If the Lakers don't start letting Drew lead, we are screwed!

the lakers played denvers game plan, bynum struggled with double teams, gasol was chilling on the perimeter way too much, kobe was not posting and playing around the post like he did in the first 2 games and his shoot wasnt falling and our role players and bench shoot so terribly that it made our big thee practically have to play perfect, which they didnt do and we lost!! but the effort just didnt seem there as a whole team but especially from gasol and bynum they made denvers 4-5 look like studs!!! especially because if gasol and bynum impose there will, with the energy and enthusiasm they CAN play at we are unbeatable!!

your a broken record watch the game!! he got looks and no he didnt play good defense!! he didnt play terrible but it wasnt great!! and give drew the ball and want to win right because we played much better game 2 then in game one!!! hahahaha im done arguing with you! you are now as bad as msds! you dont think logically only emotionally!!! so keep screaming drew,drew,drew,drew,drew,drew,drew and you'll feel better!! us logical realistic laker fans will call out all of our players who play crappy on the team!!

If Drew played better in the 1st half, maybe we have a 3-game lead. This was a team loss up and down, Gasol settled for jump shots, Bynum wasn't aggressive enough (McGee owned him), Kobe struggled even with Afflalo on the bench, and the bench apparently didn't even make the flight. The lone bright spot IMO was Sessions (offensively), and even he needs to play better defensively. We also got owned on the glass as well. Lakers played at Denver's pace, and got beat. Plain and simple. Get Kobe and Drew back on the block in game 4, and have Sesh and Pau play off them.

Might be a blessing in disguise anyways; we'll need Metta for the next series.

Did you watch the same game I did? In the 1st half the lakers went away from him and he got only 3 shots. In the 2nd half they decided to get him involved and we got back into it. When they went away from him the last 5 minutes and started jacking up missed jumpers, we lost it. Why not stick with what's working? You would rather Kobe and the others jack up threes instead of giving it to Drew? They did that at the end last night and we lost huge. I may be a Bynum fan, but at least I can say I'm a fan of someone who was kicking Denvers a$ss in the second half. I can't say that about any other player.

Damm these Bynumtards looking at the boxscores instead of the game, smh, Bynum did not play good defense, he got owned despite of what the boxscore shows, and Bynum struggles out of the double team, I remember last night when we were down around 7 Pts in the 4th quarter they went to Bynum and he had like 3 straight turnovers, it's kinda hard letting a guy lead when he struggles out of the double team and pouts when he doesn't get the ball, now with all that said, should he get more shots? Yes, I believe he should, but he shouldnt lead the offense

ya thats all you are is a bynum fan!! your not a lakers fan thats for damn sure!! i love bynum, kobe, pau... the only laker im not loving is mike brown!! lol when bynum is getting doubled and is clearly getting frustrated by it its browns job to make an adjustment!! and he never does!!

drew isnt even that dominate!! shaq was dominant! drew may be the best or second best bigman in the nba, but being the best center in this generation is like saying Im the smartest person........ on the short bus!!! lol this gen is super weak his numbers should be so much higher!! but wait thats all kobes fault!! lol your a joke!! and you dont argue basketball logic if you did you wouldnt even have to bring kobe up in any of your agruements!!! like byunm struggling with handling double teams.... a basketball arguement would be "his teammates need to cut to the basket especially gasol" your answer kobe's fault!! hahahahaha

Andrew Bynum is not capable of leading a team right now. His effort fluctuates too much.

ya you forget one key part....also shot 42% as a big guy close to the basket!!!! lol diffusional!!

and just so u are the sole reason why im being much more critical on bynum, i didnt even really want to be critical of him because overall i still feel it was a complete team effort loss last night!! and he was only a part off the loss!! but u dont understand things like that you only see oh someone is critizing bynum must talk $hit about kobe to make bynum look better!!

