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Post Subject: Could Bynum ever be the best player in the NBA?
 Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 08:53 PM PST
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| I think Drew can be compared to any other all star in the NBA. If I owned an NBA team and had to start with one player, I'd pick Bynum. He is a beast on offense, and a beast on defense. I'm serious as hell. I'd pick Bynum over LeBron or anybody else. For one, Drew is clutch, and 2nd, he's been there. He has 2 rings compared to none for other all stars. I'm sure I'm alone here, but this is my true gut and feeling. I think Bynum is the best basketball player in the NBA. Does anybody out there agree with me? Anyone? |
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Post Subject: RE: Could Bynum be the best player in the NBA?
Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:08 PM PST
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| If he plays like he did today, yes! |
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Post Subject: RE: Could Bynum be the best player in the NBA?
Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:09 PM PST
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| Lets not get ahead of ourselves here. Bynum's good and all that but taking him over LBJ, Durant, Kobe etc. is just INSANE. Bynum has the tools to be a good to possibly even great player in his career but IMHO theres no way he will ever be considered the best player in the game. The reason being is that the game in today's day and age is more up-tempo and big man sometimes get lost in up-tempo games. Back in the day the game was different but in todays game its dominated by guards and forwards. Thats why i'd take LBJ, Durant, Kobe etc. over Bynum. |
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Post Subject: RE: Could Bynum be the best player in the NBA?
Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:11 PM PST
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| another kobenut blabbering |
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Post Subject: RE: Could Bynum be the best player in the NBA?
Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:11 PM PST
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No, no he's not. He's constantly growing and developing and will be an awesome player so long as he stays healthy, but he's not the best player in the league. Durant, Howard, LeBron, CP3, Kobe, Love, Wade...all those guys are better than Bynum at the moment. Could Bynum one day be the best player in the league? Sure, anything's possible but right now he's not. He's not even the best player on the team.
And if I'm starting a franchise, there's no way I take a guy with an injury list as long as Bynum's. I take a sure thing like LeBron or Durant. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:15 PM PST
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Lakers4Kobe wrote:
No, no he's not. He's constantly growing and developing and will be an awesome player so long as he stays healthy, but he's not the best player in the league. Durant, Howard, LeBron, CP3, Kobe, Love, Wade...all those guys are better than Bynum at the moment. Could Bynum one day be the best player in the league? Sure, anything's possible but right now he's not. He's not even the best player on the team.
And if I'm starting a franchise, there's no way I take a guy with an injury list as long as Bynum's. I take a sure thing like LeBron or Durant.
You'd take a for sure thing on someone who has never won? The 2 names you mentioned have zero rings. Are you talking about selling tickets, or winning titles? |
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Post Subject: Re: Could Bynum be the best player in the NBA?
Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:17 PM PST
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lakerdude wrote:
I think Drew can be compared to any other all star in the NBA. If I owned an NBA team and had to start with one player, I'd pick Bynum. He is a beast on offense, and a beast on defense. I'm serious as hell. I'd pick Bynum over LeBron or anybody else. For one, Drew is clutch, and 2nd, he's been there. He has 2 rings compared to none for other all stars. I'm sure I'm alone here, but this is my true gut and feeling. I think Bynum is the best basketball player in the NBA. Does anybody out there agree with me? Anyone?
cool new avatar bro 
i think that if bynum can give the effort on D that he gave today every game or atleast more consistently then he can be considered a true franchise guy. right now he affects the game more with his scoring then anything else. if he can become a beast defensively and continued to produce offensively then i think he can become a top 5 player. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:22 PM PST
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He is the best player on this team, with his ability on both defensive and offensive end, especially on the defensive end, with ebanks,barnes and MWP on the wing position can go deep in the playoffs as compare to having kobe only but without Bynum...
Bynum is far more important on this team than kobe will ever be. ebanks,barnes and Mwp can very much compensate for kobe's absence.. |
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Post Subject: Re: Could Bynum be the best player in the NBA?
Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:22 PM PST
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LakerDymes wrote:
lakerdude wrote:
I think Drew can be compared to any other all star in the NBA. If I owned an NBA team and had to start with one player, I'd pick Bynum. He is a beast on offense, and a beast on defense. I'm serious as hell. I'd pick Bynum over LeBron or anybody else. For one, Drew is clutch, and 2nd, he's been there. He has 2 rings compared to none for other all stars. I'm sure I'm alone here, but this is my true gut and feeling. I think Bynum is the best basketball player in the NBA. Does anybody out there agree with me? Anyone?
cool new avatar bro
i think that if bynum can give the effort on D that he gave today every game or atleast more consistently then he can be considered a true franchise guy. right now he affects the game more with his scoring then anything else. if he can become a beast defensively and continued to produce offensively then i think he can become a top 5 player.
Thanks for the rep on my avatar. I dig your opinion. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:25 PM PST
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Could Bynum be the best player in the NBA?
Maybe one day |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:26 PM PST
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| i cant wait for next season after he has that Germany Kobe knee surgery.. and when he lose weight and bulk up to steroid mode!! |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:27 PM PST
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| I believe Bynum makes any team a championship team....imagine moving Bynum to OKC....BUT Bynum alone cannot make the team a championship team....like if you put Bynum to Cavs or GS or even the Trailblazers....Teams with great coach can easily put a game plan to stop Bynum offensively...Coach Karl is one of them....Bynum as i see it is the BEST Center right now.... |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:29 PM PST
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| i think any big men needs an all star guard to win a champion.. if you only have Bynum it will be easy to shut him off unless you build around like Orl but thats pretty much you live by 3 or die by 3 |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:48 PM PST
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lakerdude wrote:
Lakers4Kobe wrote:
No, no he's not. He's constantly growing and developing and will be an awesome player so long as he stays healthy, but he's not the best player in the league. Durant, Howard, LeBron, CP3, Kobe, Love, Wade...all those guys are better than Bynum at the moment. Could Bynum one day be the best player in the league? Sure, anything's possible but right now he's not. He's not even the best player on the team.
And if I'm starting a franchise, there's no way I take a guy with an injury list as long as Bynum's. I take a sure thing like LeBron or Durant.
You'd take a for sure thing on someone who has never won? The 2 names you mentioned have zero rings. Are you talking about selling tickets, or winning titles?
Let's be honest here man. Neither of those guys have won titles but Bynum hasn't won two titles on his own either. He was an ancillary player in those two championship teams not a core piece. He was injured in the Orlando series and didn't contribute much and against Boston he was good defensively but he wasn't the reason we won that series. Those teams were led to the title by Kobe and Gasol. And Drew is far from a sure thing. Injury history and attitude are still both major concerns and the injury concern will be there his whole career.
And yea, I would take LeBron and Durant over Bynum. Durant is proving he's clutch and LeBron is just a freak of nature. No GM in their right mind would place all their chips on a guy with the injury history of Bynum. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:48 PM PST
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In my opinion, there is a distinction between being the best individual player in the game and the best building block.
Bynum will probably never be the best individual player in the game. For the foreseeable future, that title will probably be held by Lebron or Durant, and Bynum just isn't as skilled or athletic as either of them.
With that said, if I were building a team from scratch, Bynum could arguably be the guy to start with because of his ability to impact games on the defensive end of the floor. While Bynum still doesn't have Dwight's resume, his game against the Nuggets demonstrates his potential to alter shots and games. In addition to 10 blocks, his mere presence intimidated the Nuggets and caused them to alter or not even attempt shots in the paint. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:49 PM PST
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Maybe one day, but not yet.
After Kobe retires, we will see how ready is Bynum to get the Lakers to another championship.
By now we gotta enjoy his game, he is becoming better day by day. |
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| Well said 14ALL41. Great insight dude. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:51 PM PST
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MSDS wrote:
Bynum is far more important on this team than kobe will ever be.
