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Canadian Bakin’: Dillon Brooks’ rookie breakout serving as bright spot as Grizzlies emerge from bleak stretch


Grind City Media

MEMPHIS - As a kid growing up in Mississauga, Ontario, Memphis Grizzlies swingman Dillon Brooks only needed to look as far as his bedroom wall to have his dream refreshed.

Brooks bought into basketball early on, and hanging on his wall back then was a poster featuring several NBA stars who, at the time, were the present faces of Canadian basketball.

Antonio Davis, Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady,” Brooks recalled recently, rattling off the names of former Toronto Raptors immortalized on this poster.