Dillon Brooks

He 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.

In 2023, Brooks was named the FIBA World Cup Best Defensive Player after helping the Canada national team to bronze.

Brooks, a small forward from Mississauga, Ontario, went to the University of Oregon after playing at Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School in Toronto and Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada.

[18] 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.

[27] On February 2, 2023, Brooks was assessed a flagrant 2 foul and ejected for punching Cleveland Cavaliers player Donovan Mitchell in the groin.

[30][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.

[32][non-primary source needed] At the end of the season, Brooks was named for the first time to the NBA All-Defensive Second team.

[33] During Memphis' 2023 NBA playoffs series against the Los Angeles Lakers, Brooks openly criticized his opponent LeBron James for being "old", drawing scrutiny.

[41] On January 27, 2025, Brooks put up a career-high and Rockets franchise-record ten three-pointers en route to 36 points in a 114–112 win over the Boston Celtics.

[2] 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.

[44] 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.

Brooks with Oregon in 2015
Brooks in 2018
Brooks with Canada prior to the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup