the guard Dillon Brooks is one of the new ones trash talkers From the NBA. The Canadian is a player who is more defensive than offensively contributing, in pure Patrick Beverley style, and this allows him to project overconfidence.

The Houston Rockets player is now part of the Canadian national team participating in the World Cup From the 2023 FIBA ​​Basketball Championship, which qualified for the semi-finals of the exhibition After defeating the Slovenia national team led by Luka Doncic 100-89.

In an interview with Christos Tsaltas from the Greek media Sportal, Brooks has claimed to be the best defender, not only in the NBA, but in the world after making Doncic score 8/20 on field goals And I committed three transformations.

“I’m the best defender in the World Cup, in the NBA, in the worldBrock emphasized. “I think I can do a different kind of defense thanks to my basketball intelligence, but also thanks to the discipline I have on the court.”

Neither Brooks nor Doncic were able to finish the match on the floor of the Mall of Asia Arena.. And the Canadian player received the second technical foul when he taunted Clemen Pripelic after he hit a three-pointer at 7:06 in the fourth quarter. For his part, the Slovenian was sent off due to a second technical foul 6:37 minutes before the end of the match, after demanding a decision from the referees.

His work with the Dallas Mavericks star was so good that his Spanish coach, Jordi Fernandez, confirmed that his performance should be in the FIBA ​​museum..

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Canada’s next match in the FIBA ​​World Cup

After defeating Slovenia, the Canadian five-a-side team will take on Serbia on Friday at 04:45 ET for a ticket to the championship game. The match will be held at the Mall of Asia Arena in the Philippines. Whoever wins this match will face the winner of the USA-Germany match.