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lol unreliable
Did his injury just change the whole series? He didnt play at all in the second half.
lol unreliable
He's the Lakers MVP. Odom is such a ing dumb and Pau is still scared out there. The only weakness in Bynum's game right now is he gets himself too far under the basket at times, and it gets him trapped.
If he's seriously hurt, it's a massive shift in the series IMO..
Even though Boston is tied, I still think LA looks better and will win the series, but Bynum is a big part of that..his length has bothered their shots, particularly Rondo, and Davis has a much harder time when Bynum is in there too..
It also obviously hurts since Odom isn't playing too well, and the Lakers have no bench to speak of..
Bynum really is made of glass though, he's only 22 and he's a walking injury(minus the walking)..
s yes
Question has to be if this er will ever get healthy? He could be a force in the NBA. But then again, so could Oden.
Odom or Bynum?
both are not reliable
I got great use out of Bynum in fantasy though.
So if the Lakers lose this series...does that mean the Lakers get Chris Bosh for an injured Andrew Bynum, a retired Aaron McKie and a lock of Sasha Vujacic's hair?
luva. no1 in their right ing mind would trade bynum after this series.
Bosh has been in LA all week. What you think?
Boston scored 30+ pts in the 4th quarter.
Bosh is as soft defensively as LO.
you do the math luva.
you do the ing math
I can't help but laugh whenever they show him on the bench just chillin. He sits there with a look on his face like he's trying to figure out where the party's at after the game.
What the are the Lakers ever going to do with Bynum and that contract if he can't get healthy for games 5-7?
no way you trade drew for bosh. Big mistake!
With Bynum’s absence, Lakers overpowered inside
By Brian Mahoney
Andrew Bynum gave it a go, but couldn’t go for long.
Battling a painful right knee, the starting center for the Los Angeles Lakers was limited to about 13 minutes in Game 4 of the NBA finals, and the Boston Celtics took advantage to notch a 96-89 victory Thursday night that evened the series at two games apiece.
Bynum was on the floor for less than two minutes in the second half, and the Lakers sorely missed his size and strength. The Celtics had a whopping 54-34 advantage in points in the paint, a 20-10 edge in second-chance points and outrebounded Los Angeles 41-34.
Bynum has a torn meniscus, and the knee quickly refilled with fluid after he had it drained last week. He wasn’t on the floor down the stretch in Game 3, but Lakers coach Phil Jackson said before Thursday’s game that Bynum wanted to give it a shot.
“We’ll try to get him six, seven minutes at the beginning of the game,” Jackson said. “He likes to get out there and participate and get the feel of the game, and we’ll see how he goes from there.”
It don’t go much further.
Bynum played 10 minutes of the first half, then wasn’t on the floor for the start of the third quarter. He eventually checked in with about 4 minutes left in the period, then was back on the bench for good with 2:13 remaining.
Without him, the game resembled something from the 2008 NBA finals, when Bynum wasn’t available after knee surgery and the Celtics overpowered the Lakers inside.
Boston’s Glen Davis was able to bull his way to the basket in the fourth quarter, and the Celtics had a key possession extended in the closing minutes with an offensive rebound.
Bynum had been averaging only about 25 minutes in the postseason because of the knee, but he had been effective early in this series. He had 21 points and seven blocked shots in Game 2, when he was able to stay on the floor for 39 minutes.
But perhaps the cross-country flight, followed by the short turnaround before Game 3, took its toll on Bynum.
Come on Luva... that's a ridiculous stretch.
This is the dumbest I ever read. In 2007 200+lb Kobe fell on his knee. In 2008 230+lb Odumb fell on his knee. How is that his fault? And more importantly, who would NOT have been injured in those two situations?
just brutal ..... who would have ever thought that a ed up knee could jeopardize the series.
BS, Ashy, there is more than enough sans Bynum to finish this. Don't start with the injury happy horse .
Ok, I normally enjoy your posts, but this one is not right. Again I ask, who would NOT have been injured in the same two scenarios Bynum found himself in? Two players over 200 lbs coming at your knee at full speed. That is an injury waiting to happen. This year's injury is a residual of both of those injuries.
You thought LO was bad tonight defensively? LO's defense (even tonight) is >>>> Bosh's. Unless you want to outscore people 126 - 101 every night.
This is the type of fan that makes it tough to give Bynum credit..he has some really protective fans..
There's literally no argument you can make that would show that Bynum isn't injury prone..it doesn't have to be "his fault", that doesn't really have anything to do with being injury prone..
The man is ALWAYS injured, what else do you want?..
Bynum has far more talent than Kwame. The thing i don't get about Bynum is that it rarely looks like he's leaving it all out there. I'm sure he cares...but it just seems like he doesn't really give a . He makes it hard on Perkins and Garnett, though. If nothing else, he's a of a matchup guy...and this is his series.
We'll just agree to disagree. I'm not being over protective, I'm stating the obvious. Do I like it that he is out there hobbling and not 100%? no. But to say he is injury prone when his own teammates hurt him doesn't make sense to me.
I see him out there battling despite needing surgery. I give him mad props for that.
Of course I'm not happy with the injuries. But it's not like he was just injured on some soft play. And I am willing to give him another year because we need his presence inside. Even at 50-60% as he is now, he makes a difference. If he was 100% this series would have been a sweep.
Bosh is not the answer. He's soft on D and more a pertmeter playing big. We need size and bulk in the paint.
With all that said. To compare Bynum with Kwame is just absurd.
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