BIOGRAPHY
Robin Lopez was born on April 4, 1988, in North Hollywood, California. He is a center in the NBA.
Lopez moved from Hollywood, California, to Oak Harbor, Washington, while in second grade to be near his older brother, Alex Lopez, who was playing basketball at the University of Washington at the time after his high school career at Campbell Hall. He moved to his current hometown of Fresno, California, a year later, where he attended San Joaquin Memorial High School. There he played with his twin brother, Brook, as well as future NBA forward, Quincy Pondexter. Both teammates played with Lopez on their successful AAU team, the Elite Basketball Organization (EBO), along with Derrick Jasper of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Tre'Von Willis of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Lopez was named MVP of the Adidas Superstar Camp Underclass All-Star game in his junior year, and to both the 2006 McDonald's All American team and the Parade All-American third team in his full senior year.
Lopez was one of just three players for the Cardinal team to start all 31 games in the 2006–07 season. He averaged 7.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, while averaging 24 minutes. He led the team with 73 blocked shots, breaking the Stanford record for a freshman and recording the second highest single season record in Stanford history. This mark also was the highest in the Pacific-10 conference. With his twin brother, Brook, the two blocked more shots than seven Pac-10 teams. Lopez also had two double-doubles on the season.
Lopez had his 100th career block in a game versus Santa Clara University on December 19, 2007. In his sophomore season, Lopez achieved All-Pac-10 Defensive Team honors while also being named an Honorable Mention to the All-Pac-10 team. He was second in the Pac-10 in blocks for the season. With 83 blocks in his second season, Lopez moved into second place all time for career blocks by a Stanford player.
Lopez declared that he would enter the 2008 NBA draft on March 31, 2008 after just two seasons at Stanford. He was selected with the 15th pick in the 2008 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns, was traded to the New Orleans Hornets in 2012 and was traded to Portland in 2013.
On July 7, 2023, Lopez signed with the Milwaukee Bucks, reuniting him with his twin brother Brook.
