PHOENIX– It's not often that a role player can change a team's dynamic. However, if you're Dillon Brooks and the Phoenix Suns , it appears to be a match made in heaven.

After Brooks was originally supposed to be traded to the Suns in 2018, the trade itself was denied because the Memphis Grizzlies offered the wrong player. They meant to trade MarShon Brooks, not Dillon. Somehow, the pairing felt meant to be all along.

During Phoenix's media day, a plethora of questions surrounded Brooks with being a villain. It's a role that he's embraced, and for more of an interesting reason than one would expect.

“Memphis not wanting me… Trying to figure out a new path in the NBA. I had to look myself in the mirror and say, ‘How can I be wanted?'” Brooks said. “The way I play, smash mouth, physi

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