Brook Lopez is an unrestricted free agent this summer.

[Kblaze8855]

He is just shy of 31. He

[72-10]

Didn't he set the center record for consecutive games w/ a three recently?

[Kblaze8855]

Watching him I know Bill Laimbeer is annoyed he didnt have this freedom.

Bill setting the finals single game 3 point record later broken by Kenny Smith, Ray Allen, and Steph:



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But it was rare he got that many up in a game. He had a game taking 8 vs the Suns once where he had 32/24 and went 5/8 from 3 but hed usually just take one every couple games.

Hed pretty much be a physical great rebunding Lopez today.

[Kblaze8855]

Didn't he set the center record for consecutive games w/ a three recently?


I believe so.

Hes really key to how they play. That paint is just wide open once his man decides he has to guard him. They cant let him walk. Hes gotta retire there.

[CurryOverLebron]

Brook Lopez is the Pero Antic Mike Budenholzer always dreamed of.

[plowking]

Perfect fit for the Bucks given what Giannis does.

I don't understand how he is so bad at rebounding though.

[Jasper]

I am hoping Bucks will resign him for 16mill.

Some of Bucks 2018 salaries will be coming off the books...

[72-10]

big man who can step out and nail trays, draw the defense away, key man.

[Kblaze8855]

I am hoping Bucks will resign him for 16mill.

Some of Bucks 2018 salaries will be coming off the books...


4 years 64 million or so?

Steep but I guess it isnt that bad by todays standards.

[bluechox2]

Can the lakers get him

[SpaceJam2]

Maybe the Lakers can get him :(

:cry: :cry:

[SpaceJam2]

Can the lakers get him

Is he good can we get him? :( :cry:

[SpaceJam2]

My buddy used to play the Lopez' twins in high school basketball.

That is all lol

[Jasper]

4 years 64 million or so?

Steep but I guess it isnt that bad by todays standards.

There is certain players on every team , you MUST keep to keep the chemistry in take.

2018 Bucks payrolls was paying out to players not even on the team.
They finally got rid of Delly , Hanson, and soon to be Schnell.
If he comes back he will get about 2/3 's of what he earned this year.
He isn't that great of a defender, and as offenses go , he is replaceable.

They have to keep Brogdan, and Middleton, besides Lopez.
Tall order to keep them all, and be happy , but we have good owners.

[Xiao Yao You]

Watching him I know Bill Laimbeer is annoyed he didnt have this freedom.

Bill setting the finals single game 3 point record later broken by Kenny Smith, Ray Allen, and Steph:



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But it was rare he got that many up in a game. He had a game taking 8 vs the Suns once where he had 32/24 and went 5/8 from 3 but hed usually just take one every couple games.

Hed pretty much be a physical great rebunding Lopez today.

He'd be picked on defensively today.

[tamaraw08]

Perfect fit for the Bucks given what Giannis does.

I don't understand how he is so bad at rebounding though.

Yes, ever since college, his lack of rebounding was and still his weakness.
Last year, he was listed in the top 5 in the hustle board for contesting shots putting him out of position for rebounds.

[FKAri]

Bill Laimbeer's "defense" would be worth **** all in today's game.

[tamaraw08]

I believe so.

Hes really key to how they play. That paint is just wide open once his man decides he has to guard him. They cant let him walk. Hes gotta retire there.

There are other bigs who can nail 3's.
Channing Frye has a career 38.7% but has been playing under 19 mins the past 5 years.
Muscala has a career 35.8%
Ryan Anderson has a career 38% and is not even 31 yrs old. Yes he has struggled from moving to 2 teams and fitting in, this year at 23% but I think he can get back his touch once he settled.
Brook who currently shoots at 35% also hustles on defense and is a great locker room guy, Lakers messed this one up big time esp when he was had for just 3 mil.

[Kblaze8855]

Bill Laimbeer's "defense" would be worth **** all in today's game.


Bill Laimbeer wasnt considered some elite defender back then. He was just physical. He wasnt thought of as some stopper. He protected the paint but not so much with talent as physicality. Nobody expects him to switch out on Harden.

[insidehoops]

Brook's transformation into a deadly three-point shooter, after barely taking any for most of his career, is a really wild thing

[Kblaze8855]

Took 31 threes in 8 years and has taken about 1200 in the 3 years since. Never know who has it in them.

[Rudeboy3]

I am hoping Bucks will resign him for 16mill.

Some of Bucks 2018 salaries will be coming off the books...
16 mil? **** is you smoking

9-12mil

[superduper]

I believe so.

Hes really key to how they play. That paint is just wide open once his man decides he has to guard him. They cant let him walk. Hes gotta retire there.

