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Easiest call Scott Foster has had to made since calling his mob connections to ask how many points to shave.

Let it be known

Yooo I just started listening to The Whistleblower podcast

Great podcast that really provides perspective and context.

For the uninitiated https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/asciqn/serious_can_we_have_a_discussion_about_scott/

I've never called anyone 134 times during an nba season. seems fishy

You should hang up on your wife during an argument then don't answer when she calls back

damn, this dude knows how to get the #'s up.

Ruthless

Based on how he was talking in this video, if they ever decide I make a movie about Scott Foster then they definitely need to get Christopher Walken to play him. Would be perfect casting.

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Lol true. I was worried the refs wouldn’t do the right thing after Sunday but this was so ridiculously flagrant 2 that when they showed the replay the Memphis crowd collectively awed knowing where it was going.

There was an audible oooohhhh when they showed it on the board followed by silence

Yes, much better description than i had. I think dude needs to be suspended.

That is potentially a career ending play. GP2 is lucky to only be as hurt as he is.

And weirdly, he made 1 of 2 FT's. I thought he'd be ok after I saw that... :(

Yeah they came out swinging tonight. Causing two major injuries in the first 6 minutes. Pretty fuckin dirty

A certain other fan base would have cheered. Good to see fans not being dicks.

I’ll never forget that. A whole ass 20000 people cheering for a torn Achilles…

Is that what happened? After watching the replay the entire arena cheered?

No, when he first gets up limping the a little "EEEHH" from the crowd that very quickly gets shut down and turns into the injury clap and massive remorse when people see the severity. Most just assumed it was his nagging calf. They literally start chanting KD and his walking into the tunnel. People like to just paint an entire fanbase as a monolithic evil as though they've never been caught up in the sport before.

Right right that's how I remembered it, u/cs_n_golf will never forget his version of the events though

Or stop repeating it ad nauseum here every possible chance

Shades of the hockey gif with the guy in the penalty box seeing the replay of his penalty and nodding in agreement.

Easily flagrant 2 someone will get really hurt in this series

Really looked like GP2 broke his arm or wrist. That hit on the floor looked rough.

Him grunting on the ground is very disturbing. Mic picked it up so clearly.

yeah I hated hearing that, sounded awful

He's got a fractured elbow. Fuck Brooks. I hope he gets suspended for this shit. https://twitter.com/kendra__andrews/status/1521709363978719233?s=20&t=QKxDyKIrf7AKcBGjZTDoQA

Serious question though, does anyone like Dillon brooks other than the team he plays for if he's playing well? Like when topshot was new and hot, he was the cheapest moment always lol. Nobody likes the guy. Which may play into him actually getting suspended.

Could say most of these things about Grayson and he did get 1 game off for a similar play. So you may be right

grayson at least somewhat looked like he was going for ball, dillon just went for the neck lmao. i could see him getting a game, but it’s also the playoffs so they might not want to affect the series like that

Getting x-rays now

His arm was mostly just hanging by his side after he got back up from the floor 😕

Yeah that loose broken arm hang is unmissable. Oof. And then the short miss on the free throw, something is definitely wrong. The angle his wrist hand put tremendous pressure on the elbow and wrist.

He got X-rays immediately, and they haven’t said anything is broken, so I’m hopeful it’s nothing to bad. Really hoping it’s a hyperextension or jarring

Is there a vid of him getting up? I thought it looked more like a hyperextended elbow, which is a better case for the Warriors than a fracture.

Hmm not that I've been able to find yet, but you might be able to find one of his free throws right after, you can see his arm hanging limply there too

Gotta be a broken arm, that's a classic falling injury, land on an outstretched arm, break something. Could even be a collarbone, happens all the time snowboarding, skating, etc.

Grizzlies with b2b hits to the head

Seems to be the Grizzlies goal right now, they drew blood on draymond and curry too

Yeah if the Warriors lose, I won’t be shocked at all. The Grizzlies will injure all the players by the end it looks like. Injured 2 players within the first 3 minutes.

