JULY 12, 10:18pm: The signing is official, according to a team press release.
JUNE 30, 10:47pm: The Bucks are signing Robin Lopez, sources tell Chris Haynes of Yahoo! Sports (Twitter link). Milwaukee re-signed his brother, Brook Lopez, earlier today.
Lopez will make approximately $9.77MM over the next two seasons, as Milwaukee is signing him via the room exception. The Bucks will not have access to any other exceptions this offseason, having used their bi-annual exception last offseason.
Lopez spent last season in Chicago, though for a large part of the year, it seems the team would work out a buyout arrangement with the big man and allow him to sign on with a contender. That never occurred and Lopez finished out his contract with the Bulls.
The Knicks were reportedly interested in signing Lopez to back up Mitchell Robinson. The center spent time with the team earlier in his career. He inked a four-year deal with the franchise when Phil Jackson was running the show in New York.
Lopez brothers together at last.
The hell the Lopez brothers on the same team?
I really don’t get why the Bulls didn’t resign RoLo. They don’t have a Center on the roster that can guard a 7 footer. WCJ cannot guard 7 footers. Gafford is an unknown, though at 6’10, probably cannot, and we know Felicio is not going to see anything but garbage minutes so they need a backup badly. Sad to see him go. He’s a really good center. One of the few centers that can legitimately guard 7 footers and hit mid-range jumpers well. It was a SUPER refreshing change from the Noah era where the Bulls would hand the ball to Noah at the top of the key and then everyone freaked out because they forgot that Noah couldn’t shoot and then the shot clock would be at 4 and then there would either be a bad pressured shot or Noah would get a shot clock violation. RoLo knows what to do with the ball and is a great screener. You’ll be missed in Chicago RoLo!!!
Now Pau needs to join Marc in Toronto
So roughly 4.5 million per year? Or 9 per year?
I’m thinking $4.5/year. Don’t believe the Bucks would spend $9 mil/year on a backup C. (But I have been wrong before)
2/9.77… The room exception is only 4 or 5 mil.
If only the bulls had let him go last year we might be nba champs. He would have been huge off the bench and probably even got more playing time then his brother the way brook was shooting
Reports were the Warriors wanted RoLo. Now THAT could have changed the Finals equation after Looney got hurt and was limited. Bogut isn’t the rebounder and screener RoLo is and RoLo can stretch the floor.
Great underrated move