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:55 PM PST
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| Bynum is definitely a Top 12 player in my book! |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:55 PM PST
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Mamba247 wrote:
MSDS wrote:
Bynum is far more important on this team than kobe will ever be.
Wow...
Double wow. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:56 PM PST
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Uuh.............no.
Guys like LeBron, Durant, CP3, DWill etc. will always be more sought after than Bynum for most of his career.
He's limited athletically and his injury history, for better or worse, raises a lot of red flags.
Bynum is right now 24 years. Howard is 26 years. Let Bynum first be as good as Dwight before we put him at the top of the tree.
If Bynum can do what he did vs Denver consistently through a season/post-season and have such a defensive impact, then he'll be better than Dwight and then let's approach LeBron, Durant and co.
BTW, lol @ MSDS's post. You've probably been living under a rock for the better part of the last decade. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 09:59 PM PST
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Mamba247 wrote:
MSDS wrote:
Bynum is far more important on this team than kobe will ever be.
Wow...
Lol !!! exactly what I said sounds like anger behind that. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 10:06 PM PST
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lakerdude wrote:
You'd take a for sure thing on someone who has never won? The 2 names you mentioned have zero rings. Are you talking about selling tickets, or winning titles?
If you were a head coach, and you could pick up between Durant or Bynum, who would you pick up for your team? Let be honest. |
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| these kobenuts rolling their eyes, u guys get your eyes check, relax people Bynum has arrive and just enjoy his greatness |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 10:20 PM PST
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KLakers wrote:
lakerdude wrote:
You'd take a for sure thing on someone who has never won? The 2 names you mentioned have zero rings. Are you talking about selling tickets, or winning titles?
If you were a head coach, and you could pick up between Durant or Bynum, who would you pick up for your team? Let be honest.
I'd pick Bynum. He has an attitude, and is as clutch as the best. I've seen Durant. He plays great, but will never win a ring. He is a fantastic regular season guy, but when it comes to a championship, he's pretty weak. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 10:28 PM PST
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MSDS wrote:
these kobenuts rolling their eyes, u guys get your eyes check, relax people Bynum has arrive and just enjoy his greatness
I've seen you use the term "kobenuts" on several threads now and this is a warning to stop doing it. It's nothing more than an insult and it won't be tolerated on this site, thanks. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 10:32 PM PST
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| Yes Bynum has arrived we've been waiting for him, but that doesn't mean he's the only one that exist. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 11:05 PM PST
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| Bynum would have to average 30/15/3 on a championship-contending team to be considered for best player in the NBA. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 11:07 PM PST
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thatguyoverthere wrote:
Bynum would have to average 30/15/3 on a championship-contending team to be considered for best player in the NBA.
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Kobe never had those numbers and he was considered the best player in the NBA. Besides,what other player has averaged those numbers bro.? There's been players in the league that have averaged less and been considered the best, why does Drew have to average the most in history to be considered the best? |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 11:07 PM PST
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| To be the best player in the NBA you have to be able to get the ball and score at any given moment. He has not proven that. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 11:17 PM PST
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lakerdude wrote:
thatguyoverthere wrote:
Bynum would have to average 30/15/3 on a championship-contending team to be considered for best player in the NBA.
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Kobe never had those numbers and he was considered the best player in the NBA. Besides,what other player has averaged those numbers bro.? There's been players in the league that have averaged less and been considered the best, why does Drew have to average the most in history to be considered the best?
Why are you always comparing Drew to Kobe. There are other great players in the NBA now and past. Why don't you compare him to Kareem or Wilt. Compare him to some great centers, not a 2 guard... |
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userpete1037 wrote:
lakerdude wrote:
thatguyoverthere wrote:
Bynum would have to average 30/15/3 on a championship-contending team to be considered for best player in the NBA.