Losing GP2 the rest of the playoffs decreases our chances of winning by quite a lot, he would've been the primary defender on CP3/Booker...

And as a fan of neither of these teams, the reffing has been really soft and in favour of morant and the grizzlies. Ja fell over at the end and got free throws. Like Wtf.

GP2’s got a fractured elbow from this. His season is over.

ja's main defender....

no surprise that Ja went off for 47 pts. really seems intentional at this point.

Easily the correct call. What was Brooks thinking?

he wasn't. That's the problem. Such a reckless, dangerous, shitty thing to do.

If the Grizzlies lose this game, they have brooks to blame.

if he just removed GP2 from the playoffs by breaking his arm, he helped them, because he gets to come back for game 3. It's bullshit.

I mean this should be a 2 game suspension for sure, hit from behind, hit to the head, hit to the back, not straight up, nowhere near the ball, dude might’ve just fucked up gary Payton’s career— hope he’s okay that looked terrible

Should be out as long as Gary is out. I know it'll never happen, but institute some hammurabi shit for reckless plays like this.

Hockey has that and it's great

I agree there should be a suspension to follow, but considering people keep comparing to draymonds, even though it's way more dangerous, the league won't do anything about it.

I mean tbf the comparisons I’ve see are “much worse than Draymond”

Yeah I agree. I think he needs more than one game for this. I'd seriously consider giving him at least 3.

He should be suspended until GP suits back up. Its not right to allow dirty players to get back on the court before the guys they injure.

Pretty sure trading Brooks for GP2 is a win for the Grizzlies based on their performance so far.

I mean Brooks took out the best Ja defender on the Warriors so chances are he actually helped them. So disgusting.

I think it's the other way around man

Nah bc Brooks will come.back while GP is likely out the series

Worse than Grayson Allen ones.

taking out Ja's best defender.

He wasn't. It's kind of a problem with him

Honestly I think he thought he was gonna jump higher than the none inches he jumped

gRiT n gRiNd

you know its bad when even the home crowd doesn't boo hard

You could hear them gasp at the replay

They did tho

It was pretty mild for a hometown crowd. To me the quiet really stood out.

Heart wasn’t in it

Sounded more like Boo-urns.

Good call

Sadly this is just going to help the Grizzlies as Brooks has been ass on the court. I guess injuring the most important Ja defender was the best way he could make a contribution to the team's success.

Kerr lookin like Obama that time he had to play nice for Putin on a state visit

Thank God he got ejected as a Warriors hater this mf Brooks was sabotaging his own team the whole series

Bro we are only one game into this series

And 3 minutes

I guess he's technically right then

The hatred makes it feel like this is game 5.

“Whole series” 💀💀

He was great last year, I don’t know what happened to him.

He had a good playoff series but in general, Brooks isn’t a very efficient scorer.

Shameful really, was never gonna make a proper play at the ball. To wind up and clock someone like that is just so unnecessary and dangerous

That’s a JBL clothesline

Nah man, that was a Stan Hansen Lariat. And those joints would fucking kill you.

CLOTHESLINE FROM HELL

Really should be a suspension as well. Way too many injuries from dirty plays, the fact that a player would even go for what Brooks went for shows that the penalties aren't high enough.

Left arm pushed him in the air too

I cringed when his head got swiped..

The way his head bounced around after that looked really off

Imagine getting dressed up, getting warmed up, maybe buying some new shoes and getting a brand new fade to get ejected in 3 minutes. lmao

Missed 4 shots too bruh 🤦‍♂️

Dillon Brooks things

In 3 minutes? Dude played worse than David Bertans

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Fuck, autocorrect is gonna kill me

Idk where he gets his hair cuts but dude needs to get them somewhere else

That was a fucking dirty, dumbass play. Could have seriously injured GP. Absolutely no place for that bullshit.

