<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>TORONTO -- They have been teammates all their lives, so it comes as no surprise when Robin Lopez defends his twin brother Brook. Except no one was criticizing Brook Lopez Wednesday. Brook was not even in the building as Robin Lopez, the lesser of the two Stanford standouts, was spending more than two hours working out for the Toronto Raptors before the NBA's June 26 draft. But Robin had his brother's back anyway. "When we needed to score, we gave (Brook) the ball because he was good at scoring on the right block," Robin said. "Actually, a lot of people say about his game, ‘All he does is turn right shoulder.' In college, he made that shot 95% of the time, so what are you going to do?" Due to Brook's stunning efficiency, Robin served as, well, Robin, to Brook's Batman while the Californians played in the Pac-10 conference. It is also the main reason why big brother Brook, a minute older than Robin, is expected to have his NBA future determined about 60 minutes earlier on draft day. Both players, born on April Fools' Day in 1988, are legitimate seven-footers weighing in around 255 pounds. But that - along with genes, hobbies, background, visage and disposition - is where the similarities end. Brook sports a clean brush cut, and is the offensive dynamo of the pair. He has a silky smooth touch from 16 feet and is a consensus lottery pick. He could go as high as No. 3 to Minnesota. Robin, meanwhile, has a head full of crazy, curly hair. He is a better athlete than Brook, capable of running the floor with ease and hitting the offensive glass with verve. But he does not have Brook's touch around the basket. Robin's offensive game consists of mostly layups, dunks, and the occasional jumper. He is expected to be picked in the bottom half of the first round, between the 15th and 25th selection. The Raptors have the 17th pick and a rebounding deficiency. "(He is) very physical. (He) might not be the most graceful," said Jim Kelly, Toronto's director of player personnel. "His brother is probably a little bit more polished. But yet he is a true five who likes to bang down inside." Learning how to be tough inside was pretty much Robin's only recourse when playing one-on-one games with his brother in Fresno, Calif. "They were intense," Robin said. "We played up to 50, by twos and threes. They were kind of ridiculous, because you would have Brook out there, I'd check it to him, he would just shoot. I would check it, he'd shoot a three, (it would) go in. Check it, shoot a three, go in. Check it, he would miss, I'd get it, and . . . it got kind of repetitive. But I guess that's one of the reasons why I believe I'm conditioned so well." Those games also set Lopez up well for Wednesday's workout. His main competition in the six-man workout was perimeter-oriented Kosta Koufos, a seven-foot-one freshman from Ohio State. Forwards Ryan Anderson of California, Jason Thompson of Rider, and guards Drew Neitzel of Michigan State and Jeremy Pargo also took part. But Lopez and Koufos were the main event. "(Koufos is) not your typical bruiser. He has a lot of strengths that are different than mine," Lopez said. "He's better on the perimeter. I think you just have to get a feel for him, almost like a test run. You need a couple plays to get used to it. "But as good of a player as he is, I feel I gave it my best shot. I put my best foot forward there."</div> http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=563843 co-sign on the bold. Also he worked out for the Raptor
