Dillon Brooks takes a shot at LaMelo Ball

LaMelo Ball has become the latest target of Dillon The Villain.

Phoenix Suns swingman Dillon Brooks appeared this week on a stream with Internet personality N3on. During the stream, the topic of the new Minnesota Timberwolves star Ball arose.

Brooks then proceeded take a cold swipe at Ball. He jabbed at Ball for playing his amateur ball in Lithuania and Australia instead of in the United States.

“He couldn’t survive here,” said Brooks of Ball. “He’s a preppy light skinned kid from Cali.”

Indeed, Ball, 24, cut his high school career short to play alongside his older brother LiAngelo in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). After a brief stint in the Junior Basketball Association (JBA) created by his father LaVar, Ball then played out his one gap season in Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL) before being selected by the Charlotte Hornets in the 2020 NBA Draft.

As for Brooks, 30, he himself played college ball at the University of Oregon from 2014-17. While that is still a strange criticism of Ball given that they have both been playing professionally in the NBA for several years now, it does continue on the trend of Brooks hating on the Timberwolves and their players.