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you really should just stop posting here.
So making the All-Star game is the only determination of how good a player is? In that case Manu Ginobli and Tony Parker are horse .
Kaman is putting up near 20/10 numbers and is having a breakout season this year. If you knew anything about basketball or followed any team not named the Spurs you would know this.
you really should just stop posting here.
youre saying that you are judging how bynum plays against kaman....so if he doesnt make the all star game, how could does bynum's defense have to be!? MORON!
Tony and Manu are talked about on espn and every other sports show for the definite skills they have.
you are dense. Go look up his stats against the top Centers in the league, the kid has more than held his own. Of course that'd be too much work for you to do so you're probably going to sit their and keep spouting the same old nonsense that Bynum can't play defense.
Dude, Bynum did well for what like 2 months? Then he got hurt. Now he's still hurt.
Last year he was what, slightly above average at times?
We all are aware that the kid has a wealth of talent and tremendous potential, but he hasn't done jack yet in the grand scheme of things. If you want to crown him then crown his ass.
Respect
Wow you better tell your boy Sean Elliot to STFU too. He was jocking Bynum's bigtime on ESPN Radio today.
EXACTLY!!.....come talk when he ACTUALLY does something besides getting splinters in his ass from the bench!
NOBODY said he didnt have skills/potential...but you are ready to induct him to the friggin HOF w/out him even proving himself in an entire season, let alone in the post season.....so why dont YOU CALM the F*** down
if you think bynum OR gasol has a chance at guarding duncan effectively over a seven game series ...
ouch. hopin for a lakers-spurs rematch more badly than ever
agreed
First of all, Bynum has to come back from his injury. And not just come back at 100%, but come back, get back into NBA regular season shape, THEN get into NBA Playoff shape in virtually no time at all (and yes, there is a gulf of difference between the two). THEN, if the Spurs and Lakers make it that far, he has to play the best, most experienced big man in the league over the past decade. Also perhaps the best big man in the history of the NBA at exploiting young players into making mistakes and getting into foul trouble.
Don't get me wrong. I love Bynum's game. The kid has serious skill. But that would be a huge task for any player in the league to do, and in a pressure-packed WC playoffs, he's going to have to overcome a lot of adversity just to GET to play Duncan (provided the Spurs make it).
Keep in mind that if things were a 100% go and Bynum had been playing out of his head for the entire season with zero hiccups, this would still be a massive task for a player of 20 years old to contain Tim Duncan. As it stands, I just don't see how he can do it. So much poise and experience, and the playoffs tend to exacerbate the weaknesses of those who haven't been mentally battle-tested for the pressure and havoc that 48 minutes of playoff ball can cause.
so now we have laker fans telling us that a 21 yr old with less than 3 yrs in the league is one of the all time greats?
Way to twist my words. Typical of the rabid Spurs fans.
I said Bynum could do an adequate job guarding Duncan meaning he will stop him from scoring 30+ ppg and dominating the glass. He has shown this season to be very capable of keeping the best centers in the game today to either their averages or below their averages. If he can do that the Lakers will be fine, we won't need Bynum to hold Duncan to < 10 ppg. Just make him work hard for his points and keep him off the glass.
If you think he cannot do that then fine, that's your opinion. From what I've seen of him this year I think he is more than capable of that.
Man, spur fans are the ornery bunch....
almost anybody in the NBA can D up another player and hold them below their averages in a game; granted, other factors can be factored in home/away game, on night/off night for a shooter, etc., etc.
How they play through a series is what determines the better player. That of which we have yet to see from Bynum. Thats all we're saying (most of us) and that he has yet to prove himself in that aspect & yet Laker's fans act as though he is the second coming already. Yes he's good, yes he has skills/talent, yes he was having a good season before the injury; but every sports fan knows that everything is up in the air after an injury, no matter what it is. if it sidelines a player it can change a lot.
Just look at it from both sides, like you sit here and complain that we as Spurs fans do not do, and then get worked up when we point it out....
good point
thanks......
Actually this happened and you still lost.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore...gid=2007111324
Do the Spurs get to add LeBron in 2010 so he and Tony can take Duncan into his twilight years...like Alcindor and the Showtime Lakers?
That was an early early game in November man. It doesn't really have much bearing at all considering Kwame Brown was starting and guarding Duncan most of the game.
When the Lakers and Spurs play again this season it will be more telling of where the two teams are at.
Amare S. in Phoenix is a perfect example...and Bynum is no where near that level.
You said "devoid of quality big men". Now you want us to name Centers? Make up your mind.
spurs fans think the basketball world revolves around them
Based on what KG has to say, so do a lot of veteran NBA players. Don't forget that this discussion is about what he said, not about what some random Spurs fan said.
Four of the last nine les tends to grab peoples attention. You could make the argument that the basketball world revolves around the Spurs right now.
you didnt get my point at all.
Tim cant be kept off the glass. Ever.
And if he gets his playoff average (23 some odd points per game) then thats all fine and dandy too. Problem is, lets see Bynum get either his rebounding or scoring averages from the season in the playoffs.
So basically you're agreeing with us even though you keep saying we're being "rabid". You make no sense.
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