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Duane Rankin: "No bullshit. I don't back down from anybody or anything." New Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks. Starting off saying being with Phoenix has been "written in stone" since 'miscommunication' trade that didn't go through when he was in Memphis. MarShon Brooks. Dillon Brooks. pic.x.com/IRzYUw44Ta
Bobby Marks: The Golden State front office is not accustomed to making deals during the regular season. The last time they made a trade during the regular season was February 2014- Kent Bazemore/MarShon Brooks for Steve Blake.
Guard Marshon Brooks has agreed to terms with Chinese team Guangdong where he will replace Malcolm Delaney, a source told Sportando.
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Adrian Wojnarowski: Six players hit waivers at 5 PM: MarShon Brooks, Michael Carter-Williams, Patrick McCaw, James Nunnally, Lorenzo Brown and Ron Baker. Rest of non-guaranteed contracts are locked in for season now.
The Chicago Bulls have traded a protected second-round pick of the 2020 NBA Draft to the Houston Rockets for guard Michael Carter-Williams and cash considerations. In a preceding move, the Bulls waived guard MarShon Brooks. Carter-Williams was also waived following the trade.
Shams Charania: Sources: The Bulls and MarShon Brooks‘ agent, Wallace Prather, plan to work on resolution for new destination for Brooks. Chicago doesn’t plan to have Brooks report to team, or waive him immediately, after Memphis trade.
The Chicago Bulls have traded forward Justin Holiday to the Memphis Grizzlies for guard MarShon Brooks and guard/forward Wayne Selden Jr., as well as the Grizzlies’ 2019 and 2020 second-round picks. In a related move, the Bulls also waived guard Cameron Payne.
Albert Nahmad: Grizzlies will acquire Justin Holiday from Bulls in exchange for MarShon Brooks, Wayne Selden, and their 2nd-round picks in 2019 and 2020 (per @Adrian Wojnarowski). Bulls, who’ll need to waive a player, will create a $2.7M trade exception. Grizzlies will move to $463K below luxury tax line.
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Adrian Wojnarowski: Memphis is trading Marshon Brooks and Wayne Selden and two second-round picks to Chicago for Justin Holiday, league sources tell ESPN.
As we all know by now, the Grizzlies believed they were sending MarShon Brooks in the deal. The Suns, reportedly, were under the impression that Memphis was sending Dillon Brooks. That was a no-go for the Grizzlies. Now, Wallace had to tell MarShon and Selden that they were actually being retained. “I was like, huh?” MarShon said. “I was confused. This had never happened before.”
And while he admitted things are a little awkward, he’s eager to resume his time as a Memphis Grizzly and move on from the whole ordeal. “Everybody’s just confused, man,” Brooks said. “The emotion isn’t mad. I don’t feel mad. Don’t nobody owe me nothing. Chris Wallace thought he could get it done. Kelly Oubre is a brilliant player. It is what it is. It’s the business side of things.” MarShon noted that he exchanged text messages with Dillon Brooks about the situation. “That’s my guy,” MarShon said.
For MarShon, the next step is helping the Grizzlies, who have lost four of their last five games, get back on track. He’s still grateful that the franchise signed him to a multi-year deal toward the end of last season after he had been out of the league for three years, continuing his career overseas. “I will say this, when guys like a Jimmy Butler or a Kevin Durant go to different teams and want to play where they want to play, you see why,” he said. “It’s a business on both sides. It is what it is. I have to just be ready to play. I have a game. It was a quick turnaround, I don’t really have time to feel bad or feel any type of way. I’m just going out there, I’m just going to compete with my brothers. I love going to war with these guys, that’s what it is. That’s what I’ve been doing. JB was the first person to give me the opportunity coming back from China. I owe him to go hard.”
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