It made sense to me; since they don't own their draft pick tanking or going with a youth movement was no benefit. Lopez is a good rim protector and able bodied offensive options. Seems like the kind of player that can help make them average in the east and maybe lose in the playoffs. They just don't want to be horrific this year. He wasn't their first or second choice either.
How do you build a team if you can't get the needle movers? Obviously every team would love to add allstars but when those aren't available GM's find themselves in lose/lose situations. Don't sign any players and suck, sign an overpaid role player and possibly be stuck with an overpaid contract. This especially happens when a franchise has traded away future unprotected picks.
