Since arriving in the league in 2008, Brook Lopez has been one of the most offensively talented big men in the NBA. He’s remained a fulcrum for the Brooklyn Nets, a place the team could rely on for offense even when it was struggling.
This has made his name appear almost constantly in trade rumors. It took just three weeks into this season for the first report that the Nets were listening to offers for Lopez.
Lopez is far from the platonic ideal of a modern NBA big man. He’s awkward, slow and plodding and has never provided an excess of rim protection.