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Thorpe: In Rookie-Sophomore Challenge, Lopez is Top Player

The Rookie-Sophomore game is two days and a foot of snow away. ESPN's David Thorpe, who normally ranks only rookies, ranks both rookies and sophomores this week. Thorpe says Lopez is better than anyone in either class, including All-Star Derrick Rose. "And there is still a lot of room for growth in his game," Thorpe writes. "Over the next few seasons, I see him becoming a special player."

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God damn insider articles….
Oh well
Either way there you have it ladies and gentleman- Lopez, the only reason this season wasnt a total disaster and one of the many reasons I think this team is going places.

by adam.y on Feb 10, 2010 7:51 PM EST reply actions  

OH Noooooooooooooowww you wanna jump on the wagon?

by djheavyduty on Feb 10, 2010 7:53 PM EST reply actions  

"Over the next few seasons, I see him becoming a special player."

Me too Thrope.

by JJ on Feb 10, 2010 7:58 PM EST reply actions  

He has Ryan Anderson as #20

Derrick Rose as #2

Marc Gasol as #3

As expected, TWill… no mention

by rightclue on Feb 10, 2010 8:08 PM EST reply actions  

i agree 100%. to me rose has shown all he can do already. as for brook he still has time to get into better physical condition and improve his defense and footwork.

by tu vieja on Feb 10, 2010 8:08 PM EST reply actions  

not that TWill has done anything to deserve a mention.

by rightclue on Feb 10, 2010 8:09 PM EST reply actions  

He is the only reason we shouldn’t kill ourselves right now.

by Larry Brown on Feb 10, 2010 8:13 PM EST reply actions  

Links to “Insider” articles are frustrating, so much so that I signed up years ago just to have the access. I throw the magazine away each month without a glance. Imagine that, a monthly magazine. How quaint!

by JD down the shore on Feb 10, 2010 8:27 PM EST reply actions  

Lopez. what a steal in the draft. i thank josh boone for getting hurt last season and giving brook an oppurtunity. He will be an OUTSTANDING player. maybe evn better then duncan. he is fundamentally sound and has good footork just needs exp. and development. hell be the best center in the east for many, many years to come

by i on Feb 10, 2010 8:44 PM EST reply actions  

I still can’t believe he fell to #10 it makes no sense!

by Tom on Feb 10, 2010 9:07 PM EST reply actions  

JD Down to the shore:

I hope you got the magazine subscription for cheap (as I did during the magazineusa.com Fourth of July Sale… $4 for an entire year of ESPN magazine plus the Insider)

If not… I hope you are a man/woman (not an insult… just being politically correct) who has extra money to spend like this… because ESPNInsider is just a bunch of phoney bologna insights, Hollinger’s statistics, and a bunch of rumors that are nothing more than someone scouring the internet for news articles and posting it in one place.

by rightclue on Feb 10, 2010 9:23 PM EST reply actions  

it says the attendance is 12,000 yea ok lol

by matt on Feb 10, 2010 9:24 PM EST reply actions  

I just saw someone here mention that Brook Goofpez could be better than Tim Duncan?? Tim Duncan is one of the all time great centers in the NBA with 2 World Championship Titles… Brook Goofpez has the slowest post move in the history of the NBA with no agility, no mobility, no defense, no muscles, he actually goes backwards when he posts players up, and only reason he’s getting 20 10 is because he’s playing with the worst team in the history of the NBA… Goofpez a special player??? Yeah if he played in the D League.. Goofpez’s post moves make Greg Osterteg look like Hakeem Olajuwon..

