{"id":1258184,"date":"2022-11-25T15:20:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T15:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/25\/brooks-on-his-adaptability-and-love-for-memphis\/"},"modified":"2022-11-25T15:20:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T15:20:16","slug":"brooks-on-his-adaptability-and-love-for-memphis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/25\/brooks-on-his-adaptability-and-love-for-memphis\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooks on his adaptability and love for Memphis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NBA-Feature_Memphis-Grizzlies-forward-Dillon-Brooks-C-696x522.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Memphis Grizzlies at Golden State Warriors\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">epa09946017 Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks (C) reacts after sinking a three point basket against the Golden State Warriors as the Warriors call a time-out while Memphis Grizzlies Head Coach Taylor Jenkins (R) applauds during the first half of NBA Western Conference semifinal game six between the Golden State Warriors and the Memphis Grizzlies at Chase Center in San Francisco, California, USA, 13 May 2022.  EPA\/JOHN G. MABANGLO  SHUTTERSTOCK OUT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Viewers on DStv and GOtv can look forward to thrills and spills from the world\u2019s best basketball league, with ESPN and ESPN 2 the premier venues for coverage of the National Basketball Association (NBA).<\/p>\n<p>DStv and GOtv is your home of the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.<\/p>\n<p>The Memphis Grizzlies have been one of the surprise packages of the 2022-23 NBA season thus far, and in Dillon Brooks they have an adaptable guard or forward whose selflessness is helping the team establish themselves as potential playoff contenders.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The 45th pick of the 2017 NBA Draft, Brooks started in 74 games as a rookie on a roster that featured franchise icons Mike Conley and Marc Gasol and has played for three coaches in Memphis (David Fizdale, J.B. Bickerstaff and Taylor Jenkins). The Canadian spent the first three years of his career losing out on the playoffs, but is hopeful that will change this term.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks says his versatility is \u201cwhy I belong in this league\u201d. He continued, \u201cI\u2019m always figuring out how to adapt, figuring out how to fit your style of play into teams that are changing, teams that are trying to innovate to be better, to win championships. So, it\u2019s just another facet of my game where I could either play the 4, 3, or 2, guard the best player or score. However I can get it, I try to implement it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Grizzlies have become renowned \u2013 or perhaps infamous \u2013 for an aggressive and abrasive defence, with Brooks explaining that \u201cit\u2019s definitely an approach\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThe night before the game, I\u2019m just watching who I\u2019m guarding practically all night, watching the plays they like. Then, when the game starts, I just start getting into a mode where it\u2019s just like, \u2018I hate this guy.\u2019 How am I gonna not let him score, not let him get into his rhythm so my team has the best chance to win?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy team needs me to play defence, score the basketball and be a leader out there on the floor. Regardless of what people say, I don\u2019t really care. To be honest, they can say whatever they want. I\u2019m gonna still play my game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for his time with the Grizzlies, Brooks notes, \u201cI love Memphis\u201d. He continued, \u201cI love what we\u2019ve got going on here in the organisation, the people that we\u2019ve got. I\u2019ve built so much good juju, good everything here. I\u2019m comfortable. When I come to work, it doesn\u2019t even feel like work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visit www.dstv.com and www.gotvafrica.com to subscribe or upgrade, and join in on the excitement. And while you\u2019re on the move, you can stream the action on the DStv App.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Catch the following NBA regular season games on ESPN this week\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saturday 26 November<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>05:00: Golden State Warriors v Utah Jazz \u2013 <strong>LIVE on ESPN<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sunday 27 November<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>04:00: Phoenix Suns v Utah Jazz \u2013 <strong>LIVE on ESPN<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>22:00: Brooklyn Nets v Portland Trail Blazers \u2013 <strong>LIVE on ESPN<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"1zzAg1In4sQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Budget for 2023: Brace yourselves for more hardships, Minority tells Ghanaians (24-11-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1zzAg1In4sQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>epa09946017 Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks (C) reacts after sinking a three point basket against the Golden State Warriors as the Warriors call a time-out while Memphis Grizzlies Head Coach Taylor Jenkins (R) applauds during the first half of NBA Western Conference semifinal game six between the Golden State Warriors and the Memphis Grizzlies at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1258187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[29370,29371,476,11301],"class_list":["post-1258184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-adaptability","tag-brooks","tag-love","tag-memphis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1258184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1258184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1258184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1258184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}