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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 […]

Yesterday a report was released revealing that the New Jersey Nets almost changed their name to the ‘Swamp Dragons‘ in the 1990s. The report also included mockups of the Swamp Dragons logo, jersey, and home court. Robin Lopez, whose brother Brook plays for the now Brooklyn Nets, reacted to the Swamp Dragons idea on Twitter: […]