Former NBA Player Blasts Ja Morant and Dillon Brooks for 'Ducking' Media

Two Memphis Grizzlies players went silent after falling to the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 5

Both Ja Morant and Dillon Brooks declined to speak to the media after Monday night's Game 4 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. With the Memphis Grizzlies down 3-1 in the series, neither Brooks nor Morant addressed the media following Game 4, which has many in the NBA world calling them out.

Two players who did a lot of talking in the media throughout the course of the season, Brooks and Morant have now gone quiet with their team on the brink of elimination. Brooks notably spoke out on LeBron James in the media both before the series, and after Memphis won Game 2, but has skipped postgame interviews the last two games.

Former NBA player and current analyst Kendrick Perkins blasted Morant and Brooks for ducking the media after their Game 4 loss, sharing this tweet:

Damn boys ducking post game interviews after a L?!!! Gotta man the hell up and face the music. It’s part of the game! Real Talk.

— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) April 25, 2023

Perkins does have a point, especially considering the amount of trash talk that Morant and Brooks put out this season. From Morant saying he was fine in the West, to Brooks calling out LeBron James for being old, the two players spent a lot of time talking in the media this season. Now skipping postgame interviews on the brink of elimination, Morant and Brooks are getting called out by people like Kendrick Perkins.

It will be interesting to see if the two players address the media if they are eliminated in Game 5.

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