Houston Rockets' Dillon Brooks poses for a photograph during an NBA basketball media day Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, in Houston. The NBA has fined Brooks US$25,000 for recklessly making contact with Indiana Pacers centre Daniel Theis. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-David J. Phillip
NEW YORK – The NBA has fined Houston Rockets guard-forward Dillon Brooks US$25,000 for recklessly making contact with Indiana Pacers centre Daniel Theis.
Brooks was assessed a flagrant-2 foul and ejected from the game four and a half minutes into the Rockets’ 122-103 pre-season win over visiting Indiana on Tuesday when he hit Theis in the groin area.
Brooks, from Mississauga, Ont., was making his Rockets debut after signing a four-year, US$86-million deal with the team in the off-season.
Brooks plays a physical game that often gets him into foul trouble.
He racked up 44 technical fouls in the last three seasons while playing with the Memphis Grizzlies.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 12, 2023.
