Who is Dillon Brooks?
Dillon Brooks is a professional Canadian basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA (National Basketball Association). He also played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks where he was named a consensus second-team All-American and earned conference player of the year honors in the Pac-12 in 2017. Moreover, he is a member of the Canadian national team.
How Old Is Dillon Brooks?
He is 27 years old as of January 2022, having been born on January 22, 1996, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Dillon Brooks shares his birthdate with celebrities such as; Logic, Enya Umanzor, fouseyTUBE, Darianka Sánchez, Shiloh Nelson, and many more.
Dillon Brooks Family
Who are Dillon Brooks’s Parents?
He was born to Anita Diane Brooks (Mother). But his father’s name is not mentioned on the internet.
Does Dillon Brooks have Siblings?
There is no news on the internet showing whether he has siblings or not. In case there is news regarding this matter, we will update it here as soon as possible.
Dillon Brooks Education
He received his high school education at Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School and Findlay Prep. After high school, he attended The University of Oregon.
Dillon Brooks Marital Status
News on the internet shows that he has a girlfriend by the name of Big Bambina.
Dillon Brooks Kids
He has a daughter by the name of Mila Brook (born in October 2019) from his previous relationship.
Dillon Brooks Career
A College Career
A small forward from Mississauga, Ontario, he went on to the University of Oregon after playing at Findlay Prep. He averaged 11.5 points per game as a freshman and was named to the Pac-12 Conference all-freshman team. As a sophomore, he led the Ducks to the Pac-12 Conference regular season title and a top-ten national ranking. At the close of the season, he was named first-team All-Pac-12 and a third-team All-American by the Sporting News. Moreover, he was named the District IX player of the year by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).
He averaged 16.7 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game. At the end of the 2015-16 season, he said he would remain with Oregon for a third season. However, in the summer of 2016, he suffered a foot injury and thus did not play in Oregon’s offseason trip to Spain. On November 7, 2016, he was named to the Associated Press preseason All-American team. During his three collegiate career seasons, he averaged 14.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 2.6 assists in 28.9 minutes per game. Shortly after the 2016-17 season, he went and declared for the 2017 NBA draft and hired an agent, ending his college career.
A Professional Career
A Career with the Memphis Grizzlies (2017-Present)
He was drafted with the 45th pick in the 2017 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets and then was immediately traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. The Grizzlies signed him to his rookie scale contract on July 21, 2017. During the Grizzlies’ season opener on October 18, 2017, he scored 19 points, the most scored by a Canadian-born player in an NBA debut. On April 11, 2018, he scored a career-high 36 points along with seven rebounds, one assist, and two steals in a 137-123 loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder. He was thought to be involved in a failed three-way trade between Memphis, the Washington Wizards, and the Phoenix Suns in December 2018. But the trade faltered over confusion between Brooks and his similarly-named teammate MarShon Brooks as the Grizzlies front office did not intend to trade Dillon while the other teams expected him not MarShon.
However, he suffered a ruptured ligament in his right big toe on January 5, 2019, and underwent successful surgery to repair it on January 11, 2019. This made him miss the remainder of the 2018-19 season. He then began the 2019-20 season as the Grizzlies’ starting shooting guard. On February 5, 2020, he signed a three-year, $35 million contract extension with the Grizzlies. This was after averaging 16.1 points per game over the first half of the season. On February 28, 2020, he scored a season-high 32 points, along with getting two rebounds, one assist, and one block in a 104-101 loss against the Sacramento Kings. He then made his NBA playoff debut on May 23, 2021.
Professional Continuation
Scoring a season-high 31 points, along with 7 rebounds, to help the Grizzlies to a 112-109 Game 1 victory over the top-seeded Utah Jazz. However, the Grizzlies went on to be eliminated and lose the series in five games. It was announced on October 12, 2021, that he would miss two to three weeks due to a fracture in his left hand. On December 19, he scored a career-high 37 points in a 105-100 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers. During a 123-108 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on January 8, 2022, he suffered a left ankle injury. And the next day he was ruled out for 3-to-5 weeks with injury, which was diagnosed as an ankle sprain.
During Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs on April 16, he scored 24 points in a 117-130 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. In Game 2 of the 2022 Western Conference semifinals against the Golden State Warriors, he was assessed a flagrant 2. And was thus ejected after he chased down the Warriors’ Gary Payton II and hit him in the head when he was in the air, going up for a fast-break layup, as Payton fell hard and fractured his left elbow. Therefore Brooks was suspended for Game 3 of the series.
A National Team Career
In addition to playing basketball at the club level, he has also played nationally. Thus he agreed to a three-year commitment to play with the Canadian senior men’s national team on May 24, 2022. He then played for the Canadian national team in the 2015 Pan American Games where the team won the silver medal.
Dillon Brooks Height and Measurements
Adding up to his well-built body is a height of 6ft 6 inches (1.98m) and a weight of 102 kg (224 lbs).
Dillon Brooks’s Salary and Net Worth
He has an annual average salary of $11,666,667 and an estimated net worth of $5 million.