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Milwaukee Bucks: Selecting an All-Decade roster

By Ben Sewell

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6. Brook Lopez

Seasons: 1

Averages: 12.5 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.2 assists (45.2 FG%, 36.5 3PT%)

Lopez scrapes into qualification, having played the bare minimum of one full season, but what a season that was. Signed near the end of free agency in 2018, Lopez quickly set about dispelling any rumors that he was done in the NBA, following a lackluster season in Los Angeles the year before.

Lopez became the first player in history to knock down 150 or more three-pointers, while also recording 150 or more blocks. In fact he finished the season with 179 blocks and 187 three-point makes which were the sixth (blocks) and third (three-pointers) best marks in franchise history. All from a player who had made just three three-pointers through his first eight seasons in the NBA!

The lengths that Lopez has gone to in order to remain relevant in the NBA have been astonishing and, as such, he was rewarded with a four-year, $52 million deal from the Bucks at season’s end.

This is not even to mention the work Lopez put in on the defensive end, anchoring a Bucks defense which finished first in the NBA. Lopez easily finds his way onto this All-Decade team as the sixth man and first man off the bench, as both a floor spacer and a defensive juggernaut at the center position.

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