Brooklyn’s All-Star: Center Lopez shined brightest for Nets in first half
After missing all but five games last season due to a series of foot injuries and hearing his name mentioned in trade rumors involving Dwight Howard for the better part of the past two years, Brooklyn center Brook Lopez has become quite proficient at blocking out distractions and zeroing in on the task at hand.
“I’m just focused on winning tonight’s game,” Lopez said before leading the Nets to a wire-to-wire 91-83 victory in Minnesota on Wednesday. “[The trade rumors have] been going on for a few years now. Our team is doing a good job of ignoring them. It’s not too frustrating. Like I said a million times, I don’t really pay attention to this stuff.”