Umm, WOW, I think it's kind of interesting that the one play you mentioned was probably Bynum's worst play of the game -- hmm, why is that?
Bynum's statline for the night:
18 points (on 7 for 11 shooting)
4 out of 5 from the line
9 rebounds
5 assists
1 turnover (obviously the play that you actually saw)
2 personal fouls
All in 24 minutes of play
Uhmmm Randy, I pointed out that one play cause weak-koast made it seem like there where only 3 possesions where Andrew was doubled and all three had positive results. Uhmmmm Randy, if find it typical for you to try and deflect the points. Who cares which or how many possesions I picked out, the fact that he's unaware of the floor is a big problem for a player who plans on making passes. This could be lack of experience or attention, who knows, just shows he's not fully aware of his surroundings in those situations, We could further discuss some of the safe passes he DID make vs the assist pass he could have made, because he is quite cabable of making difficult passes for easy baskets as he showed a couple of times last night. He had a great stat line last night but he's not going to face 6'9 centers every game who are backed up by a 6'8 PF.
Now, I'm not ready to herald Bynum in the heritage of dominant Laker centers but to compare him to Brendan Haywood is a joke. I actually see a lot of promise offensively from Bynum -- it's his defense that concerns me. The kid is only 19 years of age so I think it's way to early to consider him anything other than a promising young center (something that I wouldn't say of Haywood -- Haywood is like a ton of other centers around the league -- a tall person who fills in at a position that is void of real personell in our league).
Like I said "right now", I'm not talking about his potential or future, if he worked hard enough and had the brains for b-ball he could become as good as Parish who IMO was a very underrated center. Both his work ethic and brains are not defined in my eyes. Luke Walton is a perfect example of someone with the brains for b-ball, even as a rookie you could tell this guy was bred for b-ball. Granted Andrew skipped college and I don't know how "brainy" Walton was strait out of HS but that's part of the knocks you take comming into the league strait out of HS. I don't know where the "bust" argument comes from, there are hyped guys like Ed O'Bannon, Harold Minor, Pervis Ellison, Bo Kimble, Stacey King, Gilliam, Tisdale and the like who are "busts" and then there are hyped guys who become VALUABLE journeyman players like Joe Smith, Terry Cummings, Laettner, Tom Gugliata, Derrick Coleman etc... They didn't become the stars they were expected to be but they were not "busts".
