Two Lopez is Better Than One – Bucks Add Robin Lopez
Milwaukee Bucks are doing something we haven’t seen on this roster. They have twin brothers on the same team. For the first time since Stanford in 2008, Robin Lopez will be playing with his brother, Brook, in Milwaukee. The Lopez brothers are reuniting as Robin does a team-friendly deal on two years with 4.8 million dollar deal with a player option next season. Bucks needed a backup center, and they’ll add another Lopez. Milwaukee gets another big man that can protect the rim like Giannis Anetokounmpo and Brook Lopez. Milwaukee did not really have this type of guy last season.
When Giannis and Brook needed a breather, they really didn’t have a post player to contribute for them. Many Bucks fans thought Christian Wood was that answer, and they shipped him off to New Orleans without actually looking at him. They brought in Pau Gasol who apparently is the first-ever living NBA fossil in the league. They never actually address the problem of not having a backup center all season. Robin Lopez cures a lot of these concerns for Milwaukee. He is not going to rain three-pointers like his brother. Instead, he can post up, get rebounds and has been known to be great on the pick-and-roll.
Some might worry about Robin being a hothead, but I would actually argue that’s a great thing for Milwaukee. Adding a little bit of crazy to their roster is not a bad thing. You don’t want to go too crazy but having a guy that will not put up with any shit from officials or other players can be a major plus for Milwaukee. Sure, he might get a bad technical here and there, but most of the time, that type of energy can be a great thing for a team.
The Lopez brothers together will be comedy gold for the Bucks social media team. They’re going to have so many viral moments together that I’m sure the marketing team did a giant fist pump when this deal happened late on Sunday night. As long as Robin and his brother do not stay up all night playing video games or watching Disney movies, I’m fine with the brothers reuniting in the cream city.
Charlie.