WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.150 --> 00:00:02.790 - The Memphis Grizzlies smack talk has riled up players 2 00:00:02.790 --> 00:00:05.160 across the league, but they may have picked the 3 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:07.860 worst retired ex-athlete, not named James Harrison 4 00:00:07.860 --> 00:00:11.040 to mess with when Dillon Brooks riled up Shannon Sharpe 5 00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:13.590 near halftime of Friday night's SmackDown, 6 00:00:13.590 --> 00:00:16.980 I mean NBA action in Los Angeles. 7 00:00:16.980 --> 00:00:19.080 Dillon Brooks expletive laden response 8 00:00:19.080 --> 00:00:21.180 to retired NFL tight end sitting courtside 9 00:00:21.180 --> 00:00:22.860 almost got furniture moving. 10 00:00:22.860 --> 00:00:25.891 Memphis's entrance music might be "Whoop That Trick." 11 00:00:25.891 --> 00:00:27.240 ♪ Whoop that trick ♪ 12 00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:29.715 ♪ Yeah whoop that trick ♪ 13 00:00:29.715 --> 00:00:31.654 ♪ Yeah whoop that trick ♪ 14 00:00:31.654 --> 00:00:33.881 ♪ Yeah whoop that trick ♪ 15 00:00:33.881 --> 00:00:35.520 - But modern NBA players are grapplers, pushers, 16 00:00:35.520 --> 00:00:39.090 and shovers, Brooks recently told The Commercial Appeal 17 00:00:39.090 --> 00:00:41.190 the Grizzlies freeze up when they get talked back to 18 00:00:41.190 --> 00:00:42.060 and he was right. 19 00:00:42.060 --> 00:00:43.680 The Grizzlies ended up losing to the Lakers 20 00:00:43.680 --> 00:00:46.020 after their near death experience with Shannon. 21 00:00:46.020 --> 00:00:48.780 And Shannon might look like his ring name is Judge Jury 22 00:00:48.780 --> 00:00:51.060 and Executioner, but he had too much at stake 23 00:00:51.060 --> 00:00:53.490 to be the spark for a second Malice at the Palace. 24 00:00:53.490 --> 00:00:57.023 - They need emergency help, please help these folks. 25 00:00:58.230 --> 00:01:00.720 They coming, help is on the way. 26 00:01:00.720 --> 00:01:01.980 - If this were the '90s though, 27 00:01:01.980 --> 00:01:03.570 Dillon and Shannon would agree to scrap 28 00:01:03.570 --> 00:01:06.510 in a WCW Pay-per-View ala Malone and Robin. 29 00:01:06.510 --> 00:01:08.190 Don't act like you wouldn't have watched it though. 30 00:01:08.190 --> 00:01:10.650 Shannon is a TV host who could do some mean mic work 31 00:01:10.650 --> 00:01:13.080 and Dillon resembles a Tennessee backyard bro who has been 32 00:01:13.080 --> 00:01:15.270 in his fair share of Waffle House brawls. 33 00:01:15.270 --> 00:01:17.160 The Grizzlies are the closest thing we have 34 00:01:17.160 --> 00:01:19.830 to the Bad Boy Pistons though in a soft league. 35 00:01:19.830 --> 00:01:21.780 The league's strongest player Steven Adams 36 00:01:21.780 --> 00:01:24.480 looks like one half of the Akali Protections Agency 37 00:01:24.480 --> 00:01:27.480 and Ja invites more smoke than anyone in the league. 38 00:01:27.480 --> 00:01:29.171 Dillon is a habitual agitator 39 00:01:29.171 --> 00:01:31.440 and Desmond Bane minds his own business. 40 00:01:31.440 --> 00:01:33.150 But he's got pythons like Scott Steiner 41 00:01:33.150 --> 00:01:35.919 and thighs where his forearms should be, 42 00:01:35.919 --> 00:01:37.020 those quiet ones you gotta watch out for. 43 00:01:37.020 --> 00:01:37.920 And there are two rookies, 44 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:41.130 Kenneth Lofton and David Roddy both look like Boulders. 45 00:01:41.130 --> 00:01:44.520 Memphis' trash talk is unnerved LeBron and a slew of stars 46 00:01:44.520 --> 00:01:46.320 and they're not stopping anytime soon. 47 00:01:46.320 --> 00:01:48.600 The NBA won't ever return to the Attitude Era 48 00:01:48.600 --> 00:01:50.910 but the Grizzlies are the closest we'll come. 49 00:01:50.910 --> 00:01:52.830 - I want to apologize to Dillon Brooks. 50 00:01:52.830 --> 00:01:55.300 He is a fierce competitor, in seeing him up close, 51 00:01:55.300 --> 00:01:58.110 I get a sense of why he is what he is 52 00:01:58.110 --> 00:02:00.030 and how he's wired the way he's wired. 53 00:02:00.030 --> 00:02:02.393 - [Host] Thanks for watching, and stick with Deadspin.