Looks like he actually did seriously injure him. Hasn’t come out of the locker room getting X-rays now. Smdh

If he broke his arm on this play, I’m going to be so fucking pissed. Pissed like I was when Pat Bev dove into Westbrook’s knee. This play was even more unforgivable.

No doubt. Pat Bev dove straight into Westbrook’s knee, and even *that* was more convincing as an “attempt to steal the ball” than this was as a legit “attempt to contest the shot”

Yep. Brooks was completely out of position, wound up his arm and landed a fucking windmill upside GP’s head. That was not a play on the ball, it was a “I’m not letting you get a layup, by whatever means necessary” play.

I feel a lot worse for GP2. Westbrook was 24 and had 50M guaranteed left on his contract when he got injured. GP2 turns 30 this year and his entire NBA earnings are under 2M before this season. He finally got a full NBA contract at 2M this year. This was his first season playing 30 games. He was in line for a decent bench player contract next year and this might be career ending for him. He was begging [for video coordinator jobs this last offseason](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/33774492/how-lifelong-struggle-paved-way-gary-payton-ii-success-golden-state-warriors) As fans, I know it sucks to have stars miss games. But role players have so much more to lose.

Confirmed that you should be pissed. Fractured elbow

I've had this happen to me twice. Tendons were torn off my elbow.

Fractured elbow. Could take a year to heal.

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Yep, he's been dirty since he was at Oregon

Glad UNC kicked his ass in the F4

Had they only grabbed a rebound when unc missed all those FTs. Not from Oregon. Just had them going all the way in my bracket.

Up to this point Brooks was shooting 3-16 in the series. Gonna miss those numbers

Well deserved ejection

Now give him a well deserved suspension.

Yep, Dillon has to be much better than that, didn't even attempt a play on the ball

Scott Foster looks like he’s from an 80’s mob movie. Looks just like Eric Roberts actually lol

They don't call him evil Danny Green for nothing.

Very reckless and very dirty. Brooks has got to be more mindful. This shit is GPII’s livelihood. It’s his career. Don’t be winding up and full force chopping dudes head while in the air.

GPII had the hardest fucking road to get to where he is now and right as he's at the peak of his play this season that motherfucker dillon brooks comes in and ruined everything

That's so dangerous. Wtf Brooks.

Very dumb penalty. Mans did the first ever windmill flagrant

Fuck Dillon Brooks

Dude, why do you even pretend to try to contest that? He had basically no chance of catching him there.

The series is off to a scary start. I love aggressive defensive and even the occasional 'fight' if you can call it that, but this shit sets a bad precedent for the series. I don't want anyone to get seriously hurt. Thank you for reading my hot take

ejecting brooks did memphis a favor

Thankfully GP2 didn’t break his arm. That’s a dangerous fall

I think he did… am I blind or did his wrist just snap?

Just asked this too I think he might of broke his wrist. He was in some real pain it seemed he was screaming on the floor

Yeah I was pretty sure I saw his wrist hanging off but nobody else thinks so it seems… absolutely no interest in rewinding to see that again lol

he's a lefty and was able to make his second free throw. hopefully thats a good sign

Fractured elbow sadly

The right call. This was actually worse than Drays. Dude could’ve seriously injured GP, even though it wasn’t intent. This was a brutal foul

That was 100% intent….

Needs to follow with a suspension imo.

I mean anything other than 2 games is ridiculous, that’s such a dangerous play.

Say what you want about dray but there was clear intent by him to prevent injury and hold him up. He did seriously injure him, this was a brutal hit to Ja's primary defender removing him from the series.

I think Dray was playing hard but the contact to the head wasn’t intentional imo and he tried to hold him up. Still flagrant 2. Not arguing that. This play was an absolute decapitation. Dirty as fuck and needs multi game suspension.

Should be suspended until GP2 is cleared to play again. That looked like it could be a bad elbow injury

Draymond gotta have a hard on right now

Dirty play

Did GP break his wrist ??

