Dillon Brooks pokes an Anthony Edwards-sized bear with foolish comments

As the NBA regular season winds down, everyone seems to be looking forward to the playoffs. Recently, Phoenix Suns wing Dillon Brooks openly spoke about wanting to play the Minnesota Timberwolves in the playoffs. 

"They [the Timberwolves] run into us [the Suns], it's going to be problems. We got their number this year,'' Brooks said. 

A Timberwolves-Suns first round matchup is possible. However, the Suns would have to move up to the No. 6 seed, which they are two games back from, and Brooks is currently injured. Likewise, the Wolves would have to finish as a No. 3 seed.

As such, it's more likely that the Wolves play the Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Lakers, or Houston Rockets, while the Suns would play one of the top two seeds. Regardless, the bigger picture is that the Suns should want no part of Anthony Edwards and the Wolves, even though they have a winning record against them in the regular season.

Contrary to Dillon Brooks' comments, the Suns don't match up well with the Timberwolves

Frankly, regular season success doesn't matter much come playoff time. Look no further than the Wolves-Suns first round series two years ago. The Suns swept them in the regular season, while the Wolves swept them in the playoffs.

Phoenix deserves all the credit in the world for exceeding expectations and beating the Wolves twice (including once without Devin Booker) in the regular season. Still, that doesn't mean they'd beat the Wolves come playoff time.

If these two teams do indeed face off in the playoffs, best believe Edwards (and the rest of the team) will keep Brooks' comments in mind. Ant seems to be motivated, but the doubt of others and Brooks' comments would give him some extra "bulletin board material" -- which could set up Edwards to unleash hell on the Suns. 

While they didn't win in their two meetings against the Suns this year, Edwards dropped 40-plus points in both games. Additionally, in his first playoff series against Brooks and the Memphis Grizzlies, Ant averaged 25.2 points. 

I think everyone in the NBA world would advise Brooks to tread lightly with his hopes to face off against a player like Ant and a team that has as much proven playoff success as the Wolves. 

Brooks has never shied away from the moment, though. He famously said, "I poke bears" before a playoff series against LeBron James in 2023. We all know how that played out for him and the Grizzlies. Trying to instigate Ant would likely yield the same results. 

When discussing a matchup with the Wolves, Brooks mentioned that he'd guard Julius Randle. This sounds great in theory, but the reality is that Randle has shot 5-for-8 against Brooks in the regular season. Furthermore, Edwards has shot 6-for-8 against him. 

Brooks is the most logical Suns defender to match up with Randle's size and strength. Nevertheless, the results are clear, and by putting Brooks on Randle, the Suns would concede an inferior matchup to Edwards -- that's not ideal for them.

Ultimately, whatever Brooks says, the Suns should not be rooting to draw the Timberwolves in the playoffs, and giving them extra motivation could prove to be dangerous.