POLL:Brooke Lopez revisited: Would you take a chance on the cheap?

[PhoSita]

He would be a brutal match with Horford.  Unplayable.

[Moranis]

He would be a brutal match with Horford.  Unplayable.

Johnson is just about unplayable with Horford though anyway.  At least Lopez can play on one side of the court at a high level (unlike Johnson). 

[saltlover]

He would be a brutal match with Horford.  Unplayable.

Johnson is just about unplayable with Horford though anyway.  At least Lopez can play on one side of the court at a high level (unlike Johnson).

And yet, the Celtics are +5.9 points per 100 possessions when those two are on the court at the same time, the third-best pairing for Horford behind Smart and, interestingly, Rozier.  It's only the 5th-best pairing for Amir, but in either case the numbers don't back it up as being an unplayable combo.

[csfansince60s]

With the bigs being traded so far (Nukric, Plumlee, ibaka) and others (Vucevic, Okafor, Robin Lopez, Noel, Broke Lopez) in rumors, and the interest being high on this board for a needed big, pretty much all these guys except Plumlee and Brooke Lopez have been discussed.

Brooklyn was rumored to be giving Brooke Lopez away to NO for 'Reke, Galloway, Frazier and a protected first. Lopez' fragility has been his biggest knock, and his contract used to be, but it ends next year, and value wise given the new CBA isn't that bad. His rebounding is not dominant for a guy his size, and has been another knock.

Lopez has averaged about 30 mpg this year in playing 50 of 55 games. He dominated Whiteside the other night with 30/8/2 blocks in 30 minutes. If we restricted his minutes during the season, this would make him a valuable weapon in the playoffs with much more time to rest between games.

I am a bit confused. I thought the report was the Nets somehow wanted 2 first round picks for him?

You had it right, but your recollection is from earlier in the year. Price has gone down substantially, and now it was reported as an "18 protected first.

“The New Orleans Pelicans and Brooklyn Nets have discussed a trade of Tyreke Evans, Langston Galloway, Tim Frazier and a 2018 protected first-round pick for Brook Lopez, league sources told Basketball Insiders,” Scotto wrote.

The rumored price for Lopez earlier in the season was two first-round picks, which made sense because Brooklyn owes its 2018 first-round pick to the Boston Celtics and will lose its 2017 first rounder via a pick swap with the C’s.

http://nesn.com/2017/02/nba-rumors-nets-pelicans-discussed-trade-involving-brook-lopez/

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