[picappgallerysingle id=”9127196″] Numbers don’t always tell the whole truth in basketball, but they can certainly offer valuable insight into player patterns, as well as some occasionally prescient nuggets about the future too. That said, we look at one or two important stats for each of the 14 expected roster players and eventually, some key numbers […]
Andrew Bynum
Around The World (Wide Web): Media Day Edition
It’s been a busy couple of days for the Lakers as training camp is about to begin and members of the organization have been talking to the press about the upcoming season. Below are some of the recaps from various members of the press and/or blogosphere that were there for first hand accounts and few […]
2009-10 Player Review: Andrew Bynum
[picappgallerysingle id=”9126872″] SEASON REVIEW: Andrew Bynum’s progress during his first five seasons in the league has been a tale of two cities for the Lakers. The 2009-10 season was no different as the center once again showed promising flashes of his enormous potential, while also disappearing for long stretches. At this point in his career, […]
Bynum Shows Heart of a Champion
His post-season stats won’t show it, but it was blatantly obvious in Game 7 – a game in which he primarily rode the bench – that Andrew Bynum has evolved as a player and as a man. Limited by a knee injury that has bothered him for months, the Lakers’ Big Enigma showed a sense […]
Dealing With A Limited Bynum
[picappgallerysingle id=”8588853″] There’s only so many ways you can deal with an injury. As the player that’s actually injured, Andrew Bynum is doing them all. He’s skipping practices to rest, he’s getting treatment, and he’s playing in obvious discomfort to try and help the team. Really, there’s nothing else the Lakers or us fans can […]
Checking In On Andrew Bynum
[picappgallerysingle id=”7537923″] According the fantastic Kevin Ding and his magical twitter account, the MRI performed on Andrew Bynum’s strained (left) achilles tendon showed no rupture or tear. That is the good news. The bad news is that Ding also confirmed that Andrew will be reevaluated a week from now and that he (likely) will not […]
We Love Him, We Love Him Not…
[picappgallerysingle id=”7101010″] Something interesting has occurred the last two games. Lamar Odom has made his yearly renaissance. This season marks the third in a row where LO is making his mid-season push as one of the indispensable Lakers. However, there is a catch that comes with this improved play. In all these seasons that LO […]
Kobe Bryant’s Finger and Geometry
[picappgallerysingle id=”7455098″] Bill Bridges put this in the comments, but it is too good not to make its own post. The accuracy required for a player to hit a mid-range jump shot, let alone 3 pointers is astounding. Consider this. The inside rim of the hoop is 18″ in diameter. The Ball is 9.54″ in diameter. […]
Tracking Andrew Bynum
[picappgallerysingle id=”7101010″] What is up with Andrew Bynum’s shot? In his last three games he is shooting 38.5% at the rim, although he is 2-4 from the rim out to 10 feet (Bynum rarely shoots beyond that range). In the last five games that improves to 57.9% at he rim (thanks to a good showing […]
Bynum on the Boards
[picappgallerysingle id=”7392134″] Andrew Bynum, all seven feet of him with that 7’6” wingspan, had three rebounds in the win over the Bucks. That’s the same number he had in the game against Chicago the night before. He had four against Utah to start this road trip. Those numbers are, um, to be kind, unimpressive. There […]