Is Phildo playing headgames with SuperByns and is it helping?
From what i see not at all. Lakers worked by New Oklahoma tonight. LakerNation, how do you view these comments?:
Status Alert: Bynum apparently lost his starting center spot due to a poor work ethic, according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise. Coach Phil Jackson noted that Bynum "hasn't been working hard enough to maintain the position. Just a few things got under my skin a little bit, and I didn't think he deserved to continue there." (Dec 5
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LOS ANGELES - Coach Phil Jackson says that Andrew Bynum lost his starting job to Kwame Brown because of a poor work ethic.
"He hasn't been working hard enough to maintain that position," Jackson said Saturday. "Just a few things got under my skin a little bit, and I didn't think he deserved to continue there."
The 19-year-old started the first 15 games at center but was demoted after the coaching staff informed Jackson that Bynum wasn't arriving early to shoot before games.
"We really needed to send a message to him, and I thought that might help," Jackson said.
Bynum seemed to take it in stride.
"It doesn't matter to me as long as I get some minutes," said Bynum, who had four points in 12 minutes Saturday. "It's not really that much different. I'm coming in kind of early at the start of the game."
Brown Happy to Start
Jackson informed Brown he'd be making his first start of the season as Brown rode the stationary bike in the workout room before Thursday night's game against the Jazz.
Now that Brown is starting again, he admits he prefers it that way.
"I like starting," said Brown, who had been expected to start until a rotator cuff injury sidelined him for the first seven games.
"As a starter, you've got to be ready to play right away."
Brown started Saturday and filled up his stat line in 34 minutes, finishing with seven points, eight rebounds, three blocks and three steals.
He said he was shocked to get the good news last week but wished he had known earlier than minutes before the game started.
"But with Phil you got to always be ready," Brown said.