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The Los Angeles Lakers were finally able to get a taste of what it’ll be like to have both Andrew Bogut and Brook Lopez ready to contribute to the team. Both Bogut and Lopez were able to participate fully in practice on Tuesday and their presence didn’t go unnoticed to fourth-year forward Julius Randle. Following the conclusion […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will still be without center Brook Lopez for their second preseason game against the Denver Nuggets, per theScore. Lopez missed the Lakers’ loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in their preseason opener due to back spasms. Lopez has participated in back-to-back practices, though, so his absence in preseason could be more of […]

After disappointing performances at the Las Vegas Summer League, Ivica Zubac returned to form as he finished with nine points, five rebounds, and two blocks against the Minnesota Timberwolves to begin preseason. With the Los Angeles Lakers trading for Brook Lopez and signing Andrew Bogut during the offseason, there is a grand opportunity for Zubac […]

As the start of training camp has arrived, the Los Angeles Lakers are preparing for next season’s grind, along with all other NBA teams. Although a bit shortened, it will give their players the opportunity to familiarize themselves with their new teammates, and the sets head coach Luke Walton wants them to run. However, they […]

In the last few months, the rumor mill around the Los Angeles Lakers has centered on the possibility that LeBron James and Paul George could sign with the team next summer. Offseason addition Brook Lopez recently weighed in the chatter as he told Bill Oram of the Orange County Register that he has taken notice […]

Veteran big man Brook Lopez is set to embark on his first season with the Los Angeles Lakers, which will be filled with an entire adjustment to his new surroundings. Among that will be getting used to playing alongside highly-touted rookie point guard Lonzo Ball, which he recently voiced much excitement about taking the floor […]

Brook Lopez has finally arrived at his desired destination. Nine seasons in the league and 29 years have passed since the North Hollywood native has proved to be a Disney fanatic from an early age. After being drafted 10th overall by the New Jersey Nets in 2008, Lopez had become not only the franchise’s leading […]

For two new players of a team, it’s a challenge to get along and know each other well right away. It’s even more difficult if one of them is a veteran and the other is a rookie. However, that was not the case for Brook Lopez and Lonzo Ball, as the two are already starting […]

Not even playing a single game yet for his new team, newly-acquired Los Angeles Lakers center Brook Lopez is reportedly in danger of missing a part of their series of preseason games. The development stems from back issues he has been dealing with this summer, according to Bill Oram of the OC Register, and the team […]

Los Angeles Lakers rookie guard Lonzo Ball is doing some early work heading into his first season in the NBA. As the projected starting point guard of the Lakers, the UCLA product is busy learning the tendencies of his teammates as well as their strengths and weaknesses for him to handle the position and run […]

The center position has had a long history of dominance in the NBA with legendary figures such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Shaquille O’Neal all having an argument for being in the top ten players of all time. The league has seen a serious shift away from centers who focus […]

With all the moves the Los Angeles Lakers made this summer to form a vastly-improved lineup, it has given their fans a lot to feel positive about the 2017-18 NBA season. There have already been a lot of chatter about the team possibly making it to the playoffs, given the key additions they’ve added to […]

The brand-new UCLA Health & Training Center, a state-of-the-art practice facility of the Los Angeles Lakers has been decked out in every possible way to accommodate this new Magic Johnson–Rob Pelinka era of the franchise. The team started moving its hardware to the new facility on Monday, including its 16 NBA championship trophies. The boss […]

Prior to the 2017 NBA Draft last month, the Brooklyn Nets pulled the trigger on a trade that sent veteran big man Brook Lopez to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for guard D’Angelo Russell and center Timofey Mozgov. It was a deal that caught many off-guard given that Lopez had spent his first nine […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are coming into the new season with a wildly different roster. While some pieces have stayed, there were massive changes made during the summer. First, they had the second selection in the 2017 NBA Draft, choosing UCLA point guard Lonzo Ball. However, even before the draft, a massive move was made. […]

The addition of Brook Lopez and Lonzo Ball to the Los Angeles Lakers has given their fans plenty of optimism for this coming season. Many believe that they can once again become a winning group soon and easily surpass their win total this past year. Even some sports betting sites like BetOnline.ag, thinks the Lakers can […]

The NBA Awards show this past Monday night saw a slew of players win awards for season performances like MVP as well as single plays like ‘best play of the year.’ When it came down to determining the ‘dunk of the year’ winner, however, many saw the nominees and came to the conclusion that Los […]

Two days before the draft, the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets surprised many by completing a trade that’s believed to be done out of necessity to dump some salaries. However, with the players involved, it was difficult not to put a lot of attention to it. The Lakers agreed to part ways with former […]

With much trade chatter surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers over the last fews days, the team on Tuesday afternoon pulled a trigger on a major deal. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical, the Lakers have moved guard D’Angelo Russell and center Timofey Mozgov to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for center Brook Lopez and the […]

Despite coming off a league-worst record of 20-62, Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez still considers it as a success for the positives that resulted from it. When asked how he feels with the Nets’ lack of wins, the 29-year-old Stanford product admitted, via Randolph Leongson of Inquirer.net, that he feels the team is heading to the […]

