Brook Lopez’s Los Angeles Lakers debut finally came to fruition Sunday night in Las Vegas. After years of his name being floated in Lakers rumors, just as it seemed that boat had finally sailed, he finds himself home in Southern California.
The Lakers acquired a career 18.6 point per game scorer who just re-discovered himself as a stretch big man, and in a vacuum (Dyson, thanks), it makes plenty of sense they’d want to modernize their offense with actual floor spacing. The problem is that Lopez is on an expiring contract, and while he may have All-Star talent, he’s hardly viewed as a piece of the Lakers’ future larger superstar puzzle.