{"id":750964,"date":"2026-06-03T01:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T01:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/750964\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T01:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T01:03:15","slug":"dillon-brooks-is-reaching-new-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/750964\/","title":{"rendered":"Dillon Brooks is reaching new heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Dillon Brooks continues to draw attention during the offseason. First, he showed up to see LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers get eliminated by the Oklahoma City Thunder, which produced a viral meme. Next, he formed a partnership with Underdog Sports, making fun of NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander\u2019s flopping, which prompted SGA\u2019s team to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsideofthesun.com\/suns-news\/104992\/dillon-brookss-partnership-with-underdog-sports-at-the-heat-of-a-lawsuit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">send a cease-and-desist letter<\/a> to Underdog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Now, he\u2019s completed flight school, according to his Instagram. Posts about his accomplishment have received more than a million views online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">While the Suns have been eliminated for about a month and a half now, Brooks seems to be enjoying the public spotlight he\u2019s put himself in since the Suns have been eliminated, as he keeps sharing what\u2019s new in his life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Now 30 years old, he\u2019s entering his second season with Phoenix, has one more year left on his deal, and is eligible for a 4-year, $125 million extension. He was one of the main reasons the Suns surprised many this season, averaging a career-high 20 points per game and bringing defensive energy and tenacity to the squad. The team acquired him along with Jalen Green and Khaman Maluach when they dealt Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets last offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Just like he did in the regular season and playoffs, Brooks and his actions remain a topic of conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dillon Brooks continues to draw attention during the offseason. First, he showed up to see LeBron James and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791],"tags":[7,6,2065,472,4045,604,4728],"class_list":["post-750964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-phoenix-suns","tag-basketball","tag-nba","tag-phoenix","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-phoenixsuns","tag-suns","tag-suns-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116683486222833180","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}