Shai Gilgeous-Alexander trolls Dillon Brooks after Thunder sweep Suns

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is feeling villainous after serving to the Thunder full a sweep of the Suns within the first spherical of the NBA playoffs Monday.

The reigning MVP poked enjoyable at Suns guard Dillon Brooks with an Instagram publish Tuesday. Gilgeous-Alexander referenced a second in Recreation 2 when he hit a shot over Brooks, then pointed at his Canadian compatriot and laughed whereas the 2 ran again down the court docket.

Gilgeous-Alexander scored 37 factors within the 120-107 victory towards Brooks and Phoenix that evening. After the sport, Brooks commented on Gilgeous-Alexander “flopping and failing” to get calls, whereas referring to him as “frail.”

Nevertheless, the 2025 NBA champion received the final giggle. He resurfaced that picture of him and Brooks in an Instagram picture carousel. The final title on the guard’s jersey was changed to “Cancun On” with Brooks’ No. 3 spelling out: “Cancun On 3.”

The publish’s caption poked enjoyable at Brooks’ tendency to be the villain as Gilgeous-Alexander wrote: “everyone desires to be villainous till the brooms come out & the mud settles & you understand who the villain is.” Brooks commented on the publish: “Appears like a ghost author – The Villain.”

The Cancun joke merely refers to a trip spot for gamers after the season. Nevertheless, the “Cancun on 3” saying dates again to Lakers guard Nick Van Exel within the 1998 playoffs. With Los Angeles down 3-0 and working out to start warmups for Recreation 4, slightly than saying, “One, two, three … Lakers!” to interrupt the huddle, Van Exel yelled, “One, two, three … Cancun!”

The Canadian nationwide staff teammates had a heat embrace after the Thunder closed out the collection Monday evening. Gilgeous-Alexander complimented Brooks’ progress postgame, calling it “spectacular” how he has redefined himself as a participant.

He additionally made certain so as to add that the in-game antics from his shut good friend do not influence him.

“Clearly, figuring out Dillon, he is a terrific competitor, nice man. It doesn’t matter what individuals say about him, he is a extremely good man. … So yeah, all that villain stuff, it would not faze me,” Gilgeous-Alexander mentioned. “I do know precisely who Dillon is.”

Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 33.8 factors and eight.0 assists towards the Suns, whereas Brooks put up 26.0 factors and 6.0 rebounds per recreation — doubtlessly previous a visit to Cancun.