Knicks · Lopez deal is official/Wojo (page 5)

CrushAlot wrote:

His arrival coincided with back-to-back career seasons for LaMarcus Aldridge, who had desired to play with a true center. Thanks to Lopez’s diligence in boxing out, Aldridge averaged double-digit rebounds in back-to-back seasons.

Aldridge had never before averaged double-digit rebounds.

Lopez proved to be an ideal fit alongside Aldridge. He was credited by many in the locker room for triggering the team’s franchise’s recent renaissance, which culminated in their first playoff series win in 14 years

http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/jul/0...

He might can get Williams to become an avg rebounder. I guess this means we can bring back bargs. Bargs will become a double double guy.

Honestly, that's cool and like I said before it was not only Aldridge whose rebound imrpove, the entire starting 5 rebound numbers improved.

Saw a nice RoLo highlight reel. I'm pleased we have him. He's actually got a chance to have the best years of his career in this system. He's just a no nonsense hard working Center. No Frills. Just punching the clock. I'm hoping he has a huge career here next to KP and Melo.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fancy...

Signing Robin Lopez

Lopez has a top-10 offensive rebounding percentage (12.7 percent) for the second consecutive season. He is also one of the league’s better pick-and-roll screeners, scoring at least one point 58.3 percent of the time and 1.17 points per play, putting him in the 86th percentile. His post-up ability is also elite, generating 1.06 points per play with his back to the basket

The 7-footer held opponents to a lower percentage at the rim against him (47.1 percent) than either DeAndre Jordan (48.5 percent) or Marc Gasol (49.5 percent), and saved his team 8.5 points per 36 minutes, the sixth most in the league.

According to Seth Partnow, Lopez provides the exact sort of solidity both on the boards and defensively needed for a foundation:

Among the set of 100 or so regular rotation bigs in the NBA last year, the lowest proportion of Lopez’s rebounds were these uncontested defensive types. Conversely his now ex-teammate LaMarcus Aldridge was among the leaders in highest proportion of uncontested defensive rebounds.

While this puts more of an onus on Lopez to actually collect more of these rebounds, there is very little reason to suspect he won’t be able to expand into that void. Perhaps more importantly, Lopez’s willingness to battle will be vital to a team who gave up the 2nd highest rate uncontested offensive rebounds off of opponents’ misses last season, with 9.5% of all forced misses being recovered by the offense with no Knick nearby.

Plus, adding Lopez helps move Anthony to the stretch-four, where he can be better defensively by not having to chase down quicker players on the wing.

newyorknewyork wrote:http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fancy...

Signing Robin Lopez

Lopez has a top-10 offensive rebounding percentage (12.7 percent) for the second consecutive season. He is also one of the league’s better pick-and-roll screeners, scoring at least one point 58.3 percent of the time and 1.17 points per play, putting him in the 86th percentile. His post-up ability is also elite, generating 1.06 points per play with his back to the basket

The 7-footer held opponents to a lower percentage at the rim against him (47.1 percent) than either DeAndre Jordan (48.5 percent) or Marc Gasol (49.5 percent), and saved his team 8.5 points per 36 minutes, the sixth most in the league.

According to Seth Partnow, Lopez provides the exact sort of solidity both on the boards and defensively needed for a foundation:

Among the set of 100 or so regular rotation bigs in the NBA last year, the lowest proportion of Lopez’s rebounds were these uncontested defensive types. Conversely his now ex-teammate LaMarcus Aldridge was among the leaders in highest proportion of uncontested defensive rebounds.

While this puts more of an onus on Lopez to actually collect more of these rebounds, there is very little reason to suspect he won’t be able to expand into that void. Perhaps more importantly, Lopez’s willingness to battle will be vital to a team who gave up the 2nd highest rate uncontested offensive rebounds off of opponents’ misses last season, with 9.5% of all forced misses being recovered by the offense with no Knick nearby.

Plus, adding Lopez helps move Anthony to the stretch-four, where he can be better defensively by not having to chase down quicker players on the wing.

Yeah i'm very happy with getting RoLo. I think down the line RoLo and KP can be a really strong front court along with Melo. They can clog the paint and take away a lot of shots at the rim. RoLo is actually a lot better offensively than people think. He's not fancy but he's functionally reliable. He plays big inside and gets off his little hooks and dunks. He moves a lot better than people realize cuz they keep thinking of his brother. He's a different guy from his brother athletically. He's Quicker and more explosive and more active overall.