Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez will have one year remaining on his contract. At 36 years old, it appears that Lopez could be in his final season with the team if he is not traded before the start of next season. It has been rumored that Lopez will be traded to different teams during the offseason.
A few teams that have been mentioned are the Los Angeles Lakers, the New York Knicks, and the Chicago Bulls. There could be other teams interested in him. It was a surprise that general manager Jon Horst did not trade Brook Lopez on draft night.
They did not also draft a center in the 2024 NBA Draft. It also makes you wonder if the Bucks plan on having Lopez for the 2024-2025 season.
Dairylandexpress.com Writer Devon Platana Thinks That the Milwaukee Bucks Will Find a Way To Trade Brook Lopez Before the Start Of the 2024 Season
Dairylandexpress.com writer Devon Platana thinks that the Bucks will find a way to trade Lopez before the start of the 2024-2025 season. Milwaukee did not acquire Damian Lillard in a trade from the Portland Trail Blazers in a three-team trade last offseason until September.
Platana said about the Bucks trading Brook Lopez before the start of the 2024-2025 season:
“When it comes to rumored Bucks traded this offseason, veteran center Brook Lopez has been at the center of a large chunk of them.
The 36-year-old big man’s name is often involved in trade talk due to the $23 million salary he’s scheduled to earn next season. It’s hard not to look at that number and fantasize about the Bucks using it to land another All-Star-quality player to play alongside Antetokounmpo and Lillard.
Lopez is still one of the best rim defenders in the league, but moving him would help the Bucks shed his salary while getting younger in the process. Although he’s still playing 30 minutes per night, the ex-Stanford’s production is starting to slow down, proven by the 12.5 points on .485/.366/.821 splits and 5.2 rebounds he averaged last year.
Lopez’s production improved once the playoffs arrived, but that had more to do with his opportunities increasing due to Antetokounmpo and Lillard’s injury situation. The aging center still looked slow on the floor and the fact that he isn’t getting any younger suggests that things could get worse.”
One of the reasons why the Bucks want to trade him now is because they want to get some return for him instead of letting him walk for nothing next summer. If they were to trade him at some point, it would be interesting to see who the starting center would be next season. However, since he has not been traded yet, the odds are that he will not be traded before the start of the season.