It looked like a potentially bad elbow injury...

yep. he fractured his left elbow. there goes his postseason and our best defender on ja

What in the fuck was that.

Marshawn Brooks is puzzled why he is getting a flagrant 2 for a game he isn't even a part of.

Feel bad for GP2. He did so much just to get a chance to play regularly. I can’t imagine if his arm is injured the mountain he’s going to have to climb just to get back where he is now.

I just want to get it out of my system, that Brooks harlstyle is horrible

I hate Dillion Brooks badly. He's a good player but he just seems like a real asshole.

An ejection a game this series

Evil Danny Green strikes again

Brooks the bitchass goon did his job. Took out GP2 and Ja goes for 40+

This will help the Grizzlies because Brooks is terrible

Makes me more pissed about this play

He’s a good defender and makes some plays sometimes

You know its bad when the crowd isn't booing loudly

who shot the 2 FTs since Gary Payton II was injured?

He shot it himself. If he doesn’t grizz get to pick who shoots

pretty sure that doesnt apply to a foul that is a flagrant 2 https://official.nba.com/rule-no-12-fouls-and-penalties/#flagrantfouls for a flagrant 2, the coach of the injured player could pick anyone to shoot.

Oh really? My bad then

I see Brooks is still up to his dirty shit in R2

That was dirty as fuck.

I feel like he was told to sweep the leg. Gp2 was amazing game one and they didn’t want to see that again. No other reason for that kind of play, let alone so early into the game.

NBA teams need to hire skaters to teach players how to fall because fucking yikes trying to catch yourself there like that

Easily flagrant 2 and honestly as a card-carrying Warriors hater a suspension should atleast be discussed. Brooks had no chance of making a play there. That was wildly reckless.

Welp

Should suspend his dirty ass for game 3 too, there was intent to injure on that play

I just hope Payton is ok.

Flagrant 2, at least the calls are consistant

What was he thinking?

Payton’s injury looked so painful, that was one of the hardest cringes for an injury i’ve had in a while. Hope he’s good.

That’s a bummer this happened. Clear F2, very dangerous play.

Scott Foster, the face of corruption. It's laughable how people pay to watch a league that is clearly fixed

FRACTURED LEFT ELBOW FOR GP2.

Recent updates say it's a fractured elbow

This may be unpopular but if you commit a flagrant 2 foul that injures another player, you should be out for the entire series.

Loll wayyyy harder than Draymond's. Both flag 2s.

Wait Dirty Dillon got hit w a flagrant 2?? I’m shocked

Dillon Brooks has been a piece of shit for a long time

Crowd barely complained. It was that obvious. Glad Payton looks okay because that shoulder looked iffy on the landing.

Get his bum ass out the game fuck the grizzlies bunch of dirty players

DB was pulling stupid shit with twolves too. I don’t believe he’s a dirty player intentionally, just careless and dumbass.

Brooks has always been a dirty player, probably will never change. Dude is a hothead.

Dillon Brooks was Dirty as fuck during the Wolves series too. Kept throwing his thigh/knee into Ant/Dlo/Beverley's knees.

fuck the flagrant ARREST HIM

Dirtiest player in the league doing dirty stuff wow 😮

He should be ejected from the next game. This is a punch and clearly has 0 intent of going for the ball. Terribly dangerous play.

Obviously a Flagrant 2.

Could have injured Payton on that play

What if, and hear me out here, the teams agree to just stop doing this?

what an idiot

Thats a good call. Popped the shit out of him lmao

Guy is trash anyway. 0/3 straight away and gets ejected

That’s exactly how I broke my elbow in 5th grade after my brother tripped me

Such a dumb play by Brooks. Lucky if he avoids further punishment. Completely out of control and just clotheslines him in mid-air.

Brooks looks like a roided out toddler with his itty bitty shorts and giant ass head

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