Robin Lopez knew that his twin Brook Lopez needed 34 points to break Buck Williams’ Brooklyn Nets franchise scoring record after nine seasons with the franchise. The mascot-hating brother couldn’t help but give Brook a little bit of fraternal grief prior to the game. “It took him long enough,” Robin said before the game, according […]

Not a lot of people can say that they were born on April Fool’s day, but what’s even more uncommon is sharing the same birth date with your teammate. Such is the case of the Brooklyn Nets centers, who both celebrated their birthday on Saturday. Brook Lopez and Justin Hamilton were given a cake by […]

Tuesday night’s NBA action was marred by the scuffle that happened during the game between the Toronto Raptors and Chicago Bulls. With 3:58 left in the third quarter, Robin Lopez and Serge Ibaka’s tempers flared and the two exchanged punches. Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed and they were separated immediately by their teammates. After finding out […]

If any team is looking for a big man who is averaging 19.9 points per game, 5.2 rebounds per game, and 1.7 blocks per game there is one available. Those are numbers that many NBA teams can’t boast of from their center position and it looks like an invaluable piece, at least on paper. Sure […]

When the Chicago Bulls hosted the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night, it marked the second time the teams faced-off this season and also gave a chance for twin brothers, Brook and Robin Lopez to once again compete against each another. With less than 15 seconds left in the game and the Bulls up by two, […]

Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez was the recipient of yet another (and very familiar-looking) poster dunk, this time at the hands of Golden State Warriors star forward Kevin Durant. https://vine.co/v/50nzZPFiWTp The posterization is reminiscent of the one he received last week, courtesy of Los Angeles Lakers power forward Larry Nance, Jr. The @Lakers bench loses it…as […]

In the world of professional sports, the latest thing to happen is often the best or most incredible or whatever superlative there is to use — Larry Nance Jr. is here to set all those over-reactions straight. The internet exploded after Malcolm Brogdon viciously dunked over LeBron James during Tuesday night’s game, even going as far […]

He may only be playing off the bench and averaging 21.8 minutes per game, but when he’s on the court, Larry Nance Jr. makes sure he does something a lot of people will remember. That was the case on Wednesday night when the Los Angeles Lakers faced off against the Brooklyn Nets as the 23-year-old […]

During the early minutes of the game between the Brooklyn Nets and Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday, Andre Roberson immediately got the crowd inside Chesapeake Energy Arena all on their feet. After seeing his defender scramble to get back to him on defense in the corner, the 24-year-old Colorado product took advantage of it and drove […]

Reigning Rookie of the Year Karl-Anthony Towns is collecting corpses in the paint this season and Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez is just the latest one in his bodybag. The Minnesota Timberwolves center was determined to take it to the rack, and all Lopez could do was come along for the ride as Towns stuffed […]

Despite an incredibly successful Wednesday night for Brook Lopez , in which his Brooklyn Nets team bagged their second win of the season and he picked up 34 points, the 7-footer just can’t stay out of the rumor mill. According to Marc Stein of ESPN, rival executives believe that the Nets front office are open […]

Brook Lopez is known to be a good low post scorer and efficient on shots near the basket. But on Wednesday night’s game between his Brooklyn Nets and the Detroit Pistons, the 28-year-old center showed his extended range and a new weapon to his offensive arsenal. Lopez shot 4-of-8 from beyond the three-point line, tying his […]

With the new NBA season still a week way from tipping off, many fans and pundits already believe the Brooklyn Nets will finish with the worst record in the association. It isn’t difficult to think of them as such, as they have one of the weaker rosters on paper. But the team’s starting center and […]

Unless you’ve been living under a rock over the last week or so, you will be aware of the lewd comments caught on tape during Donald Trump’s appearance on ‘Access Hollywood’ 11 years ago. Since the footage was unearthed, the Republican presidential candidate has dismissed his words as “locker-room talk.” Who knows locker-room banter better […]

Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez recently appeared in The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and participated in one of the games they had, titled “Phone Booth.” The two contestants were the show’s host, Jimmy Fallon, and singer-actress Miley Cyrus. The mechanics are simple. Each will be asked a question and if they don’t get it […]

Star Wars fans from around the world would agree that one of the most highly-debated topics they have is why Chewbacca did not get a medal of bravery in the ceremony at the end of “A New Hope.” Many have considered that a tragedy and monumental mistake, but thanks to two brothers who were in […]

Despite all of the woes over the past decade for the Brooklyn Nets, center Brook Lopez has been one of the few constant positives for the franchise. Over the course of his career, Lopez has only won one playoff series while playing for nine different coaches. His best shot at a winner came with the […]

Brook Lopez‘s journey with the Brooklyn Nets has certainly contained its peaks and valleys. The talented center from Stanford has played on teams that some experts felt could compete for a title. He’s also played on some of the worst teams in recent memory. In 2009-10, the Nets lost their first 18 games. They finished […]

Chicago Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg had his first coaching ‘wanna get away’ moment this week. Hoiberg set to introduce the new players acquired from the New York Knicks in the Derrick Rose trade, took to the podium and delivered his speech like any coach would. The problem with his speech however, was that he […]