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He'll rip up some regular season games and everyone will be saying he's worth twice as much as he's already making and then he'll disappear when it matters.
He was absolutely beasting during the year. 2 years in a row he was on fire and got injured. If he can stay healthy, he will be worth his money. The health is the main question and his heart.
He'll rip up some regular season games and everyone will be saying he's worth twice as much as he's already making and then he'll disappear when it matters.
It's understandable why many fans of other teams, throw insults and slanders against Bynum. The reality is sure he is being overpaid right now, but the Lakers ultimately made an investment for the future on him. Right now they want him to focus on defense and rebounding like Perkins does for the C's. The thing with Bynum though, is he needs to convince himself that his defense is what will keep him on the court not the offense. Once he learns that, then he can truly dominate.
Paying a player in hopes he lives up to his contract is stupid.
He doesn't have the mentality to be great.
Most the Laker fans I have talked to and seen posts from simply say we need Bynum to get his 15 and 10 and plug up the middle and that puts the Lakers over the top. It's only the insecure fans like you who read that to mean he's the 2nd coming of Wilt. When he has been healthy he's has done just that. Last year he averaged 14 and 8 in 28 mins played. That may not prove to a moron like you.... but to a lot it proves the kid has potential.Is he or is he not the most overrated soft piece of in recent history? I'm gonna go with yes. It's hilarious how Laker fan speaks of him as if he is the second coming of Wilt. The dude hasn't proved , and it's getting really tiresome hearing "oh Lakers are unstoppable with Ron/Kobe/Pau/Bynum."
While I agree that the first three players make an excellent trio, Andrew Bynum. Dude is nothing but a scrub and will never amount to more than a Kwame Brown.
And just for laughs, I remember timvp saying how he had a MySpace before he was drafted and his status was bisexual.
...not that there's anything wrong with that.
But yeah, Bynum blows.
I'm sure the rough and tough Leetonidas could come off two major knee injuries and just jump right back in as if no games were lost but that just isn't the real world. Bynum is young and still learning. Both years it took him 20 games or so to get into the flow. That comes with both youth and the position he plays. When he did get into the rythm, eveyone saw the capabilities the kid has unless of course you're a pure hater. (see OP) Unfortunately both years he suffered the injuries. He is inconsistant at this point in his career. Most notably with the foul troubles that plagued him in the playoffs. Geeeeeez, never heard that about a 22 yr old center before.
Everything I hear about the kid says he is a hard worker and coachable. To say he doesn't have potential and will never amount to anything better than Kwame is nothing but pure ignorance. But isn't that already a given when looking at who's posting it?
Don't think he is overrated. Go check his numbers before he got hurt in last two seasons. He averaged 30/14 in the last five games before he got injured this past season.
True. His heart may be in question, but not his ability.
Bynum just needs to read some books on the triangle offense. He is always looking for 1 on 1 postups, but the triangle is a read and react offense, so he needs to learn how to be involved in the offense without needing the ball. Again, the learning curve is steep, so only idiots think he should be ready for all of that. His focus should be trying to get good position on rebounds, boxing out, and setting screens.
He's overpaid yes... but he has a bright future as long as he can stay healthy..
I think everyone knows he's not Wilt. But lets at least give him a full season before calling him useless.
Bynum averaged 14 points and 8 rebounds on 56% shooting and was paid like $3 million last season.
How is that a bad thing at all?
He is who he is. And right now he's a 8/6 career avg. player and injury prone to boot. He'll have a stretch of good games and then disappears in game, but of course he still has time to expand his game. As of right now, Bynum is nothing more than an Laker fan over hype.
yeah that guy sucks.
Dude look up his two knee injuries...his teammates fell on him both times. That hardly makes him injury prone
Of the top 10 scoring Centers, let's see who gave the most bang for the buck.
Bynum was the #8 scoring Center in the NBA and only cost $3 million last year. Let's look at the Top 10 list:
- Al Jefferson , MIN 23.1 points per game
- Dwight Howard , ORL 20.6
- Ming Yao , HOU 19.7
- Shaquille O'Neal , PHX 17.8
- Mehmet Okur , UTA 17.0
- Andrea Bargnani , TOR 15.47
- Nene Hilario , DEN 14.6
- Andrew Bynum, LAL 14.3
- Jermaine O'Neal , MIA-TOR 13.3
- Emeka Okufor, CHA 13.2
But when calculate in the salary and how much it costs each player to produce a point, Bynum was by far, the most cost-effective scoring Center in the NBA last year.
