Possible Trade: Brook Lopez to Oklahoma

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Originally Posted by hater

is Lopez that good of a post player? otherwise I don't see him fitting with Ibaka who is now mainly a midrange shooting big.

I do see Lopez next to GOAT Steven Adams. Maybe they are shopping Ibaka???

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:lol Come on, shortbus. Nobody in their right mind would give up Abaka for Lopez.

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Originally Posted by FkLA

Hope it happens. If he takes minutes away from Adams that's good news for the Spurs. Adams' length gives Timmy trouble on D and he always seems to destroy the Spurs on the offensive glass. Lopez is a soft rebounder (lol 6 rpg) and defender. He can put the ball in the bucket but there's only so many touches to go around with Russ and KD on the team. His situation as the third wheel would probably be similar to Love's on the Cavs which isn't working out that well.

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Scoring points + being White = hype, tbh..

We'll just ignore that he's one of the worst defensive bigs in the NBA and one of the worst rebounding big men in the history of the league..he also plays slow-paced basketball that doesn't translate to today's league..

Green. :lol:

Dan McCarney:

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Green on recent flurry of West moves: "We know they're changing (their teams). It's still up for debate if they're improving them." Snap.

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guy can score though, I'll give him that. Solid post footwork, has good range within 15 feet. If Ibaka has a nonexistent post game Lopez fills the need on that end. If teams end up double-teaming this guy Durant, Westbrook, Morrow, and Waiters can easily light it up. Ibaka also developed his range so they can go with a line-up that spreads the floor effectively, with Lopez acting as an anchor inside. Ibaka can easily make up for Lopez's defensive lapses and the team is mostly long enough to make up for Lopez's lack of rebounding. He's not a bad help defender too. Can just switch him out for Adams on defensive possessions.

Barkley said last night that adding Lopez is a championship contender move. That's all you need to know. :lol

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Originally Posted by loveforthegame

Green. :lol:

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well...the Mavs and Rockets are higher up on the standings than the Spurs so I wouldn't be so easy to dismiss these moves as having a negative impact on their respective teams. The Spurs always have the crutch that they haven't been playing healthy this season.

If they are basically giving away Lopez for nothing why not send them Daye, Ayers (and Belli if necessary) for him? That is way more than old man Perkins, I realize the Nets are getting what they are getting from the third team in these proposed trades so why not let the Spurs do the same as OKC? As bad as Daye and Ayers are they have more to offer than Perkins. I know that there might be cap issues, but the Thunderefs are no more anxious to play with the luxury tax than the Spurs are.

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Originally Posted by daslicer

A great trade for OKC this would be the equivalent to the Gasol trade. If OKC can get into the playoffs they can definitely create a lot of noise if this trade goes down.

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:lol

Thats the bad Lopez, always injured and adds nothing to the game but thats not a surprise since he always was and has been shiet.

The Spurs should enter the talks if nothing else to drive up the price and force the Thunder to give up something of value. (Like the Red Sox used to make the Yankees over pay for talent after a bidding war)

If OKC gets lopez, I think it be easier to get into the paint. Lopez is slow on his feet. He can't defend the pnr.

the nets have decided not to move lopez right now.

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Originally Posted by timtonymanu

Barkley said last night that adding Lopez is a championship contender move. That's all you need to know. :lol

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:lol

:lol Barkley said

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Originally Posted by timtonymanu

Barkley said last night that adding Lopez is a championship contender move. That's all you need to know. :lol

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This

OKC imploded so bad

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Originally Posted by itzsoweezee

He's definitely an upgrade over Perkins. The Thunder desperately needs inside scoring and that's the one thing Lopez can bring them.

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Agreed. However, he's been a bit injury prone with his foot injuries the last couple of years.

Not sure how that would work with Howard, Monti, and Smith

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Originally Posted by cd021

Not sure how that would work with Howard, Monti, and Smith

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It wouldn't work. It's just Morey trying to be a smart fat ass.