Steve Kerr Calls Out Grizzlies’ Dillon Brooks for Gary Payton II Foul
Written by SOURCE on May 4, 2022
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr was not happy with Dillon Brooks’ flagrant 2 foul on Gary Payton II.
It all happened in the first quarter of Game 2 between the Grizzlies and Warriors on Tuesday night in Memphis. Brooks was ejected and Payton II left the game with an elbow injury following the foul.
“Well, I don’t know if it was intentional but it was dirty,” Kerr said following the game, which saw the Warriors lose to the Grizzlies with a final score of 101-106. “Playoff basketball is gonna be… it’s supposed to be physical. Everybody’s gonna compete. Everybody’s gonna fight for everything but there’s a code in this league that players follow where you never put a guy’s season/career in jeopardy by taking somebody out in midair and clubbing them across the head and ultimately fracturing their elbow.”
Kerr continued, “This is a guy who’s been toiling the last 6 years trying to make it in this league. Finally found a home… just playing his butt off this year in the playoffs this should be the time of his life and guy comes in and whacks him across the head in midair. He broke the code. Dillon Brooks broke the code, that’s how I see it.”
“Get the fuck out of here,” a heated Kerr reportedly yelled out following the foul, according to ESPN reporter Kendra Andrews and others.
You can watch a replay of the foul below.
The Warriors and Grizzlies are now tied in the second-round series with one win each. They will play again on Saturday, May 7 at San Francisco’s Chase Center.
