[14] and underwent a successful surgery to repair it on January 11, 2019. Brooks missed the remainder of the 2018–19 season.[15]
Brooks began the 2019-20 season as the Grizzlies' starting shooting guard. 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.[16]
On February 28, 2020, Brooks scored a season-high 32 points, along with getting two rebounds, one assist and one block in a 104–101 loss against the Sacramento Kings.[17]
On May 23, 2021, Brooks made his NBA playoff debut, scoring a season-high 31 points, along with 7 rebounds, to help the Grizzlies to a 112–109 Game 1 victory over the top-seeded Utah Jazz.[18] The Grizzlies would go on to get eliminated and lose the series in five games.[19]
On October 12, 2021, it was announced that Brooks would miss two to three weeks due to a fracture in his left hand.[20]
Career statistics[]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
NBA[]
Regular season[]
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2017–18 | Memphis | 82 | 74 | 28.7 | .440 | .356 | .747 | 3.1 | 1.6 | .9 | .2 | 11.0 |
2018–19 | Memphis | 18 | 0 | 18.3 | .402 | .375 | .733 | 1.7 | .9 | .6 | .2 | 7.5 |
2019–20 | Memphis | 73 | 73 | 28.9 | .407 | .358 | .808 | 3.3 | 2.1 | .9 | .4 | 16.2 |
2020–21 | Memphis | 67 | 67 | 29.8 | .419 | .344 | .815 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.2 | .4 | 17.2 |
Career | 240 | 214 | 28.3 | .420 | .353 | .790 | 3.0 | 1.9 | .9 | .3 | 14.0 |
Playoffs[]
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2021 | Memphis | 5 | 5 | 35.0 | .515 | .400 | .808 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | .4 | 25.8 |
Career | 5 | 5 | 35.0 | .515 | .400 | .808 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | .4 | 25.8 |
College[]
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2014–15 | Oregon | 36 | 33 | 28.3 | .456 | .337 | .825 | 4.9 | 1.8 | .5 | .6 | 11.5 |
2015–16 | Oregon | 38 | 38 | 32.8 | .470 | .338 | .806 | 5.4 | 3.1 | 1.1 | .4 | 16.7 |
2016–17 | Oregon | 35 | 27 | 25.3 | .488 | .401 | .754 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.1 | .5 | 16.1 |
Career | 109 | 98 | 28.9 | .472 | .362 | .794 | 4.6 | 2.6 | .9 | .5 | 14.8 |
National team career[]
Brooks played for the Canadian national team in the 2015 Pan American Games, where the team won the silver medal.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Denomme, Ian (July 25, 2016). "Canada settles for silver in basketball at Pan Am Games, but future looks bright". Yahoo.com. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
- ^ Alger, Tyson (March 7, 2016). "Dillon Brooks and Elgin Cook earn 1st-team all-Pac-12 honors". OregonLive.com. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
- ^ Alger, Tyson (March 8, 2016). "Dana Altman and Dillon Brooks win U.S. Basketball Writers Association awards". OregonLive.com. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
- ^ a b Medcalf, Myron (October 4, 2016). "With a healthy Dillon Brooks, Oregon can crash party and win it all". ESPN. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
- ^ Prehm, Matt (March 26, 2016). "Dillon Brooks Addresses NBA Decision". 247 Sports. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
- ^ "Duke's Allen leads AP preseason All-America team". Foxsports.com. November 2, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ^ "Dillon Brooks Stats | Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
- ^ Greif, Andrew (April 12, 2017). "Dillon Brooks' Oregon career is over as he declares for NBA draft, hires agent". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "Canadian Dillon Brooks selected 45th overall, traded to Grizzlies". Sportsnet. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
- ^ Manrique, Bruno (July 21, 2017). "Breaking: Grizzlies sign Oregon product Dillon Brooks to 3-year rookie deal". clutchpoints.com. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ "Dillon Brooks sets Canadian record with 19 points in NBA debut". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
- ^ "Grizzlies' Dillon Brooks:Scores career-high 36 points in Wednesday's loss". CBS Sports. April 12, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
- ^ Wright, Michael C. "1 year later: The 'awkward' NBA trade that never happened due to last names". NBA.com. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ "Dillon Brooks medical update". NBA.com. January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ "Dillon Brooks Stats, News, Bio".
- ^ "Memphis Grizzlies sign Dillon Brooks to multi-year contract extension". Memphis Grizzlies. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "Grizzlies' Dillon Brooks: Scores season-high 32 points". CBS Sports. February 29, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
- ^ "Ja Morant, Dillon Brooks Lead Grizzlies to Game 1 Upset of Mike Conley, Jazz". bleacherreport .com. May 23, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ "Utah Jazz use lessons from last postseason's blown 3-1 lead to close out Memphis Grizzlies". ESPN.com. June 2, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
- ^ Barnes, Evan (October 12, 2021). "Grizzlies' Dillon Brooks to miss start of regular season due to left hand injury". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Oregon Ducks bio
- FIBA profile
- 1996 births
- Living people
- All-American college men's basketball players
- Basketball people from Ontario
- Basketball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Final Four
- Black Canadian basketball players
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Findlay Prep alumni
- Houston Rockets draft picks
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Memphis Grizzlies players
- National Basketball Association players from Canada
- Oregon Ducks men's basketball players
- Pan American Games medalists in basketball
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Sportspeople from Mississauga