Shai Gilgeous-Alexander trolls 'villain' Dillon Brooks with Cancun jab in social media post
While the two are known to be friendly off the court, Gilgeous-Alexander and Brooks poked some fun at each other following their recent playoff series.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander trolls 'villain' Dillon Brooks with Cancun jab in social media post originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Oklahoma City Thunder 's first-round matchup against the Phoenix Suns was about as undramatic as expected.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and company, in their quest to repeat, steamrolled through the Western Conference's No. 8 seed for a sweep, not leaving many interesting storylines behind in their dominance. But still, some friendly banter between Gilgeous-Alexander and the always-pesky Dillon Brooks added an element of fun.
Shortly after the Thunder sent the Suns home for the offseason, Gilgeous-Alexander trolled Brooks with a social media post, prompting a light-hearted back-and-forth between the two Canadian stars. Here's a look at how Gilgeous-Alexander trolled Brooks with his "villain" comments and how the Suns forward responded. SN NBA AWARDS: POY (Victor Wembanyama) | ROY (Kon Knueppel) | COY (Joe Mazzulla) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander trolls Dillon Brooks in social media post Gilgeous-Alexander and Brooks are known to be friendly with one another — they've each represented Canada in international events previously, with no real bad blood.
But Brooks has long been the NBA player who will do anything he can to get under a star player's skin, and that includes Gilgeous-Alexander. After Game 2 of the recent Thunder-Suns series, Brooks, who had 30 points that night, said guarding Gilgeous-Alexander was "a little frail. " "Little frail.