Extremely valuable (and still unique skill for a Center to have to be able to draw out the opposing center to the perimeter and leave that paint wide open) but there is absolutely no way they can afford him with Giannis/Bledsoe/Middleton. Brook's gonna get some Brinks trucks coming his way with his transformation as a player.

[Meticode]

Didn't he set the center record for consecutive games w/ a three recently?
I don't know about consecutive, but I know he set the NBA record for the most made threes by a center in a single season. It was like 170+.

[Meticode]

By-the-way, good job Lakers. Would've been perfect with LeBron.

[superduper]

By-the-way, good job Lakers. Would've been perfect with LeBron.

Everyone is perfect with LeBron... until they aren't.

[Xiao Yao You]

Bill Laimbeer wasnt considered some elite defender back then. He was just physical. He wasnt thought of as some stopper. He protected the paint but not so much with talent as physicality. Nobody expects him to switch out on Harden.

which is why he'd be a bench player now at best

[Kblaze8855]

"At best" really may be the most often wrong term on ISH. I dont know why we are so extreme with everything....

Laimbeer would be a stretch big who could lead the NBA in rebounds or hang around that area. Not being quick of foot would not mean the best he could possibly do is come off the bench. Enes Kanter has started over 200 games and couldnt cover me on a switch...and hes not gonna shoot like Laimbeer could either.

Give Kanter Laimbeers shooting and he would start quite a bit more than he does now.

[Xiao Yao You]

"At best" really may be the most often wrong term on ISH. I dont know why we are so extreme with everything....

Laimbeer would be a stretch big who could lead the NBA in rebounds or hang around that area. Not being quick of foot would not mean the best he could possibly do is come off the bench. Enes Kanter has started over 200 games and couldnt cover me on a switch...and hes not gonna shoot like Laimbeer could either.

Give Kanter Laimbeers shooting and he would start quite a bit more than he does now.

Kanter hasn't started on a good team. Jazz were good once Gobert took his job. 6th man in OKC. NY LOL! Tonight I guess he can prove me wrong finally :cheers:

[Kblaze8855]

Kanter started 71 games last year. Thats just the way it is. Half the teams in the NBA are bad.

If you were in the NBA starting on the Hornets right now and had started hundreds of games if someone called you a bench player at best...they would in fact be wrong.

Kanter....if he could also make 150 threes? He would be even more likely to start. Hes an inside scorer who also plays no D. Laimbeer would be a bad switch who could play modern offensive bigman ball. Hes not doing that much far as pick and roll but he could pick and pop and space the floor all day. He could likely turn that to more PT than Kanter gets....who already starts depending on the situation.

[Xiao Yao You]

Ok Bill could start for a bad team in the NBA

[Kblaze8855]

Yea im sure if Bill were made the starter on the Warriors they would miss the playoffs.

Bill wasnt then and wouldnt now be a player who makes a bad team good. But he wouldnt make a good team bad either.

Especially these days with guys not playing huge minutes. Bill as a starter probably plays 25-26 minutes like Jonas on the raptors who started every game last year for a 59 win team.

Hed be on defense one of those types...but on offense more suited to today. Hed play.

[SpaceJam2]

Brook's transformation into a deadly three-point shooter, after barely taking any for most of his career, is a really wild thing

Especially considering his brother sucks at 3s too :lol

From 2009 (Rookie year) to 2017 Robin Lopez had taken 6 total 3-point attempts. Six of them in nine years.

He has taken 24 this year alone :lol

[Xiao Yao You]

Yea im sure if Bill were made the starter on the Warriors they would miss the playoffs.

Bill wasnt then and wouldnt now be a player who makes a bad team good. But he wouldnt make a good team bad either.

Especially these days with guys not playing huge minutes. Bill as a starter probably plays 25-26 minutes like Jonas on the raptors who started every game last year for a 59 win team.

Hed be on defense one of those types...but on offense more suited to today. Hed play.

GS would be very vulnerable with him starting as they are with Cousins. Their D is now mediocre.

[Xiao Yao You]

Especially considering his brother sucks at 3s too :lol

From 2009 (Rookie year) to 2017 Robin Lopez had taken 6 total 3-point attempts. Six of them in nine years.

He has taken 24 this year alone :lol

He just took one against the Jazz. His rebounding is now like his brother too for some reason

[SpaceJam2]

He just took one against the Jazz. His rebounding is now like his brother too for some reason

I never quite understood how 7 foot Lopez kids would average like 3-5 rebounds per game :oldlol:

[Milbuck]

Perfect fit for the Bucks given what Giannis does.

I don't understand how he is so bad at rebounding though.
He's only bad at getting rebounds himself. He's still massive and does a good job boxing out, so the team rebounding benefits and his teammates get a lot of easy ones. It's partially why (Bud's schemes are another contributor) the Bucks went from literally the worst rebounding team in the league last year to the #1 rebounding team this year.