Draymond Green, Aaron Gordon, Mikal Bridges… Next season, Dillon Brooks will be paid a little better than all of these players. While his rating was low at the end of the last financial year, the former Grizzlies player was offered, by the Rockets, a contract of 86 million dollars over four years which got people talking.
But its rating has perhaps never been as high as today. The World Cup has been there. Author of a very solid competition overall, the best defender of the tournament finished in apotheosis with his 39-point outing against the Americans, during the match for the bronze medal.
On the other side of the world, in Houston, we could rub our hands about it. “ I’m very happy for Dillon. He is truly the player we imagined signing. So it’s not surprising at all, it’s great. And more than any other player I can think of in recent events, he has been given a strange and wrong label “, Judge Rafael Stonethinking about his role as “villain”.
And the Texans GM added: “ And I think over the last week the whole world has realized that he is a very good basketball player. » A player with an undeniable physical impact both in defense and attack, a sector in which he knew how to be a real lieutenant of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, with RJ Barrett.
“ Every NBA team needs a guy like this »
In addition to his muscular attacks from the circle, Dillon Brooks shone with his 59% success rate from afar, for an average of 15 points over the entire international meeting.
More than his points, his intensity leaves a lasting impression. “ “The thing that he does at a higher level, in a fun way, is the thing that all the fans and all the coaches say is the most important. He fights on every possession, every day, he fights and he is always ready. It’s funny that this boy, who embodies this philosophy, has taken so many hits in recent months. But I also think that people will realize that he is a very good player. And the most important thing is that he gives everything. We clearly like him a lot. He played as we expected, we are very happy to have him back and to integrate him », Continues the Texan leader.
The latter expects toughness and defense from his Rockets next season. With Dillon Brooks, he should be served. “ Every NBA team needs a guy like that, who is going to fight every night. And there isn’t a single really good team in the NBA that doesn’t have several », concludes the manager.
| Dillon Brooks | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2017-18 | SAME | 82 | 29 | 44.0 | 35.6 | 74.7 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 11.0 |
| 2018-19 | SAME | 18 | 18 | 40.2 | 37.5 | 73.3 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 7.5 |
| 2019-20 | SAME | 73 | 29 | 40.7 | 35.8 | 80.8 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 16.2 |
| 2020-21 | SAME | 67 | 30 | 41.9 | 34.4 | 81.5 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 17.2 |
| 2021-22 | SAME | 32 | 28 | 43.2 | 30.9 | 84.9 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 18.4 |
| 2022-23 | SAME | 73 | 30 | 39.6 | 32.6 | 77.9 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 14.3 |
| Total | 345 | 29 | 41.6 | 34.2 | 79.5 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 14.5 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