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Kobe never had those numbers and he was considered the best player in the NBA. Besides,what other player has averaged those numbers bro.? There's been players in the league that have averaged less and been considered the best, why does Drew have to average the most in history to be considered the best?
Why are you always comparing Drew to Kobe. There are other great players in the NBA now and past. Why don't you compare him to Kareem or Wilt. Compare him to some great centers, not a 2 guard...
I only brought Kobe up because this dude put up crazy, numbers like 30 and 15. Who averages that? |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 11:32 PM PST
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| He is good, he had a good game. If he keeps it up and does it every game then he will be top big man. He's just not in the mix with Kobe, Lebron, and Kevin |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 11:41 PM PST
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| I hope he signs a extension. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 11:46 PM PST
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lakerdude wrote:
thatguyoverthere wrote:
Bynum would have to average 30/15/3 on a championship-contending team to be considered for best player in the NBA.
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Kobe never had those numbers and he was considered the best player in the NBA. Besides,what other player has averaged those numbers bro.? There's been players in the league that have averaged less and been considered the best, why does Drew have to average the most in history to be considered the best?
He needs to have those kinds of numbers to overcome preconceived notions of who is the "best player in the NBA". That's unfortunately the hurdle that all Centers have to overcome if they want to be considered as such, since they have to be good in both in scoring, rebounding, and blocking. Dwight Howard is averaging around 14 rebounds/game while Serge Ibaka is averaging over 3 blocks/game, so Bynum has to match or 1-up these personal stats. That's not how I feel about it, but if you want other people to acknowledge him as such, he needs those kinds of individual stats. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 11:50 PM PST
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i dont like bagging on anyone, in real life or otherwise, but OP, you gotta give up this bynum nut hugging stuff
i get that you like him, but i havent seen a post of yours that doesnt hate on kobe or figuratively S bynum's D
im almost certain you are trolling at this point |
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thatguyoverthere wrote:
lakerdude wrote:
thatguyoverthere wrote:
Bynum would have to average 30/15/3 on a championship-contending team to be considered for best player in the NBA.
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Kobe never had those numbers and he was considered the best player in the NBA. Besides,what other player has averaged those numbers bro.? There's been players in the league that have averaged less and been considered the best, why does Drew have to average the most in history to be considered the best?
He needs to have those kinds of numbers to overcome preconceived notions of who is the "best player in the NBA". That's unfortunately the hurdle that all Centers have to overcome if they want to be considered as such, since they have to be good in both in scoring, rebounding, and blocking. Dwight Howard is averaging around 14 rebounds/game while Serge Ibaka is averaging over 3 blocks/game, so Bynum has to match or 1-up these personal stats. That's not how I feel about it, but if you want other people to acknowledge him as such, he needs those kinds of individual stats.
Name a player that averaged 30 and 15? You can't put up numbers that have never been put up before. WTF dude? |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 11:52 PM PST
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lakerdude wrote:
Name a player that averaged 30 and 15? You can't put up numbers that have never been put up before. WTF dude?
Mr. Wilt Chamberlain. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 11:54 PM PST
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^ Wilt Chamberlain.
30 and 22 for his career. |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 11:55 PM PST
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thatguyoverthere wrote:
lakerdude wrote:
Name a player that averaged 30 and 15? You can't put up numbers that have never been put up before. WTF dude?
Mr. Wilt Chamberlain.
O.K., so Bynum has to average Wilt's numbers to be considered the best in the league? Others who haven't come close to his numbers have been considered the best. Why is Bynum the exception? |
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 11:55 PM PST
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thatguyoverthere wrote:
lakerdude wrote:
Name a player that averaged 30 and 15? You can't put up numbers that have never been put up before. WTF dude?
