Brooklyn Nets: Brook Lopez the “face of inconsistency”

Despite being paid and treated like a star, Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez has been the face of inconsistency. He will have games where he shoots lights out and takes over the game, and then he will struggle mightily in the next one. Lopez, throughout his career, has been a pretty consistent player, but now that he has a lot more responsibilities on the court, he has become much less reliable.

Against the Celtics on Sunday night, Lopez had a very solid effort, shooting 10-20 from the field and hitting 3-4 free throws, as well as grabbing 10 rebounds. Lopez has shown the ability to have games like this, where he can be the go-to player in the Nets offense. He had had similar showings…