Brook Lopez is, after years of failed trades and multiple surgeries, finally The Man for the Nets. The only player left from the bad old days at the end of the team's tenure in New Jersey, Lopez is not just the longest tenured Net. If he plays out his three-year deal in Brooklyn, he will have played more years in a Nets uniform than any player in the team's 40+ year history.
Now, he must step up and he knows it. In beat writers' season previews, his new focus, his new role is seen as crucial to whatever success the Nets have, starting Wednesday night vs.