Bucks’ Brook Lopez gets engaged to girlfriend in adorable Disney World proposal

Brook Lopez and his longtime girlfriend, Hailee Strickland, are about to enter an entire new world: marriage.

Earlier this week, the Milwaukee Bucks middle popped the query at Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., the place he acquired down on one knee on the Animal Kingdom theme park.

Lopez, whose ardour for the Home of Mouse has lengthy been documented, proposed in entrance of the Animal Kingdom’s famed Tree of Life, precisely 13 years after the couple first crossed paths on the park, in keeping with ESPN.

Milwaukee Bucks middle Brook Lopez proposed to longtime girlfriend Hailee Strickland this week at Disney World’s Animal Kingdom theme park.

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Brook Lopez popped the query in entrance of Animal Kingdom’s famed Tree of Life.

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Brook Lopez catches a move throughout a Bucks-Nets sport in Might 2021.

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Brook Lopez celebrates with the Larry O’Brien trophy throughout the Milwaukee Bucks 2021 NBA Championship Victory Parade in July 2021.

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Within the candy engagement snaps, the 34-year-old Lopez may be seen presenting a hoop to Strickland, who later paired her white costume with a pair of bridal-inspired Minnie Mouse ears.

It’s been a wild 12 months for Lopez, who claimed his first NBA title in 2021 with the Bucks. The seven-foot athlete — nicknamed “Splash Mountain,” a well-known Disney Parks attraction — has been a part of the Milwaukee group since 2018 following earlier stops with the Lakers and Nets.

Lopez’s twin brother Robin can also be within the NBA and signed with the Cavaliers final month.