Mr. Wilt Chamberlain.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also averaged over 30 points, and over 16 rebounds per game in 3 consecutive seasons, from 1970-71 to 1972-73. |
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MSDS
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Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 11:57 PM PST
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| Bynum can easily put up 30pt ave. if he is the focal point of the offense and not ignored.... |
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lakerdude
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Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 12:00 AM PST
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lakeshowsd wrote:
thatguyoverthere wrote:
lakerdude wrote:
Name a player that averaged 30 and 15? You can't put up numbers that have never been put up before. WTF dude?
Mr. Wilt Chamberlain.
Kareem Abdul Jabbar also averaged over 30 points, and over 16 rebounds per game in 3 consecutive seasons, from 1970-71 to 1972-73.
Yes, but Drew doesn't have to put up those numbers to be the best right now, because nobody puts up those numbers nowadays. |
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lakeshowsd
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Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 12:01 AM PST
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MSDS wrote:
Bynum can easily put up 30pt ave. if he is the focal point of the offense and not ignored....
Bynum would have to improve his post game a bit more and develop an even more deadly mid-range game to approach a 30 ppg scoring average. If Bynum improves in the Summer, he might come out and average about 20 to 23 points per game next season. As he reaches his prime years, when he's 26, 27, and 28 years old, Drew should have a much more polished offensive game, and those are the years where he can average anywhere from 25 to 30 points per game. By then, Kobe will be far too old to be jacking up 20+ shots and Drew will have to be the focal point of the Laker offense.
Drew definitely has enough offensive talent to lead the NBA in scoring and I would not be surprised if Drew ends his career with multiple scoring titles. |
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Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 12:02 AM PST
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MSDS wrote:
Bynum can easily put up 30pt ave. if he is the focal point of the offense and not ignored....
Yes this is true but get use to losing because that's not what we need Bynum to do. |
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Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 12:04 AM PST
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Tailspin wrote:
MSDS wrote:
Bynum can easily put up 30pt ave. if he is the focal point of the offense and not ignored....
Yes this is true but get use to losing because that's not what we need Bynum to do.
Not today, but we will. When the shots stop falling from the outside, Drew will be called upon to score. When it's time, he will put up. |
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Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 12:04 AM PST
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lakerdude wrote:
thatguyoverthere wrote:
lakerdude wrote:
Name a player that averaged 30 and 15? You can't put up numbers that have never been put up before. WTF dude?
Mr. Wilt Chamberlain.
O.K., so Bynum has to average Wilt's numbers to be considered the best in the league? Others who haven't come close to his numbers have been considered the best. Why is Bynum the exception?
Is Dwight Howard considered the best player in the league at the moment? I didn't think so. Howard is currently averaging 20/14.5/2, so Bynum has to do better than that to be considered to be the best center in the NBA. After THAT, he has to be an even more prolific scorer, getting close to scoring champion territory to be considered the best player in the NBA.
The reason other players aren't held to the same is because they play different positions, so there are different expectations of them. Pretty unfair, I know, but he has to be the best player at his position before being the best player in the NBA. I personally don't believe in the "best player in the league/GOAT" title, because it's a load of bullcrap, but if you want to crown Bynum as such, you have to play by other peoples' rules if you want him to be acknowledged as such. That's all. I'm just trying to be logical about something that is pretty illogical in itself. Don't shoot the messenger. |
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Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 12:05 AM PST
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Tailspin wrote:
Yes this is true but get use to losing because that's not what we need Bynum to do.
There's no guarantee that the Lakers would lose if Bynum was among the league leaders in scoring. As long as Bynum continues to rebound and defend, the team could benefit from Bynum's scoring as well. There were plenty of other great NBA big men who scored a lot and also managed to play terrific defense. Drew can do the same. |
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Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 12:08 AM PST
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| Was shaq considered #1 best nba player in his career? im not so sure but i think it was MJ, then AI (was he?), then Kobe. In this nba era, i think centers usually are left out and being considered best nba player usually is given to forwards and guards maybe because of better athletic mobility and ability in dribbling, assists, steals, other stats, and ofcourse the fast break flashy plays, hence Magic, jordan, kobe a few yrs back, and now rose/durant? |
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