by tvtechwonV on Feb 10, 2010 10:10 PM EST reply actions  

By the ways.. Footwork, agility, fast, being athletic, tough, and not playing like a girl are all things that you cannot work on and get better. Courtney Lee could shoot 100,000 jump shots and work out 20 hours a day on his game and he Ain’t never gonna be like Michael the magnificent… Either you got it or you don’t… Look at all the Great centers that came out in the 80’s and 90’s.. Olajuwon, Ewing, Admiral, Shaq, Mourning, they were all athletic and were feared Centers… Goofpez is so frail I bet he would still go backwards when posting up even 90 year old Dick Bavetta… Goofpez is a slow, unathletic, big moron with no brawn or physicality to even make a slight impact on a team… Get of the charlies boyzzzzzzz…

by tvtechwonV on Feb 10, 2010 10:16 PM EST reply actions  

Perhaps tvtechwonV may be going a little overboard in his citicism of Lopez.

But a many a Net fan is going way too gaga over Lopez too.

Lopez has a really good outside shot for a Center and has pretty goods hands around the basket. He would have helped when the Nets had Kidd, Kittles, RJ and KMart.

He needs to get way tougher physically and especially mentally, and improve his defense and rebounding a lot. He has pretty good talnet on O though, but being a high option on O on this team with bad overall talent is producinng very bad team results. He is better off as a complimentary player IMO.

by Rockey Scientist on Feb 10, 2010 11:29 PM EST reply actions  

Lopez needs to lock himself in the gym this summer

leg presses

squats

calf raises

bench presses

shoulder presses

curls

pulldowns

dips

crunches

push ups

pull ups

PED’s

rinse wash and repeat

by Mr. Dollar Bills on Feb 10, 2010 11:56 PM EST reply actions  

Some of u are extremist… Either he can’t guard a 90 year old person or he is going to be better than TD.:: lolz.
Brook is a very good player already and you can ask around the league to verify. He averages nearly 20/10/2 as 21 year old center… I don’t know what expectations are around here but that’s pretty darn good. He does need to hit the gym hard, but skills and iq aren’t the issues here.

by Claud on Feb 11, 2010 1:07 AM EST reply actions  

We should trade all our cards, except for Brook. He’s our ace, and we should ask for a new hand. I am looking forward to the Sophmore game, to see Brook play with some better players.

by Paul Erstein on Feb 11, 2010 1:57 AM EST reply actions  

good offense, bad defense. but improving.

by drmagoo on Feb 11, 2010 5:12 AM EST reply actions  

Saying Brook Lopez could be better than Tim Duncan is sacrilege. Duncan is one of best players in the history of the game. He’s the best PF ever in my book. Lopez isn’t even a franchise player.

by Andres on Feb 11, 2010 8:19 AM EST reply actions  

Thorpe is right. My biggest worry is that he abandons NJ when he can for warmer and winnier locations.

by mt57 on Feb 11, 2010 9:05 AM EST reply actions  

and correction, Tim Duncan has 4 nba championship titles…

by The Black Prince on Feb 11, 2010 9:34 AM EST reply actions  

Is Courtnee lee on this list?

by Blopez11 on Feb 11, 2010 9:47 AM EST reply actions  

Antoine Wright, Hassan Adams, Soumila Soumake, Victor Krhyapa, Zoran Plananic, Mile Ilic…

god damnit thorn

by Will J on Feb 11, 2010 11:38 AM EST reply actions  

@tvtechwonV
He’s the 2nd best center in the east. Would you have so much to say if he were on the all star team? Because his numbers are worthy.

by universal on Feb 11, 2010 2:24 PM EST reply actions  

Did he rank CDR?

by universal on Feb 11, 2010 2:26 PM EST reply actions  

His numbers are worthy because he plays on the worst team in sports history, someone has to put up numbers. On a good team he averages 14 and 8 tops.

by kobe24 on Feb 11, 2010 4:37 PM EST reply actions  

being the only good player on a bad teams means the defense from the opponents will only focus and double him almost every play… that’s just logic.

by claud on Feb 11, 2010 5:32 PM EST reply actions  

did he rank courtney lee?

by matt t on Feb 11, 2010 5:49 PM EST reply actions  

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