Memphis Grizzlies wing Dillon Brooks made an attempt to pay homage to a WWE Hall of Famer on Tuesday.
Brooks arrived to FedEx Forum for the Grizzlies’ upcoming matchup Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Lakers. The former Oregon Ducks star dressed up like popular former WWE legend Stone Cold Steve Austin.
*glass shatters* pic.twitter.com/QRkTN0ieuf
— Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) February 28, 2023
The issue with the outfit? Well… firstly, aside from the black vest and jean shorts, there’s not much resemblance to Austin here. Brooks’ choice of red and white sneakers and socks does go against the black boots Austin used to don. Never mind the sunglasses, something Austin obviously never wore.
Several took a few issues to the post. NBA fans ripped Brooks for his attempt at dressing like Austin.
One fan claimed it was “defamation of character.”
This is defamation of character @steveaustinBSR https://t.co/kt9T5dubp2
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) February 28, 2023
Another claimed that Portland star Damian Lillard did it better. Which, by comparison, yes.
Dame did it better https://t.co/9XM7EN6TNU pic.twitter.com/XtHgkPdr6D
— Mitch (@nwstateofmind) February 28, 2023
Randy Cruz, away from the others, joked about what the video looked like of him walking into the arena.
Dillon Brooks walking to the arena https://t.co/QzC428zvHW pic.twitter.com/NNZPw5MThu
— Randy Cruz (@randyjcruz) February 28, 2023
John Hollinger was left speechless.
I …
Just ….
I mean …. https://t.co/nw3Ybp0Ffs
— John Hollinger (@johnhollinger) February 28, 2023
One fan joked that Brooks might try a Stone Cold Stunner on Lakers star Anthony Davis during the game.
He gonna try this on AD mid game https://t.co/MW341UISDk pic.twitter.com/L0rGkT3wrp
— Michael G🇬🇷 (@Michael_Grigs26) February 28, 2023
Another fan bemoaned about Adam Silver’s NBA in response to the outfit.
https://twitter.com/a1bdii/status/1630693910119940097
And Raptors Report joked that he looked more like Bebop from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
He’s wearing the Bebop fit. https://t.co/8H4Pa43h5f pic.twitter.com/iHKnYPIBjW
— Raptors Report (@RapsReport) February 28, 2023
Safe to say, the fans didn’t give the traditional response that Austin would elicit in his heyday.
