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Chet Holmgren and Ajay Mitchell immediately covered their eyes and looked away. Reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was closest and looked toward his bench, covering his mouth with one hand. Isaiah Hartenstein was on the bench facing the play, covered his face in a towel and walked to the tunnel. The Clippers first checked on Jones, but upon seeing Williams, Rui Hachimura put his hands on his head and walked behind the stanchion. Brook Lopez covered his mouth and turned away. Dunn was later assessed a flagrant 1 for his involvement. Williams’ teammates looked shocked when they noticed his foot curving left. The Thunder’s medical staff surrounded him for several minutes while he lay on the floor.
However, that wasn't the same approach that he saw in Milwaukee. Thus, Giannis never pushed his Bucks' teammates to work as hard as he did and allowed them to be themselves. As a result, when Antetokounmpo was explaining the primarydifference between Milwaukee and Miami, his comments did seemingly throw the likes of Brook Lopez, Khris Middleton and Holiday under the bus. "Brook (Lopez) is not showing up a month early. Khris (Middleton) is not showing up a month early. Jrue (Holiday) is not showing up a month early," Antetokounmpo said. "Like, we knew what the deal was."
Ohm Youngmisuk: Ty Lue hasn’t named starters yet. When asked about center, Lue said he likes what Isaiah Jackson can do with Darius Garland with ability to get downhill and roll. Lue said Brook Lopez “will still be involved in that as well so we don’t quite know right now” on who will start.
Ohm Youngmisuk: Ty Lue said Darius Garland, Max Strus, Derrick Jones Jr., Rui Hachimura and Isaiah Jackson have worked on the first unit in the first two days of camp. Brook Lopez has been working with the second group but Lue said things will change when asked about Lopez with second unit.
Law Murray: Brook Lopez on Lawrence Frank (Lopez coach in New Jersey when he was a rookie) not being around "It's definitely odd, you know, his fingerprints are just all over everything here... he's put so much of his heart and soul into this. He's still with us every day."
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Chris Haynes: Los Angeles Clippers are picking up the $9.2M team option on Brook Lopez for the 2026-27 season, league sources tell me.
Jake Fischer: The Clippers are exercising Brook Lopez's $9.2 million team option, with the intent on keeping him, source says. Los Angeles will not pick up the options for Nicolas Batum or Bogdan Bogdanovic.
The Los Angeles Clippers have the capacity to open up some level of cap space this offseason if they decline team options on Brook Lopez, Bogdan Bogdanovic and Nicolas Batum. "I don't know if this has been decided yet, but someone who would know told me [Wednesday] that the Clippers are telling or behaving I guess as though they're going to have cap space in the offseason," said Zach Lowe. "They can't open much. They can open about $20 million but they have to cut some options and renounce some guys." Lowe floated the possibility of the Clippers signing LeBron James with their newly created cap space.
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The Brooklyn Nets are getting an up-close look at two lottery-projected prospects, with the 2026 NBA Draft two weeks away. Karim Lopez revealed on the Kevin O'Connor Show that he and Nate Ament are working out for the Nets on Tuesday. “I’m going to Brooklyn,” Lopez said. “Going up against Nate Ament. I think that’s who’s going to be in that workout. I’m super excited for that. I feel like it’s going to be a good one.”
Sikma noted the combination of IQ and mobility that the modern game was asking from centers. Often it’s been the smart bigs — Gasol, Horford, Lopez — who held up the best. “There’s two parts to it, your physical skills, how well you can move, and then the second thing is how well you anticipate that the danger is over and it’s time to get your secondary responsibility,” he said.
To many of the younger Johnson’s childhood friends from Seattle, he was never called Mitch. He was and still is “Maestro.” That nickname was bestowed on Johnson in middle school by his father, homage to the kid’s uncanny ability to control a basketball game like a symphony. Years later, the moniker followed Johnson to college at Stanford. “He was our conductor,” said Los Angeles Clippers center Brook Lopez, who starred with his twin brother Robin on Stanford teams from 2006 to 2008. “He was leading us out there.”
Now that Garland is running pick-and-pops with Lopez, he can create more room to roam in the midrange. Coming from a Cavs team that specialized in crowded spacing to play over the top, Garland is enjoying the free range he has to roam. Playing alongside a player with Leonard’s resume and championship experience has been exciting, running inverted pick-and-rolls and just feasting off the double teams Leonard draws all the time. “It’s a lot easier to just play with him, play off of him,” Garland said. “Everybody is just playing freely. You don’t have somebody behind your back and somebody that’s over your back all the time. Just going out there, just playing the game.”
