Charles Barkley on Dillon Brooks: 'That was a cheap shot. Period.'
Donovan Mitchell and Dillon Brooks got in a little scrap during Thursday's Cleveland Cavaliers-Memphis Grizzlies game. Brooks hit Mitchell in the balls and Mitchell responded by throwing a basketball at him. The two were separated and returned to their benches to await their official ejections. That's where Robin Lopez appears to use a laptop to show his teammates the fight while Mitchell sat nearby laughing.
The best part of the Donovan Mitchell Dillon Brooks scuffle was Robin Lopez manning the video replay and showing the entire Cavs team the blow by blow #cavs #grizzlies pic.twitter.com/i7WYJyD5Rd
— Meredith Walsh (@meredithdwalsh) February 3, 2023
After the game the Inside the NBA crew discussed the incident with Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal. Both agreed that it was a cheap shot by Brooks. Only Kenny Smith sort of gave him the benefit of the doubt in the way where you aren't really supposed to say for sure that it was a cheap shot even though we all know it was a cheap shot.
"You can't go around punching people...that was a cheap shot, period."
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) February 3, 2023
The fellas react to the Dillon Brooks & Donovan Mitchell scuffle pic.twitter.com/gCkYukAcV9
Meanwhile, in Mitchell's postgame press conference he had some great soundbytes saying, "That's just who he is" and "I've been busting his ass for years."
Too many quotes, you’ve got to watch the whole thing.
— Spencer Davies (@SpinDavies) February 3, 2023
Donovan Mitchell goes directly at Dillon Brooks in his postgame press conference. Must listen. @basketbllnews pic.twitter.com/m8CSeVedGW
With Mitchell in the East now, we won't see another matchup between these two teams this season unless they meet in the Finals. It's not impossible, but it is unlikely, so we'll probably have to wait until next season for more.