I agree bynum should be thefocal point, i woild wamt to see kobe play a ray allen type who runs around getting screened instead of iso.. The only thing that discourge me about bynum is that he has low temper and also affects his defemsive end when he doesnt get the ball or start missing shots.. Buut yea our guards do a nad job passing it down low as soon as bunum seals his men.. I hope we see changes in game 4

and sorry he shoot 48% while kobe was out, and rebounded the ball pretty well he was just dr jeckel and mr hyde 3 games of 30-16-16 and then 3 games of 7-8-9!! his average was nice but his consistency wasnt great it would have been better to have him average 12 over 6 games then for him to spike amazing numbers for 3 games snd under perform for 3 games.....

Really? You can drop the dime on Drew just like that? That's why I bring it back to Kobe. I said it before and I will say it now. With Kobe as the main dude, Bynum will never get his chance. 11 0r 13 attempts a night will not show his full strength. Those low attempts don't cut it. Shaq had a chance to be the main dude and Bynum hasn't. I'm telling you, when he gets that chance he will shut all you haters up. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Bynum needs to leave this team to show everybody what he's all about. He can't show his true value until he's the main dude.

I agree!! 1000% but i also wish kobe and bynum had that chemistry together because they would be even better because bynum is more dominant!! bynum is just not there yet as a player and the proof of that is kobe has build that kind of chemistry with a lot of different players over the years, shaq,gasol,odom,fish ext he even had that with a lot of players in allstar and Olympic games.... but him and bynum havent developed that yet , i doubt that its kobe's fault because he has done it with so many other players it is bynum not being there yet as a player!!

You can't start off your comment that you agree 1000% and then end it the way you did. Bynum is there as a player dude. Kobe stunts his growth. I stick with it and will always stick with it. Bynum is a special dude but it is being held back by Kobe. Kobe wants to be the man, and he has every right to be. It' is just a tragedy that Drew has to be the 2nd fiddle when he should be the first. I just don't know what to tell you.

So Kobe has every right to be the man, yet you're saying Drew should be first and Kobe should be 2nd fiddle? If Kobe deserves to be the man, which he does, then by all means he is going to be the man. He just needs to make smarter decisions sometimes and go with what is working within the game.

How many of these kinds of thread does this forum need? We get your point Lakerdude, that Bynum should be the man months ago.

How many of these kinds of thread does this forum need? We get your point Lakerdude, that Bynum should be the man months ago.

You get my point that Drew should be the man, but I'm trying to get the Lakers to get it, lol.

that will not be the case you are just saying Bynum is our most effective big man on the paint. What about Pau? he is much better handling double teams and creates a good flow on the offense when he touches the ball. you mislead the title, if you are team-oriented fan you would say " if the lakers don't start using Pau and Drew size, we are screwed". but by the title of this thread you are just stating Bynum over and over again . some of you just forget Pau, he still valuable for us especially for the inside post. Pau is helping Bynum but Bynum is not helping PAu's game he is not letting Pau do his thing which is to post.

we wonder why Bynum is still not learning to handle double teams? is because he didn't want too. i saw him triple teamed and double teamed last night but he kept forcing he didn't want to pass it on Sessions who is wide open in front of him . he just wanted to score and he is trying to force the issue when he is double teamed. much as i like our Big 3 , i wonder how can we win a championship with Kobe and Bynum being selfish as of right now , i just want to credit Sessions and Pau on the team they are unselfish and they go with the flow of the offense also defense.

Pau was single covered all night and what did he do? I wasn't going to say anything about Pau but now that you bring him up, where was he? He had a 16 and 6 line and Drew had an 18 and 12 night, yet you trash Drew and are giving props to Gasol? I don't get you dude.

i didn't trash Drew, you just said it yourself. i'm stating that Pau is still our one of the most effective player on the lakers, him and Bynum should work together yet Bynum is being selfish , him and Kobe are the selfish players on the team. as much as i like those two , i can't help it but criticize their play.

as for Bynum being selfish , is he making room for Pau? is he supporting him?. Pau is becoming so generous to Bynum, sacrificing his points just for Bynum to be effective while him is not making room for Pau to operate. what about settle for 2 possessions and let Pau do his work the the next one let Bynum do his work. that would be effective for both of them , and would be hard to defend. Bynum and Kobe are selfish which is why we are not winning a championship.