It’s been a funny season for Brook Lopez. The center only played one game, the very first against the Nets, before being sidelined with a lower back injury and undergoing surgery in early December. An operation similar to the one he had already undergone in… 2006, a few weeks before he began his “freshman” season in the NCAA, at Stanford.
” It went well the first time, so I wasn’t too worried. I have an excellent doctor in Los Angeles, Dr. Watkins, he is the best in his field. He concocted a great program for me. He uses it with professional sportsmen, actors, stuntmen. So we knew it was going to work.”
Absent since the end of October, therefore, Brook Lopez is taking his troubles patiently while waiting to receive the medical green light to find his team. And according to the person concerned, this moment is approaching: “ It won’t be today, but sometime in the next few days.” he revealed hours before the Bucks’ heavy loss to the Suns tonight.
If the Bucks have not yet communicated on this subject, the player is in any case back in the group for travel. Perhaps proof of an imminent return to normal. ” It’s truly pleasent. […] I want to be around guys as much as possible so it’s important for me to be there. I’m just happy to be back, to be around these guys again. I don’t know about them, but I’m having a blast.“
According to Giannis Antetokounmpo, it’s reciprocal: ” He looks in good shape. I’m glad he’s back affirmed the “Greek Freak”. ” I don’t know if you [les journalistes] see him on match nights, he comes from time to time. […] It’s just Brook. He reads his books, he makes his jokes. When we’re in training, he rides his bike, he lifts a little cast, he takes a few shots. He looks in good shape.“
” You know his personality. He brings so much to this team with his personality. The longer he’s around, the better for us. And for him too concluded Mike Budenholzer.
It will also be interesting to observe his reintegration into the rotation of “Bud”, while the Bucks brought in Serge Ibaka yesterday, a few minutes from the “trade deadline”.
| Brook Lopez | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2008-09 | NJN | 82 | 31 | 53.1 | 0.0 | 79.3 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 8.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 13.0 |
| 2009-10 | NJN | 82 | 37 | 49.9 | 0.0 | 81.7 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 8.7 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 18.8 |
| 2010-11 | NJN | 82 | 35 | 49.2 | 0.0 | 78.7 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 20.4 |
| 2011-12 | NJN | 5 | 27 | 49.4 | 0.0 | 62.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 19.2 |
| 2012-13 | BRK | 74 | 31 | 52.1 | 0.0 | 75.8 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 6.9 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 19.4 |
| 2013-14 | BRK | 17 | 31 | 56.3 | 0.0 | 81.7 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 20.7 |
| 2014-15 | BRK | 72 | 29 | 51.3 | 10.0 | 81.4 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 7.4 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 17.2 |
| 2015-16 | BRK | 73 | 34 | 51.1 | 14.3 | 78.7 | 2.8 | 5.1 | 7.9 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 20.6 |
| 2016-17 | BRK | 75 | 30 | 47.4 | 34.6 | 81.0 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 20.5 |
| 2017-18 | ALL | 74 | 23 | 46.5 | 34.5 | 70.3 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 13.0 |
| 2018-19 | MIL | 81 | 29 | 45.2 | 36.5 | 84.2 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 12.5 |
| 2019-20 | MIL | 68 | 27 | 43.5 | 31.4 | 83.6 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 12.0 |
| 2020-21 | MIL | 70 | 27 | 50.3 | 33.8 | 84.5 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 12.3 |
| 2021-22 | MIL | 1 | 28 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 |
| Total | 856 | 30 | 49.4 | 34.0 | 79.6 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 16.5 | |
