After the conclusion of the 2015–16 season, Brooks said he would remain with Oregon for a third season.[5] He suffered a foot injury in the summer of 2016 and did not play in Oregon's offseason trip to Spain.[4] On November 7, 2016, Brooks was named to the Associated Press' preseason All-America team.[6] During his three seasons of college career Brooks averaged 14.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 28.9 minutes per game.[7]
Brooks was drafted by the Houston Rockets with the 45th pick in the 2017 NBA draft and then was immediately traded to the Memphis Grizzlies.[9] On July 21, 2017, the Grizzlies signed Brooks to his rookie scale contract.[10] On October 18, 2017, during the Grizzlies' season opener, Brooks scored 19 points, the most points scored by a Canadian-born player in an NBA debut.[11]
On April 11, 2018, Brooks scored 36 points along with seven rebounds, one assist, and two steals in a 137–123 loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder.[12] In December 2018, Brooks was thought to be involved in a failed three-way trade between Memphis, the Washington Wizards and the Phoenix Suns; the trade faltered over confusion between Brooks and his similarly named teammate, MarShon Brooks,[13] as the Memphis front office did not intend to trade Dillon while the other teams expected him and not MarShon.
On January 5, 2019, Brooks suffered from a ruptured ligament in his right big toe[14] and underwent a successful surgery to repair it on January 11, 2019. Brooks missed the remainder of the 2018–19 season.[15]
Brooks in 2018
Brooks began the 2019–20 season as the Grizzlies' starting shooting guard. After averaging 16.1 points per game over the first half of the season, on February 5, 2020, he signed a three-year, $35 million extension with the Grizzlies.[16]
On February 28, 2020, Brooks 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.[17]
On May 23, 2021, Brooks made his NBA playoff debut, scoring a season-high 31 points, along with seven rebounds, to help the Grizzlies to a 112–109 Game 1 victory over the top-seeded Utah Jazz.[18] The Grizzlies would go on to get eliminated and lose the series in five games.[19]
On October 12, 2021, it was announced that Brooks would miss two to three weeks due to a fracture in his left hand.[20] On December 19, he scored a career high 37 points in a 105–100 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers.[21] On January 8, 2022, during a 123–108 win over the Los Angeles Clippers, Brooks suffered a left ankle injury. The next day, he was ruled out for 3-to-5 weeks with injury, which was diagnosed as an ankle sprain.[22] On April 16, during Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs, Brooks scored 24 points in a 117–130 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.[23]
In Game 2 of the 2022 Western Conference semifinals against the Golden State Warriors, Brooks was assessed a flagrant 2 and 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; Payton fell hard and fractured his left elbow.[24] Brooks was suspended for Game 3 of the series.[25] The Grizzlies would go on to lose the series in six games.
On December 17, 2022, Brooks scored a team-leading 32 points during a 115–109 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.[26] On February 2, 2023, Brooks was assessed a flagrant 2 foul and ejected for punching Cleveland Cavaliers player Donovan Mitchell in the groin.[27] The next day, the NBA suspended Brooks for one game without pay for his actions.[28] On March 4, he was suspended for one game without pay for incurring his 16th technical foul of the season.[29][non-primary source needed] On March 17, Brooks was fined $35,000 by the NBA after he shoved a cameraman to the floor during a game two days earlier against the Miami Heat.[30] On March 21, he was suspended for one game without pay for receiving two more technical fouls, pushing his total to 18 for the season.[31][non-primary source needed] At the end of the season, Brooks was named for the first time to the NBA All-Defensive Second team.[32]
During Memphis' 2023 NBA playoffs series against the Los Angeles Lakers, Brooks openly criticized his opponent LeBron James for being "old", drawing scrutiny.[33][34] Brooks was ejected after committing a flagrant 2 foul just 17 seconds into the second half of the Grizzlies–Lakers Game 3 matchup because of hitting James with a hit below the belt.[35][36] Memphis would go on to lose the series in six games.[37]
Houston Rockets (2023–present)
On July 8, 2023, Brooks was acquired by the Houston Rockets as part of a sign-and-trade agreement.[38] On October 26, he made his Rockets debut, scoring 14 points along with four rebounds and two assists in a 116–86 loss to the Orlando Magic.[39] On February 14, 2024, Brooks recorded a 19 point, 10 rebound double-double during a 121–113 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.[40]
On May 24, 2022, Brooks was one of fourteen players to agree to a three-year commitment to play with the Canadian senior men's national team, aiming to break a decades-long trend of failing to qualify for the Olympic basketball tournament.[41] They achieved this goal at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, and won the bronze medal, Canada's first global tournament medal in basketball since 1936. Brooks played a crucial role, recording a team-best 39 points in their victory over the United States.[42] This was a single-game scoring record for a Canadian player at the World Cup, surpassing Carl Ridd's previous high of 37 at the 1954 edition.[43] Brooks was named Best Defensive Player of the tournament by FIBA.[44]
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