LeBron James sidestepped questions on Friday about the self-proclaimed bear-poking Dillon Brooks and his recent trash talk, telling reporters, “I’m ready to play and that’s it,” before cutting off his media availability.
— LeBron James will let his game do the talking when the Los Angeles Lakers’ first-round series against the self-proclaimed bear-poking Dillon Brooks and the Memphis Grizzlies continues with Game 3 on Saturday.
“I’m not here for the bulls—,” James said after practice Friday, cutting off his media availability after sidestepping Brooks-related questions for about five minutes. “I’m ready to play and that’s it.”
Following the No. 2-seeded Grizzlies’ 103-93 win in Game 2 to even the series 1-1 against the No. 7 Lakers, the 27-year-old Brooks took aim at the 38-year-old James, doubting the 20-year veteran’s effectiveness at this stage of his career.
“I don’t care — he’s old. You know what I mean?” Brooks said Wednesday after staring down James on the floor when he hit a 3 in the fourth quarter. “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.