- Andrew Bynum, LAL 14.3 ppg - $3 million - $209,000 cost per point
- Andrea Bargnani , TOR 15.47 - $6 million - $387K per point
- Al Jefferson , MIN 23.1 - $12 million -$521K per point
- Mehmet Okur , UTA 17.0 - $9 million - $529K per point
- Nene Hilario , DEN 14.6 - $10 million - $584K per point
- Dwight Howard , ORL 20.6 - $15 million - $728K per point
- Emeka Okufor, CHA 13.2 - $10 million - $757K per point
- Ming Yao , HOU 19.7 - $16 million - $812K per point
- Shaquille O'Neal , PHX 17.8 - $20 million $1.12Million per point
- Jermaine O'Neal , MIA-TOR 13.3 - $23 million - $1.7 Million per point
Wait. Is Bynum a role player or the beast that will destroy Duncan? I wish the Laker fans posting here would make up their minds.
Duncan and Bynum are from different eras....when you talk about big men in the Duncan era, that's guys like Shaq, Dirk, Saboner, Sheed, Divacs, etc.
Bynum and Dwight are the two best of the young generation Centers.
Last edited by Allanon; 07-16-2009 at 06:59 PM.
I have always posted nothing but respect about Duncan only negative ANYONE can say is that I said Hakeem was better in his prime ...but that is not a sure argument only IMHO ...I also have said many times Duncan is better than Shaq ...
Good Player with some upside, 8 mil tops, 12 is overpaying him.
If Bynum could be 80% of Tim that would make him a 5 time all-star easy ...
Was he injured when teammates fell of said knees? If he was, that makes him injury prone and hobbled. Works both ways bro, many laker fans here always talking trash about Duncan and Manu always being injured. It can't be any different only when it serves your needs.
That just goes to show you how weak the center position has become in the NBA.Of the top 10 scoring Centers, let's see who gave the most bang for the buck.
Bynum was the #8 scoring Center in the NBA and only cost $3 million last year. Let's look at the Top 10 list:
- Al Jefferson , MIN 23.1 points per game
- Dwight Howard , ORL 20.6
- Ming Yao , HOU 19.7
- Shaquille O'Neal , PHX 17.8
- Mehmet Okur , UTA 17.0
- Andrea Bargnani , TOR 15.47
- Nene Hilario , DEN 14.6
- Andrew Bynum, LAL 14.3
- Jermaine O'Neal , MIA-TOR 13.3
- Emeka Okufor, CHA 13.2
But when calculate in the salary and how much it costs each player to produce a point, Bynum was by far, the most cost-effective scoring Center in the NBA last year.
- Andrew Bynum, LAL 14.3 ppg - $3 million - $209,000 cost per point
- Andrea Bargnani , TOR 15.47 - $6 million - $387K per point
- Al Jefferson , MIN 23.1 - $12 million -$521K per point
- Mehmet Okur , UTA 17.0 - $9 million - $529K per point
- Nene Hilario , DEN 14.6 - $10 million - $584K per point
- Dwight Howard , ORL 20.6 - $15 million - $728K per point
- Emeka Okufor, CHA 13.2 - $10 million - $757K per point
- Ming Yao , HOU 19.7 - $16 million - $812K per point
- Shaquille O'Neal , PHX 17.8 - $20 million $1.12Million per point
- Jermaine O'Neal , MIA-TOR 13.3 - $23 million - $1.7 Million per point
It was against the weakest teams, the game where he scored 42 points was against the clippers where they had a second round pick rookie starting in place of injured Camby and Kaman at that time.
And it was only three games.
Not really. Great Centers are very rare, it's always been like that.
You can probably count on your fingers the number of great Centers in the NBA's 50 years.
he has had glimpses and has shown stretches of potential... but other than that he is currently just an overpaid 7 footer...we'll see next year if he's worth his contract (if he's staying healthy).
He's going to be an all-star in this league. I have no question about it barring any major injuries. He has all of the tools.
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