Brook Lopez Rumors

Top Data NBA... Live!: 📢🔝2️⃣5️⃣ Brook Lopez (4 blocks today) has passed Shawn Bradley and is now ranked 15th all-time with 2,120.

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How much longer do you want to play? Brook Lopez: I always had a number of 20 years. A lot of great players played 20 years [whom] I looked up to. Timmy [Duncan], Kobe [Bryant]. I think Ticket [Kevin Garnett] got there. That’s always been a goal of mine, but I feel great. So now that we’re as far along as we are, I don’t really want to put a cap on it. Just see how long we can keep going until we fall.

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What has been the key to playing in 18 NBA seasons? Brook Lopez: Just always being … vigilant, militant about getting your work in, just being good about it. And I have great role models in the league in my life — starting with my mom — who were great about just being efficient, being very mindful about getting their work in each and every day. Whether it’s getting on the court, getting in the weight room or just getting treatment in, doing everything you can to stay at [your] best, stay at my peak for as long as I can, because I love playing. I’m lucky to be able to play this game for a living. And I love being out there with my guys, helping my team win.

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Harden was traded to Cleveland. Zubac was traded to Indiana. Two key starters. How did you feel about those trades? Brook Lopez: It was tough, obviously, because they brought so much to the team and so much of our success hinged on them. That being said, I don’t think internally we see our expectations as that different. We’re very confident. We definitely, a while ago, turned a corner and we know we can play with anyone.

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Top Data NBA... Live!: ?????? ??HOF??? Brook Lopez (24 points today) has passed Lou Hudson and is now ranked 84th all-time with 17,942.

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Jorge Sierra: Brook Lopez passed Chris Mullin in scoring last night.

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Farbod Esnaashari: Brook Lopez on Ivica Zubac's tribute video: "It was awesome... I love me some Zubie."

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Ivica Zubac was speaking to The Athletic inside the Clippers’ locker room on the road, about two months before he was traded to Indiana. He pointed toward teammate Brook Lopez, who was seated on a stool across the room. Lopez is perhaps the patron saint of 3-point shooting centers, because he made no 3s in his first six seasons and just three of them through the first eight, only to go on to make 1,136 through Feb. 1 — second-most of all time by a center. “I definitely like the way the league is going. Pretty much everyone’s shooting now,” Zubac said. “I feel like that’s one of the ways that I can stay in the league for a long period of time.”

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Justin Russo: I asked Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson about the human element of trades: “I said it the other night, making that phone call to Darius [Garland] was, those are, you know, or Brook Lopez or whoever, you're just like shaking. You're, like, because you love coaching the player.”

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‪Justin Russo‬: Darius Garland, on what he can bring: “Play pick-and-roll with some of our bigs, with [Ivica Zubac], with Brook [Lopez], throw a couple lobs to John [Collins], then I’m gonna let Kawhi [Leonard] work out. Klaw does what he does, I’m just gonna let him work out and do what he do.”

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Cleveland’s initial interest in Harden dates back to December, sources say, in the midst of the Clippers’ dismal 6-21 start. During that time, a number of key veterans expressed frustration and the front office explored potential deals for the likes of Harden, John Collins and Brook Lopez, among others, sources say. The Cavaliers have also canvassed the point guard market at various points over the past few months. Subsequently, the Clippers have held a longstanding interest in seventh-year guard Darius Garland, sources say.

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Jorge Sierra: Andre Drummond is now a Top 30 rebounder in NBA history. ALSO: Nikola Vucevic passed David Robinson in rebounds. Brook Lopez moved ahead of Magic Johnson in scoring.

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Jorge Sierra: Brook Lopez passed Manute Bol in blocks last night. Also: Devin Booker officially a Top 100 scorer in NBA history already.

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Brook Lopez occupies other areas of the court. The more he’s aged (he’s 37 now), the farther from the paint he’s drifted. For the third straight season, approximately two-thirds of Lopez’s 3-point attempts come from at least 27 feet, according to Second Spectrum. Heading into Thursday’s action, he was putting up 8.2 deep 3s per 100 possessions on the season, by far the highest rate of his career. His range is affecting the players around him; sometimes in obvious ways, like when he blasted in nine 3s against the Lakers, and other times in more subtle fashion.

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