‘I don’t care, he’s old’: Brooks dismisses LeBron after Memphis’ playoff win

Dillon Brooks has brushed off a confrontation with LeBron James after the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA playoffs on Wednesday night.

Brooks, who has developed a reputation as a formidable defender and trashtalker, squared up to the 38-year-old in the third quarter of Memphis’ 103-93 home victory. Brooks said after the game that James told him he was “dumb” for picking up a fourth foul.

“I don’t care – he’s old. You know what I mean?” Brooks said of James. “I was waiting for that. I was expecting him to do that Game 4, Game 5. He wanted to say something when I got my fourth foul. He should have been saying that earlier on. But I poke bears. I don’t respect no one until they come and give me 40.”

Classic Dillon Brooks on his confrontation with LeBron James: “I don’t care. He’s old. … I poke bears. I don’t respect someone until he gives me 40.”And Brooks had plenty more to say. pic.twitter.com/uWLONrubPZ

James has won 10 of the 13 games he has played against the Canadian but has never scored more than 34 points in those contests.

The first-round playoff series is tied at 1-1 after Wednesday’s game, and Brooks said he would welcome another run-in with James.

“I said, ‘Oh, finally you want to talk,’” Brooks said. “Then we started to get into a conversation. I just let him know that, ‘You can’t take me one-on-one. You haven’t.’ You go look at the film; he doesn’t really take me one-on-one until that moment. Then when he got subbed out, he was tired. So I did my job.”

Brooks admitted the 19-time All-Star is a “legend” but believes James is past his prime.

“He’s not at the same level that he was when he was on Cleveland winning championships, Miami,” Brooks said. “I wish I got to see that. It would