Brook Lopez is averaging 20 points again this year. A few years ago, that would’ve put him among the very best scorers in the league. These days, though, everybody and their grandmama is averaging 20, and no one has any surplus hype to spare for Brook Lopez and his goofy-looking game.
Well, I like him. He deals with his incredible lack of explosiveness with a nice variety of savvy moves. That rip-through thing he does where he brings it super low then just flips it at the rim? Classic. Classic Lopez. By next year, all the threes he shoots will be “Classic Lopez”, but for now, I still get a little bit peeved every time he lets one fly. It takes me a while to adjust to NBA players adding skills to their game. Years of conditioning has made me dislike these now-numerous long-bombs from Blopez.