With the starting center being Ivica Zubac for the entire regular season and playoffs, one of the reasons Brook Lopez may have joined the LA Clippers, after wanting to reunite with the Croatian Star, is the fact that he will have unlimited freedom on the bench to play the game of basketball the way he wants to.
The Milwaukee Bucks could not give Lopez this aspect, as they needed him to start and produce solid numbers offensively with a Defensive Player of the Year presence in the paint. Thus, he was forced to play over 30 minutes, because if he did not, the Bucks would be positioned to lose, no matter what Giannis Antetokounmpo did on both sides of the ball.