3 reasons the Milwaukee Bucks should not trade Brook Lopez during the 2020 offseason

Brook Lopez’s offensive role

Antetokounmpo’s playing style forces his teammates to be floor spacers. Eric Bledsoe, Khris Middleton, and Lopez have taken over 30 percent of their field goals from behind the arc in each of the last two seasons.

Luckily for Milwaukee, Lopez has thrived in the role of floor spacer, shooting 34.5 percent from behind the arc on 5.6 attempts per game over the past two seasons. Lopez’s shooting ability puts pressure on an opposing center to decide whether to stay close to Lopez or provide help on Antetokounmpo.

If the opposing center remains close to Lopez, Antetokounmpo has more floor space to attack the basket. On the other hand, if the opposing center decided to provide help on Antetokounmpo, it leaves Lopez open for uncontested three.

The opposing center has usually chosen the second scenario as 85.7 percent of Lopez’s threes have been considered open attempts over the last two seasons. Lopez has converted 34.3 percent of his open attempts creating 4.9 points for the team.

Although Turner is the better shooter as he converted 36.3 percent of his field goals from behind the arc on 3.3 attempts over the past two seasons. The gap between both players isn’t astronomical wide to the point where it would be worth giving up a first-round pick.

More importantly, the team could use the first-round pick in another trade to acquire an extra perimeter player who can thrive on and off the ball.