OFFICIAL BROOK LOPEZ THREAD (Signs 1 yr deal with Bucks)
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:17 am    Post subject: OFFICIAL BROOK LOPEZ THREAD (Signs 1 yr deal with Bucks)

Today at 2:30 this afternoon is the Press Conference to introduce Brook Lopez to us!! It is being aired on TWC live and then repeated all afternoon back to back.

I am going to say how excited I am to have him. We have not had a top center on our team for such a long time. I hope he does amazing with us and we somehow keep him past this year....I really expect he will. Can't wait to see him play with Ball.


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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:22 am    Post subject:

With the news of CP3 going to Houston, once again we (The Lakers) dominate NBA Headlines!
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:32 am    Post subject:

I guess we arent trading him in a package for Paul George
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:34 am    Post subject:

He wasn't really mentioned in any of the PG trades at this point and he can still be traded so that doesn't matter.

al242 wrote:
I guess we arent trading him in a package for Paul George
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:39 am    Post subject:

al242 wrote:
I guess we arent trading him in a package for Paul George


Oh trust me, if all Indy wanted from us was to add Bropez to the trade, we'd be trading him during his press conference.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:40 pm    Post subject:

We still don't have a top center on the roster even with Brook.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:52 pm    Post subject:

al242 wrote:
I guess we arent trading him in a package for Paul George


Naw. Just a negotiation tactic.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:54 pm    Post subject:

Dr. Funkbot wrote:
We still don't have a top center on the roster even with Brook.


eh, brook is a top center. Top 10 at least
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:04 pm    Post subject:

al242 wrote:
I guess we arent trading him in a package for Paul George


An introductory press conference doesn't mean he can't be moved: http://i.imgur.com/ZOekxv7.jpg

We would still have to wait until June 30th to move him.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:16 pm    Post subject:

Chronicle wrote:
Dr. Funkbot wrote:
We still don't have a top center on the roster even with Brook.


eh, brook is a top center. Top 10 at least


Defense and rim protection is far more important at the center position today than generating offense.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:21 pm    Post subject:

Chronicle wrote:
Dr. Funkbot wrote:
We still don't have a top center on the roster even with Brook.


eh, brook is a top center. Top 10 at least


Pelinka described him as all-star caliber. I'd say he's top 10, just because the center spot is dying and his game has evolved. FWIW, he's still the all time leading Nets scorer (and I don't know if this is a good or bad thing yet).

But of course, we're supposed to hate Lopez now. Gotta get with the times.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:24 pm    Post subject:

Dr. Funkbot wrote:
We still don't have a top center on the roster even with Brook.


You must be thinking about his brother. This is Brook Lopez not Robin
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:25 pm    Post subject:

Link to conference: http://www.nba.com/lakers/livestream
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:33 pm    Post subject:

KindCrippler2000 wrote:
Chronicle wrote:
Dr. Funkbot wrote:
We still don't have a top center on the roster even with Brook.


eh, brook is a top center. Top 10 at least


Pelinka described him as all-star caliber. I'd say he's top 10, just because the center spot is dying and his game has evolved. FWIW, he's still the all time leading Nets scorer (and I don't know if this is a good or bad thing yet).

But of course, we're supposed to hate Lopez now. Gotta get with the times.


I actually think Lopez will do well with Lonzo and vice versa. Having said that, there are definitely ten centers I would take over him because of what he lacks defensively. Players listed as centers on BBref: Jokic, Gobert, Marc Gasol, Deandre Jordan, Myles Turner, Karl Anthony-Towns, Cousins, Whiteside, Horford, Noel.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:40 pm    Post subject:

Rob talking like Brook is going to be here long term. There's one of our max players sitting right there then.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:40 pm    Post subject:

Just Pelinka, no Magic?
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:41 pm    Post subject:

Nash Vegas wrote:
Just Pelinka, no Magic?


wonder if Magic will be there tomorrow for the 3 new non-Lonzo rookies
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:42 pm    Post subject:

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:42 pm    Post subject:

HumanVictoryCigar wrote:
Rob talking like Brook is going to be here long term. There's one of our max players sitting right there then.


said he was part of the core going forward
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:42 pm    Post subject:

Did not know that Robin Lopez's middle name is Byron after Byron Scott lol
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:43 pm    Post subject:

HumanVictoryCigar wrote:
Rob talking like Brook is going to be here long term. There's one of our max players sitting right there then.


Oh god, I hope not. Lopez and Randle filling in the max spots.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:43 pm    Post subject:

bet they ask him about the Nance Dunk
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:43 pm    Post subject:

HumanVictoryCigar wrote:
Rob talking like Brook is going to be here long term. There's one of our max players sitting right there then.


What's he supposed to say with Brook sitting next to him? "He'll be a great player for us, but what we're really looking forward to is that fat contract coming off the books next summer so we can sign LeBron!" Rob is not going to throw a guy under the bus at his introductory press conference. Same way Mitch didn't throw Hibbert under the bus when we acquired him for the same purpose.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:44 pm    Post subject:

our two young centers....no mention of Black
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 1:45 pm    Post subject:

hmm, when mentioning other centers on the roster, Pelinka mentioned Zubac & Bryant, but not Tarik Black...
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