Not the theme park at his beloved Disneyland. Instead, Lopez found himself drawn to a tiny raised image of a lion in a painting at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
"Obviously it was an adjustment coming from Brooklyn, playing guaranteed minutes and just things like that, coming in sort of I guess uncertainty in that regard," Lopez said. "It was a great learning experience for me. It was something I hadn't done before and I think it helped me grow a lot as a player. "
He had a more featured role in Brooklyn, and didn't have a choice in coming to Los Angeles because he was traded.