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Milwaukee Bucks: Robin Lopez solidifies the team’s defensive pedigree

After spending several seasons of trying to find a long-term center solution, the Milwaukee Bucks walked into their answer in what proved to the most critical on-court personnel move of their identity makeover last offseason.

The addition of Brook Lopez gave the Bucks the exact complement of skills, size and intangibles needed to make the entire system overhaul that head coach Mike Budenholzer was eager to implement upon his hiring earlier in the team’s offseason last year.

All of that resulted in a hefty pay rise after being the biggest free agent bargain last year and Lopez secured his long-term stay in Milwaukee by re-upping with the Bucks this summer on a four-year, $52 million deal on the opening day of free agency.