Brooks is questionable for Monday's game against the Spurs due to an illness.
Brooks was added to the injury report with a questionable designation due to an illness. This could be Brooks' first missed game of the season, which would see Amen Thompson, Jae'Sean Tate and Aaron Holiday step into bigger roles.
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Rockets' Dillon Brooks: Keeps head down in loss
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Brooks produced 10 points (4-9 FG, 2-4 3Pt), two rebounds and one assist across 33 minutes during Saturday's 107-97 loss to the Lakers.
Brooks' beef with LeBron James is well-documented, but a brutal stare-down from James after a made bucket was the only evidence of the conflict during Saturday's game. Brooks continues to deal with nagging injuries, and although he's put up a few good totals, he's far from consistent. His 13.2 points per game is on pace to be his second-worst career point total despite converting a career-best 47.9 percent of his shots.
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Rockets' Dillon Brooks: Cleared Tuesday
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Brooks (groin/hip) will play Tuesday against Dallas.
Brooks is battling left adductor tendinopathy, but he will continue his perfect attendance this season. The 27-year-old will make his 15th start of the season and is averaging 13.4 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.1 steals per game with a 47.1/46.4/85.7 shooting slash.
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Rockets' Dillon Brooks: Dealing with adductor injury
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Brooks is probable for Tuesday's matchup versus Dallas due to left adductor tendinopathy.
Brooks has yet to miss a game this season, and that likely won't change Tuesday. However, Tuesday's contest is the front half of a back-to-back set, so it's possible Brooks will play versus Dallas before taking a seat for Wednesday's matchup versus Denver. Brooks is one of four players listed as probable on Houston's initial injury report.
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Rockets' Dillon Brooks: Struggles in victory Friday
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Brooks chipped in eight points (2-8 FG, 2-3 3Pt, 2-2 FT), one rebound and two assists over 30 minutes during Friday's 105-86 win over the Nuggets.
Brooks shot under 30 percent from the floor for the second straight game, continuing his recent offensive struggles. Outside of two games during which he scored a total of 40 points, he has not been able to get anything going in the scoring column. He is barely inside the top 150 this season and, at this point, can probably be dropped to open up a streaming spot.
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Rockets' Dillon Brooks: Struggles from deep
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Brooks contributed 13 points (4-14 FG, 0-5 3Pt, 5-5 FT), five rebounds, one assist and one steal in 27 minutes during Wednesday's 111-91 win over the Grizzlies.
Brooks struggled from the field, especially from deep, but scored in double figures for the fifth time over his past six games. During that stretch, he's averaged 12.8 points on 40.3 percent shooting from the field. On the season, Brooks is still shooting 48.5 percent from the field and 45.3 percent from deep, which would both be career-high marks, but his shooting splits have started to regress back to the mean in recent games.
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Rockets' Dillon Brooks: Shines against LAL
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Brooks closed with 24 points (9-21 FG, 6-11 3Pt), one rebound, two assists and four steals across 41 minutes during Sunday's 105-104 loss to the Lakers.
Brooks came two points shy of tying his season-high scoring mark and drained a season-best six threes, but his efforts were not enough to carry the Rockets to victory against LeBron James and the Lakers. This outing might be a sparkplug for Brooks, as he was coming off five straight outings with 10 or fewer points before this strong showing against Los Angeles.
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Rockets' Dillon Brooks: Cooling down after fast start
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Brooks produced 10 points (3-6 FG, 1-3 3Pt, 3-4 FT), four rebounds and two assists in 29 minutes during Sunday's 107-104 win over Denver.
Brooks was on fire to start his first season in Houston, averaging 17.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.6 steals in 35.0 minutes per game. However, over his last four games, he's averaged just 8.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 25.8 minutes. Regardless, the defensive-minded wing is still playing a key role for a Rockets squad that's been a major surprise this season.
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Rockets' Dillon Brooks: Excellent against Kings
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Brooks finished Saturday's 107-89 victory over Sacramento with 26 points (9-14 FG, 2-4 3Pt, 6-6 FT), nine rebounds, one assist and one steal across 38 minutes.
Brooks notched his best performance of the season and was dominant in the second half, particularly in the fourth quarter, where he scored 11 of his 16 points. Brooks is known for his defensive tenacity, but he's been a lethal shooter for the Rockets in the early stages of the campaign, draining multiple threes in all but one of his outings and hitting 12 of his 20 attempts from beyond the arc. That pace is unsustainable, but if he can hover around the 18-point range, he'd be a strong fantasy asset in most formats due to his contributions in other categories.
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Rockets' Dillon Brooks: Excellent against Sacramento
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Brooks finished Saturday's 107-89 victory over Sacramento with 26 points (9-14 FG, 2-4 3Pt, 6-6 FT), nine rebounds, one assist and one steal across 38 minutes.
Brooks notched his best performance of the season and was dominant in the second half, particularly in the fourth quarter, where he scored 11 of his 16 points. Brooks is known for his defensive tenacity, but he's been a lethal shooter for the Rockets in the early stages of the campaign, draining multiple threes in all but one of his outings and hitting 12 of his 20 attempts from beyond the arc. That pace is unsustainable, but if he can hover around the 18-point range, he'd be a strong fantasy asset in most formats due to his contributions in other categories.
