Bobby Portis is the long-term answer at center for the Milwaukee Bucks

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Bobby Portis is the long-term answer at center for the Milwaukee Bucks: Brook Lopez is getting older

Brook Lopez has been starting at center for the last four seasons with Milwaukee and has been nothing but a key part of the system, schemes, and winning culture that has developed there since signing with the team in 2018.

This organization wouldn’t have won its second title in franchise history without the cleansing defensive anchor. Nevertheless, Lopez turns 34 years old in April and will become a free agent in the summer of 2023.

The Bucks must consider the future of the position and its core, and Bobby Portis is proving that he’s capable of taking over when the time comes. At just 26 years old, Portis is still drifting into his prime while also improving on both ends of the floor each year. Besides, the blue-collar player has seemed to have found a home in the blue-collar city of Milwaukee.

Evidently, the relationship has become a perfect fit, and it only makes sense for Portis to stay with the organization with an advanced role for many years to come. Bobby chose to re-sign with the Bucks on a team-friendly deal and decline more money elsewhere this offseason, and will likely become a free agent once again next summer.

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