Brook Lopez

About

Brook Robert Lopez (born April 1, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed “Splash Mountain”, he was named an NBA All-Star as a member of the Brooklyn Nets, and was voted twice to the NBA All-Defensive Team while with the Milwaukee Bucks. He won an NBA championship with Milwaukee in 2021.
Lopez played two years of college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal. He was selected as the 10th overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft by the then-New Jersey Nets. He played for the Nets for nine seasons and is the franchise’s all-time leading scorer. Lopez played one season with the Los Angeles Lakers before joining Milwaukee. His twin brother, Robin Lopez, played in the NBA for 16 seasons.

Lopez was born in Panorama City, California (his family lived in Granada Hills at the time), to Deborah Ledford and his now deceased father, Heriberto Lopez, a native of Cuba. Lopez moved from
Los Angeles to Oak Harbor, Washington, while in second grade to be closer to his older brother, Alex, who was playing basketball at the University of Washington. One year later, he moved to Fresno, California,…