Robin Lopez takes deadline trade in stride

Robin Lopez sits at a sideline table and reads a book during the third quarter of the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Fiserv Forum.

The Milwaukee Bucks traded Robin Lopez on Thursday. He didn’t seem bothered during the next game.

Lopez was shipped to Sacramento in a deal that saved Milwaukee $8.6M in luxury tax payments. The Kings waived him immediately, which meant Lopez was suddenly unemployed. So he decided to take in a basketball game. Sort of.

Cameras caught Lopez sitting in the stands near the bench, wearing a Groucho Marx t-shirt and immersed in “Backstory 2: Interviews With Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s,” a book about old Hollywood.

The younger Lopez twin ignored the game action, seeming particularly disinterested whenever his brother Brook did anything. It’s not the first time he’s made a show of ignoring his brother’s accomplishments.

When Brook was about to win his first title with the Bucks in 2021, Robin declared it was “Movie night,” and posted about watching the movie “Paddington” instead of the NBA Finals.

Of course, “Paddington” is only 95 minutes long, much shorter than an NBA playoff game. So he also watched “Paddington 2.”

Though he didn’t play much for the Bucks, who have a crowded frontcourt rotation, Lopez could be an interesting addition to a playoff team that needs a defensive center. Or an expert on 1940s film.

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