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Rockets' Dillon Brooks: Does it all in win
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Brooks contributed 20 points (7-9 FG, 3-3 3Pt, 3-4 FT), three rebounds, five assists and five steals in 38 minutes during Wednesday's 128-119 win over the Hornets.
Although Brooks committed seven turnovers Wednesday, he looks rejuvenated in Houston. His confident scoring combined with moderate volume is yielding effective offense, which is notable given Brooks' reputation as an inefficient self-creator. The 27-year-old is shooting 58.8 percent at the rim through four games as well, marking a leap from his 51.2 percent shooting at the rim last season.
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Rockets' Dillon Brooks: Efficient performance in loss
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Brooks finished with 14 points (5-7 FG, 4-6 3Pt), four rebounds, two assists and one steal across 26 minutes during Wednesday's 116-86 loss to the Magic.
Brooks is not known for being an efficient shooter, and his weaknesses were in full display during the 2022-23 postseason, but that was not the case in this season opener, as he missed just two shots from the field. Despite the solid output in this season opener, Brooks projects to be little more than the fourth option for the Rockets on offense, behind Jalen Green, Fred VanVleet and Jabari Smith.
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Rockets' Dillon Brooks: Back in lineup
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Brooks is in the starting lineup for Friday's preseason game against the Heat, Jackson Gatlin of Locked on Rockets reports.
The Rockets are throwing their projected Opening Night lineup on the court for the preseason finale. Brooks has shot the ball poorly through three exhibitions, hitting 30.8 percent from the field.
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Rockets' Dillon Brooks: Resting Wednesday
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Brooks won't play in Wednesday's preseason game versus the Spurs due to rest purposes, Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle reports.
Brooks hasn't suffered any injury but will sit out Wednesday's contest alongside a few of Houston's projected starters. However, Brooks is expected to suit up for Friday's preseason finale against Miami.
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Rockets' Dillon Brooks: Ejected against Indiana
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Brooks was ejected from Tuesday's preseason game against the Pacers.
Brooks was ejected after just five minutes because he took a cheap shot on Daniel Theis' midsection. Brooks' ejection will allow Amen Thompson and Tari Eason to get a bit more run.
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Rockets' Dillon Brooks: Joins Houston on four-year deal
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The Rockets signed Brooks to a four-year, $80 million deal Saturday, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports.
Brooks is the latest domino of what has been a successful offseason for the Rockets, as they also landed Fred VanVleet on Friday. Brooks is heralded as one of the best perimeter defenders in the game, and his tenacity would be welcomed on a young Rockets roster. Brooks spent the first six years of his career with the Grizzlies and averaged 14.3 points per game during the regular season. However, that number regressed to a meager 10.5 points per contest in the playoffs.
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Grizzlies' Dillon Brooks: Won't be re-signed by Memphis
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Brooks, a pending unrestricted free agent, has been informed that the Grizzlies won't re-sign him under any circumstances, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
Brooks' problematic history reached a boiling point during Memphis' first-round series against the Lakers, in which the 2017 second-round pick talked trashed to LeBron James, was ejected from Game 3 and received a $25,000 fine for not addressing the media after three of the Grizzlies' losses. His antics might've been sufferable if he was producing on the court, but he averaged just 10.5 points with 31/23/71 shooting splits during the six-game series. He was a bit better during the regular season (14.3 points on 39/32/77 splits), but his overall play still left a lot to be desired. He'll have to look for a fresh start elsewhere, but after his tumultuous playoffs, he may have to settle for a league-minimum deal this offseason.
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Grizzlies' Dillon Brooks: Comes up short again in loss
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Brooks totaled 11 points (4-11 FG, 1-7 3Pt, 2-2 FT), five rebounds and four assists in 41 minutes during Monday's 117-111 overtime loss to the Lakers in Game 4 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals.
Despite playing 41 minutes in the overtime loss, Brooks once again fell short of the mark on both ends of the floor. So far in the series, his on-court play has left a lot to be desired. Should the Grizzlies have any chance of erasing the 3-1 deficit, Brooks is going to have to be much better than this.
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Grizzlies' Dillon Brooks: Ejected in Game 3
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Brooks was assessed a Flagrant 2 foul and got ejected during the second half of Game 3 against the Lakers on Saturday, Mark Medina of NBA.com reports.
Brooks hit LeBron James in the groin area during the third quarter and was ejected, which shouldn't be surprising given the ejection of James Harden during Game 3 of the series between the 76ers and Nets. Brooks also has the distinction of being the only player in franchise history to be ejected from multiple playoff games. Brooks ends Game 3 with seven points (3-13 FG, 1-5 3Pt, 0-1 FT), two rebounds and a steal across 19 minutes.
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Grizzlies' Dillon Brooks: Scores 15 points in loss
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Brooks logged 15 points (5-13 FG, 2-9 3Pt, 3-4 FT), four rebounds and two assists over 29 minutes during Sunday's 128-112 loss to the Lakers in Game 1 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals.
Brooks struggled mightily from the field, which is nothing new, but still finished fourth on the team in scoring behind Jaren Jackson (31), Desmond Bane (22) and Ja Morant (18). If Morant (wrist) has to miss any time, Brooks would presumably be tasked with more offensive responsibilities.
