Brook Lopez Discusion

I don't think anybody thinks Lopez is great. I bet Lopez doesn't think he's great.

He's good though. He's a better Center than a lot of Centers in this league if he's used correctly. Here he's barely playing and is frequently floating around the perimeter apparently aimless.

Luke is thrashing his value. Maybe we really can get Lopez back for 4 million dollars.

 

Had a block on Harris at the rim. A defensive play as rare as a eclipse.

 

I don't get the hate honestly. I don't think the starters doing poorly routinely is on him at all. They run different sets from the bench squad apparently and those sets just don't inspire confidence. It's funny how the bench looks so in-sync but the starters look like they've never played together at all.

I still don't think Brook is being put in situations to succeed. The man is a former All-Star with a great skill set and I'd still bring him back if Luke knew how to use him. Actually the fact that he's struggling early makes me a little leery of adding Cousins at the moment. If Luke can't maximize Brook, he's going to struggle maximizing Cousins as well.

 

I thought he moved his feet well most of the time the few times he got switched onto a guard. In the second half alone he protected the paint and got 2-3 blocks. He's been solid for us protecting the paint so far this year but yes the shooting is a bummer so far. I thought he would have been better so far.

 

Outstanding offensive game tonight from Lopez. And a couple nice blocks too.

 

Carried the team for most of this one and not a lot of love. It feels like most fans have already made up their minds on Brook.

 

What a terrific game from Lopez! His offense is so smooth, and he kept us in the game... too bad we had an awful 1st quarter. Otherwise we'd have won it.

 

Yeah I don't understand how anyone could ask for a better post presence in today's NBA realistically. Brook is one of the best post presences in the NBA today and honestly one of the better ones the league has seen in a long time.

The problem is he's asked to spot up a bit too much, especially for this starting lineup. If he's going to start, he needs to be the focal point of the offense. That's really all there is to it. We don't have an offensive weapon as complete as Brook anywhere on this team (besides maybe Kuzma). In the starting lineup he's got to be the go to move in the low post/mid post and have everything work off of that. Moving Kuzma into the starting lineup would make Brook's life easier, but could limit Kuzma a bit. What Nance was starting to really excel at was reading Brook's game and finding creases. I believe Kuzma is smart/good enough to do that, but it sort of limits him to a garbage man a little bit.

 

They finally threw him the damn ball in the post and cleared our, and he was pretty much unstoppable. Awesome game from him, he’s so skilled in the paint.