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Despite being traded by Bucks earlier in day, Robin Lopez shows up at Fiserv Forum to eat popcorn and read a book

ben steele, milwaukee journal sentinel
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Milwaukee Bucks center Robin Lopez, right, reads a book before their game against the Minnesota Timberwolves Thursday, February 8, 2024 at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The USA TODAY Network confirmed that Lopez was traded to Sacramento earlier in the day to open up roster spot. The Kings will reportedly waive him.
Milwaukee Bucks center Robin Lopez, right, reads a book before their game against the Minnesota Timberwolves Thursday, February 8, 2024 at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The USA TODAY Network confirmed that Lopez was traded to Sacramento earlier in the day to open up roster spot. The Kings will reportedly waive him.

Robin Lopez showed up at Fiserv Forum on Thursday night.

Did someone not inform the 35-year-old big man that he had been traded by the Milwaukee Bucks earlier in the day?

Lopez was sent to the Sacramento Kings, but he is expected to be waived so there was no need to hop on a flight to his native California.

So what else was there to do but take in the Bucks' game against the Timberwolves?

Lopez sat with his mother right by the visiting team's bench, and he cheerily munched on popcorn before the game started.

After the game started, Lopez occupied his time by getting immersed in a good book.

It was quite a day for the big man. Lopez had some fun with the trade on X after the news broke.

Lopez replied to a fan saying he was a Kings legend with, "I just hope it's enough to get my number in the rafters I hope I left a legacy there."

The 7-foot-1 center scored 18 points and had three blocks in 65 total minutes for Milwaukee this season.

Milwaukee Bucks center Robin Lopez (42) reads a good during the Milwaukee Bucks media day at the Sports Science Center in Milwaukee on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. - Mike De Sisti / The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee Bucks center Robin Lopez (42) reads a good during the Milwaukee Bucks media day at the Sports Science Center in Milwaukee on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. - Mike De Sisti / The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

What book was Robin Lopez reading while sitting courtside?

That appears to be "Backstory 2" by Patrick McGilligan, a series of interviews with screen writers from the 1940s and 1950s.

That pairs nicely with what Lopez was reading during Bucks media day in early October, "Bogie & Bacall" by William J. Mann, about the romance between 1940s and 1950s acting legends Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Robin Lopez showed up to Fiserv Forum despite being traded by Bucks