Bynum out until November?

Gotta love that ESPN, lovers of the injury prone label for GO, even after the equally ridiculous history of one Andrew Bynum limit their critique to "Bynum's injury history is piling up".

But that's ESPN for you.

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Bust

In KP I trusted!

by LaoTzu on Sep 25, 2010 1:59 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

a bucket

Jeff Pendergraph:
FGM - 3
FGA - 111
Min - 30
Reb - 10

by Tofu Anonymous on Sep 25, 2010 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions

Next Sam Bowie

by Daddygr33nJeans on Sep 25, 2010 3:41 PM PDT reply actions

True that

He seems to be injured so often 4 years running now that is BOwie

"Knowledge will get you from A to B. Creativity will get you anywhere." Einstein

by Garden of ODEN on Sep 26, 2010 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions

he'll still

play twice as oden this year.

by stevecolterssocks on Sep 25, 2010 4:10 PM PDT reply actions

much as.

by stevecolterssocks on Sep 25, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions

let's be fair

given Andrew’s history, there is no reason to call him any less injury prone than Greg

"Sasha? That's a sissy name." -Mike Rice

by koyote on Sep 26, 2010 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Bynum is on the 2 time defending champs, wasn’t taken #1 (or in front of a top 5 player), and has accomplished substantially more individually in his career than Oden. That might explain the difference in the reporting.

by jksnake99 on Sep 25, 2010 4:22 PM PDT reply actions

had very little to do with those two championships

fact.

"Sasha? That's a sissy name." -Mike Rice

by koyote on Sep 25, 2010 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions

He gave their stars more bench time by pummeling weak teams in the regular season.

And probably helped get them top seed status. So easier games in the playoffs.

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by staylost on Sep 25, 2010 6:10 PM PDT up reply actions

very true

but he was a non factor in the finals both years, so I’m hesitant to call him a championship center.

"Sasha? That's a sissy name." -Mike Rice

by koyote on Sep 26, 2010 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions

He certainly hasn’t been one of their 3 most important players (in the playoffs) either season, that’s true.

by jksnake99 on Sep 25, 2010 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions

The real reason...

he plays for the lakers

by Sabonis4Ever on Sep 25, 2010 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

They could have drafted David Lee instead of Bynum

It’s pretty much the exact same thing.

I used to go by tominhawaii or tih. That name is dead to me now.

by LukeBabbittFTW on Sep 26, 2010 3:15 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

PTI (Simmons and Kornheiser) were pretty critical of him

I remember a comment along the lines of “he’s injured every season”. The pundits are noticing it, only as Jake says aside from some Lakers fans nobody ever expected him to be a once a decade big man. Even his high school coach was surprised that the Lakers drafted him at #10, arguing that they had failed to win a state title so why should he be instant NBA material. And he wasn’t, he needed a few years to develop but then showed very strong glimpses and stretches.

"Listening to the media only increases your odds of failing at whatever you are doing" - Mark Cuban

by Norsktroll on Sep 25, 2010 5:17 PM PDT reply actions

I know.

we get very little love from huge sports source. ESPN, TNT, stuff like that. But hey, you know, say what ever they want. Let’s see what they say at the end of the year?

“Oh, we were right! Oden is a once-in-a-generation kind of center”- ESPN
-Me: “Yes, you WERE right. Now, you guys are a bunch of idiots. The only thing you’re good for is broadcasting NBA games and reviewing highlights.”

“The Blazers are very good, and I knew they’d win. I always knew from the start”- Barkeley.
-Me: “…… Shut up…”

by Hopman27 on Sep 26, 2010 2:59 PM PDT reply actions