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My biggest gripe with Bynum


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Bynum needs to learn how to pass out of the post. This particular offense is exactly what Popovich ran in San Antonio, with Duncan and Robinson (and even a while after), before and while Mike Brown was there.

 

Duncan was an able-bodied passer. Drew has no idea what he's doing down there, so he puts up a shot.

 

In the first half, he was 7-7 shooting. Fantastic. Second half? The Blazers started to double him, and he went 2-9. He threw one assist...his second of the season.

 

This dude is getting 15 FGA/G. That is more than any of Kobe's teammates since Shaq in the 2002-03 season (Shaq took 14 in 2003-04). If we are going to get him much more involved, he needs to be able to pass the ball back out of the post when facing a double.

 

Kobe draws attention away from our two bigs. Our two bigs draw defensive attention away from the shooters. That's how the "four out, one in" offense is ran. Duncan racked up at least 3-4 assists a game doing it. If the idea is to give Kobe more support on the offensive end, Drew is going to have to do more than just take jump hooks all game long, even if he's putting up 20 points. We were 0-11 on threes last night, and we haven't missed all of our threes since 2003. No team contends playing this way.

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The day Bynum was drafted, I made a post on OTR, talking about how he's going to have to learn how to operate out of the post. I was over at Clublakers at the time, and so many Lakers fans were saying how he would be the next Shaq, and I distinctly remember just avoiding those topics, they pissed me off so much.

 

I know he has had limited time on the court, but in the nearly 400 games he has played (however many, I just posted about it early at TLN), he has had that many practices (and more than that). It doesn't take much for a seven-footer to look over a double and at least make an attempt to get the ball back out.

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I can recall Al Jefferson before the injury having that same problem (still kind of does).

 

I don't think you can win games with a center that is essentially a black hole whenever he touches the ball but then again the league is short on quality bigs these days. I wouldn't hesitate to send him for Dwight Howard if I'm the Lakers though, maybe Pau too if that is what is it going to take because this team as currently constructed isn't going to win a ring.

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I can recall Al Jefferson before the injury having that same problem (still kind of does).

 

I don't think you can win games with a center that is essentially a black hole whenever he touches the ball but then again the league is short on quality bigs these days. I wouldn't hesitate to send him for Dwight Howard if I'm the Lakers though, maybe Pau too if that is what is it going to take because this team as currently constructed isn't going to win a ring.

No hesitation here, but it would be tough to send both of our bigs to Orlando. McRoberts is out, and Murphy is not that great. We really wouldn't have a starting PF, or backup PF's or C's. That would be terrible.

 

But if Orlando would take the Howard/Bynum swap, if we sent picks and maybe Ebanks and whoever else...most definitely.

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