Comments on: Five years in, we still don't have a lock on Andrew Bynum

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:49:32 +0000

I don’t remember Cartwright ever having the ability to put up 40 points and 15 rebounds, but okay.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:47:39 +0000

I don’t remember Cartwright ever having the ability to put up 40 points and 15 rebounds, but okay.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:39:33 +0000

I don’t remember Cartwright ever having the ability to put up 40 points and 15 rebounds, but okay.

By: Chogo

Chogo — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:27:54 +0000

Bynum is what he is. Not a dominant superstar, but good role player. Period. Kind of like Bill Cartwright for Bulls years ago, just gives you 10 and 10, and closes the lane on defense. Important role, but not the killer beast that they hoped with his incredible size and length.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:27:20 +0000

Who are you, to talk about what bynum is to the Lakers. name 4 centers you would take over Bynum right now!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:24:17 +0000

Who are you, to talk about what bynum is to the Lakers. name 4 centers you would take over Bynum right now!

By: Seely_Iggy

Seely_Iggy — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:58:38 +0000

Bynum is coming back later than expected because they underestimated the extent of his knee injury. It was supposed to be a simple procedure of removing some of the cartillage, but his doctor realized that the injury was more extensive because Bynum continued to play in the playoffs instead of resting or going for immediate surgery. So instead of just removing the cartillage, the doctor sew back the tears which means a slower recovery but also makes the knee stronger in the long run. So give Bynum a freakin’ break. I’d rather have his knee hold up through the rest of the reason than risk having him injured again close to the playoffs.

By: john shaner

john shaner — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:18:50 +0000

Laker fans arn’t worried so why should you be.

By: Drew

Drew — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:21:42 +0000

There’s a difference between average person laziness and professional athlete laziness. By NBA player standards, Bynum appears lazy. Look at Kobe Bryant’s training regimen. Karl Malone. John Stockton. Michael Jordan. Those guys took serious pride in their strength and conditioning. Sure, injuries do happen and sometimes no amount of conditioning can prevent an injury from happening, but over five seasons with repeated injuries, prolonged rehabs, and changed dates you have to question Bynum’s work ethic. When you’re on a championship contender, your work ethic is paramount.
Will it affect the Lakers come May-June? Maybe. Maybe not. But, it certainly doesn’t help them.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:13:14 +0000

At the end of the day, Bynum is the starting center on a championship team that already has a top scoring PF. He can afford to cut corners a bit. He’ll get better gradually, but there is no need for him to be a dominant center; in fact, it may make the team worse considering he will always be the #3 scorer at best on the lakers. If Bynum can develop into a defensive nuisance and average close to a double double, he’ll be a great success in LA.

By: Omnius

Omnius — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 09:22:42 +0000

Poor Andrew Bynum, he’s the Rodney Dangerfield of the NBA – he gets no respect. I think that much ado about nothing is being made of Bynum’s slow recovery process, like this article by Matt Moore. Some people heal slower than others so lets’ not get all uppity about Bynum being late to the regular season party. We can only speculate how good Bynum could be since he’s always getting injured, heck one of his bad injuries was from Kobe running into him. I say the Lakers don’t play Bynum in Memphis since he seems to be unlucky there in late January or February. Anyway let’s give Andrew a chance to prove himself and us Laker fans will be hoping he shows up healthy for the playoffs. Kobe Bryant is the greatest basketball player in the world and the Repeat World Champion Lakers will Threepeat next June!

By: Walter

Walter — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:39:07 +0000

Ugh, stupid server. Sorry about the double post. I kept getting error messages.

By: Walter

Walter — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:33:29 +0000

Andrew Bynum is lazy? I guess I see your point. I mean, he is so lazy he went from being a pudgy high school player whose own coach disparaged in terms of skill level, to the point that said high school coach questioned why he was even a lottery pick, to being one of the best young big men in the NBA, with his development being one of the key reasons why the 2008 Lakers were leading the Western Conference prior to a Grizzly defender crashing into his knee prematurely ended his season. He is so lazy, he spent a considerable amount of time after practice in his first few seasons working one on one with Kareem Abdul Jabbar to work on his post game, especially his footwork. (How many post moves has Howard developed over the years, working with Patrick Ewing? Oh yeah, none.) He is so lazy, he hired a chef and a nutritionist to improve his diet and conditioning. He is so lazy, he has on three separate occasions come back from devastating knee injuries to be an integral contributor to two championship teams. Watch out Eddie Curry, the NBA has a new sloth king looking to take your La-Z-Boy thrown.

By: Walter

Walter — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:32:10 +0000

By: the shark

the shark — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:45:06 +0000

He needs to get his lazy but back into rehab. Living in LA too dam long. He’s making 13 mil this year. Don’t look like he’s into it these days. Just Luke Walton. Soon as he sign that big contract, they get lazy. Eating 50 buck stakes instead of hamburger. These guys get too relax when they get paid big.

By: Jimmy Florentz

Jimmy Florentz — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:37:13 +0000

I miss the NBA on NBC. Please bring it back!