Agreed 100%. Lets start with a few facts here.. for those people (z0sa) who aren't fortunate enough to watch every Laker game like some of us (in california) are.
Fact #1 - Andrew Bynum is not injury prone. He came down on Lamar's foot in a sort of hyper-extended fashion. No more injury prone than any other big man with his length.
Fact #2 - I'd have taken Andrew Bynum over Pau Gasol as our Center in the finals any day of the week! And, i'm sure any legit Laker fans would agree, And... we'd have won!
Fact #3 - Lakers would not have even made the playoffs if not for Bynum's play for the first 1/3 of the season. His numbers just don't do him justice. Teams just stopped attacking the paint all together because he was becoming so sound defensively. On offense you began to see the beginnings of a heck of a post game.. numerous moves.. seemed to be very comfortable. He was efficient, effective almost any time he touched the ball, and took what the offense gave him.
Fact #4 - Bynum is better than Bogut both offensively, and defensively. Bynum is longer, more athletic, stronger, and aside from a mid range jump shot (which i don't even know Bogut does well).. there really isn't anything I don't think Bynum can't do better on a basketball court. Even the way he just constantly plays above the 10 foot level is just down right sick! Amazing talent.
Fact #5 - Bynum WILL receive max money next year.. or very very close to it... whoever said that was totally correct. If you read into his exit interview well enough.. you can tell the kid expects a lot.. and trust me the Lakers are well aware of that.
Fact #6 - Nose-bleed seats to our thumping over the Spurs last season in the playoffs were around $500-1000... Lower tier were upward of $10,000+. The Lakers franchise as an en y profited more than you could ever imagine from our finals run. I wouldn't get too excited if your hope of the Lakers demise lies on the idea of Bynum not being a Laker some day. Not only pathetic.. it's highly optimistic.. and unlikely.
Fact #7 - Andrew Bynum literally lives, breathes, and eats Kareem Abdul-Jabaar from weeks before camp starts through to the end of the season. He has done this three strait seasons.. and will do so for his 4th. There is nothing that indicates this kid won't be great.. he literally has got it all.
Fact # 8 - Zosa.. is in denial of everything I have stated.. and will probably find a way to steam himself up enough to find some crazy logic refuting all of it. Two words.. rebuilding mode. Sorry buddy.