Lakers fans trying to say that losing Bynum was equivalent to the Spurs losing Manu.
I forgot how much Manu did for this team while he was out, I remembered the offense he provided but forgot about all the OTHER stuff he does. How much better he makes the guys around him, how well he can penetrate against anybody, how good of a defender he is (he's got active hands!), how he energizes the team and creates shots for other people, and can take over games all by himself. I also forgot the fact that he can drain 3's and run the PG position pretty damn well.... AND is almost unguardable. I'm sure I left other stuff out that he does for this team... Losing Bynum is the same as losing Manu?!
I was actually starting to believe the Lakers fans that Bynum meant as much to the Lakers as Manu does to the Spurs, I'm not sure why but I'm glad all that was erased when I saw Manu playing again. It may have been against the Clippers, but still it had shown what Manu can do.
Manu is a better player right now than Bynum.
But Bynum's overall impact on the team is equivalent to Manu's impact on the team. The primary reasons being Defense and the fact that the Lakers bench flat out sucks when Bynum's out.
Manu brings an instant positive boxscore, Bynum brings back players 6-10 in the Lakers rotation.
Bynum's overall impact on the team is equivalent to Manu's impact on the team///
Get the out of here.... Not even CLOSE
From a pure scoring standpoint, us losing Manu would be equivalent to l.a. losing Kobe--after all, Manu was our leading scorer last season.
As for the intangibles Manu brings, he is without peer in the league, in my opinion.
bynum is garbage, he will never play 82 games in one season his whole career
Manu's back, Bynum will be back, we shall see.
Manu has never played 82 games either, I wouldn't say he's "garbage".
y do you post on this site
I have to disagree with Allanon, although he brings up good points..
the Spurs simply value our big 3 more than any other team in the NBA does..our system is based entirely on their play making, because we don't have any other players that can consistently create their own shots, or make plays for their teammates..
y do you post on this site?
ginobili has only played less than 65 games once, and that is this year. bynum has one season where he played 82 games...but he sucked that season. one year he never made it to 40gp the other two he had 46gp....barely half a season.
his stats, like him are garbage too
You said Bynum is garbage because he will never play all 82 games (which he already has). As shown by Manu, who has never played 82 games, this doesn't automatically make him garbage.
I can understand your point of view. The Spurs do rely heavily on the Big 3.
I think most people looking at Bynum just think of his numbers but I think his impact isn't in his numbers but what he does for the rotation. The Lakers pre-Bynum injury had one of the best benches in the NBA. But since Bynum went out, the Laker's bench has been one of the worst in the NBA.
Simply put with Bynum out, both Lamar Odom and Trevor Ariza became starters. What was once a very deep Lakers team became Starters & Scrubs. Sasha/Farmar/Luke/Powell/mBenga is actually a pretty crappy bench.
The Spurs, even without Manu, have a very good bench this year. Right now, the Spurs are a deeper team than the Bynum-less Lakers.
::sneezing:: bull .
Gesundheit mother er.
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/emanue...eer_stats.html
if you honestly think this you know nothing about basketball... I keep wanting to think you are an intelligent poster, and then you post homer nonsense like this.
Manu is already back and Bynum will be back by the WCF. The winner of the WCF should pretty much tell us about our respective basketball intelligence levels.
huh!
Manu averages 18 playoffs games each year, Bynum only 3!!!
Take your biased logic elsewhere.
Why are you talking about the Playoffs? Didn't you read the post up there? It says 82 game season, not the Playoffs.
Please learn to read first.
Manu has NEVER played 82 games in one season.
Because the Lakers have a better team, that makes you more intelligent?
Do you know how to count? He has played over 82 games every season except '05-'06... this season would be the second time in his entire career that he's not going to make 82 games
A full season includes playoffs. That it doesn't help your argument doesn't make it any less true.
Do you know how to read?
Please copy and paste where it says he played over 82 games in 1 season.
What is a post-season?
02-03: 93 games
03-04: 87 games
04-05: 97 games
05-06: 78 games
06-07: 97 games
07-08: 91 games
08-09: ???
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