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Never doubted you for a second!

We've come along way within the last three weeks from crying foul with questions of front office competency to singing praise for the new face of the franchise. Brook Lopez had been cast aside by two other historically great NLL franchises this season whether it be because of "fit" or just plainly because he was seen as expendable. In truth he is an expiring contract and the Kings took this up knowing fun well the risks involved in this with the upcoming free agency period. In the interim all that has temporarily dissolved as Lopez has been a pivotal reason behind this resurgent Kings squad essentially salvaging their season since their underwhelming 15-19 start. 

Lopez is averaging 27.7 PPG, 11.1 RPG, 1.4 APG, 1.6 SPG, 1.3 BPG shooting 55% from the field and 83% from the line on 7.7 FTA in 32 minutes of play since coming to the Kings. Production that would rival any big man in the league let alone the Western conference. He's climbed the NLL rankings from 40th to 27th since the new year and is down on turnovers per game as well as not being as much of a liability in sending opposition to the charity stripe. Being the Kings leading scorer in 10/12 of the games since arriving only scoring sub 20 on one occasion in a win against Portland after single handedly carrying the Kings in a huge 4th quarter come back against the Dubs dropping a season high 44 points. 



The Kings are have won thirteen of their last nineteen match ups with notable wins against Western juggernauts OKC and Minnesota. The Schedule admittedly has been very kind to them during this stretch as the real test will come to close out the season as they face opponents with a combined win % of .508. So how has Lopez been so successful? A multitude of factors have come together to brew this perfect storm that is the dominance that he has displayed throughout his time here. It's the fact that the front office and GM, despite media and league scrutiny have gone #ALLIN on this line up making moves to surround a some what throwback big man with elite shooting and play making. The old Boston connection between Lopez and Lowry is obviously a factor as the two have been playing together since November of 2016 at the time for the Timberwolves, before being both shipped to the Celtics in January of 2017 to accompany KD in another trip to the post season. A lot of history there after a brief hiatus from each other that has been crucial in terms of the Kings ability to be able to hit the ground running while still keeping their culture and winning system intact. 

Can the Kings relive the same level of success and possibly exceed expectations compared to last season? The landscape of the Western conference has changed dramatically with teams on the rise along with key injuries and trades seemingly crippling those that once were dominant. 

#ALLINORBUST

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