Dillon Brooks (born January 22, 1996) is a Canadian professional

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player for the

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of the

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(NBA). He played

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for the

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, where he was named a consensus second-team All-American and earned conference player of the year honors in the

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in 2017. He is a member of the Canada national team.

College career

Brooks, a

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from

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, went to the

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after playing at

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. As a freshman, he averaged 11.5 points per game and was named to the

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all-freshman team. As a sophomore, Brooks led the

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to the

regular season title and a top ten national ranking. At the close of the season, he was named first-team All-Pac-12 and a third-team All-American by the

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. He was also named the District IX player of the year by the

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(USBWA). Brooks averaged 16.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game. After the conclusion of the 2015–16 season, Brooks said he would remain with Oregon for a third season. He suffered a foot injury in the summer of 2016 and did not play in Oregon's offseason trip to Spain. On November 7, 2016, Brooks was named to the

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' preseason All-America team. 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. Shortly after the 2016–17 season, he declared himself eligible for the

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and hired an

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, ending his college career.

Professional career

Memphis Grizzlies (2017–present)

Brooks was drafted by the

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with the 45th pick in the

and then was immediately traded to the

. On July 21, 2017, the Grizzlies signed Brooks to his rookie scale contract. 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. 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

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. In December 2018, Brooks was thought to be involved in a failed three-way trade between Memphis, the

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and the

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; the trade faltered over confusion between Brooks and his similarly-named teammate,

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, as the Memphis front office did not intend to trade Dillon while the other teams expected him and not MarShon. On January 5, 2019, Brooks suffered from a ruptured ligament in his right big toe and underwent a successful surgery to repair it on January 11, 2019. Brooks missed the remainder of the 2018–19 season. 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. 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

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. 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

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. The Grizzlies would go on to get eliminated and lose the series in five games. On October 12, 2021, it was announced that Brooks would miss two to three weeks due to a fracture in his left hand. On December 19, he scored a career high 37 points in a 105–100 loss to the

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. On January 8, 2022, during a 123–108 win over the

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, Brooks suffered a left ankle injury. The next day, he was ruled out for 3-to-5 weeks with injury, which was diagnosed as an ankle sprain. On April 16, during Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs, Brooks scored 24 points in a 117–130 loss to the

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. In Game 2 of the 2022 Western Conference semifinals against the

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, Brooks was assessed a flagrant 2 and ejected after he chased down the Warriors' Gary Payton II and hit him in the head when he was in the air, going up for a fast-break layup; Payton fell hard and fractured his left elbow. Brooks was suspended for Game 3 of the series.

National team career

On May 24, 2022, Brooks agreed to a three-year commitment to play with the Canadian senior men's national team.

Career statistics

NBA

Regular season

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Playoffs

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College

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National team career

Brooks played for the Canadian national team in the

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, where the team won the silver medal.

References

External links

Oregon Ducks bio

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brooks, Dillon 1996 births Living people All-American college men's basketball players Basketball people from Ontario Basketball players at the 2015 Pan American Games 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