Should've had this game tonight. Oh well, on to Boston and then back home for a three game stand. I believe our Lakers will continue to play well. Go Lakers!!!

Great answer Mike! Idont feel like explaining it? Come on. You really contridict yourself. I mean in your post you mentioned how we were lucky the Pacers were missing all of those 3's last game, like it was a bad thing. Mike they were taking all of the outside shots because Andrew was doing HIS job inside!! It was a GOOD thing that they were forced outside. But somehow thats suppose to prove that Andrew isnt Physical enough? The Boston game is the one we will really miss Kwame, it will be a tough test for Andrew. But the last 2 or 3 if you count Chicago, since Kwame went down early, he has done his job defensively and done it well. Andrew is improving quickly and as a Laker Fan I am really happy about it.

MH

Mike T,

PLEASE READ THIS AND TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO PONDER ITS WISDOM.

Your love obsession with Kwame is fatuous (that means idiotic for the less educated). Everyone knows Kwame is a pretty good one on one big man defender and that has some value. WE GET THAT.

BUT YOU ARE TAKING THIS WAY TOO FAR. Kwame is a poor help defender, doesn't block shots, and is a terrible rebounder. You say a team will pay Kwame $10 million per year as a defensive specialist even though HE DOESN'T REBOUD THE BASKETBALL. That is insane—please adjust your meds. Rodman and Wallace were defensive specialists but they blocked shots and rebounded the basketball. Kwame does neither—he never has and he never will.

NEWS FLASH TO MIKE T: Kwame is an offensive LIABILITY.

Do you understand what that "liability" means? It means he does more harm that good, significantly so.

Andrew Bynum is 10 TIMES the player Kwame is. Bynum blocks shots and rebounds. He will only get better defensively. Bynum will become twice the defensive player Kwame is.

Bynum is not an offensive or defensive liability. In fact, he is the opposite--Bynum is an offensive force and pretty good defender. The facts I have just stated are obvious to everyone in the world but YOU.

YOUR LOVE AFFAIR WITH KWAME BLINDS YOU FROM THE TRUTH.

Kwame does not work hard to improve, and he is notoriously injury prone. Those are FACTS. Andrew Bynum works hard to improve, and he is becoming a warrior.

Bynum's + - differential is far and away the best on the team because he is becoming a dominant center that directly impacts the game.

BYNUM WILL NEVER COME OFF THE LAKERS BENCH AGAIN--AND RIGHTFULLY SO. KWAME BROWN WILL BE RIDING THE PINE ELSEWHERE NEXT SEASON AND YOU WILL HAVE TO FIND A NEW PLAYER TO OBSESS OVER.

WAKE UP AND FACE THE REALITY THAT IS BYNUM'S COMINIG OUT PARTY……….cheers.

Posted by: michael h | November 21, 2007 at 09:37 PM

this is a person who makes sense. good post! read up haters.

We lost this game because of Sasha, he only took one shoot, haha!

Tom has a point about Javaris playing. It was the the second of a back to back. He never plays. Hence he would have a lot of vented energy to unleash on defense. Not a good decision to sit him tonight.

Laker Lover,

Bogut postiing up Bynum 2 feet from the basket is exactly the problem. The center's game is denying position before the play is set up. There's a difference between getting the ball 2 feet from the basket and between 5-7 feet from the basket.

It changes the whole defensive look of the game.

mike

Wow, Peter Vescey said on NBATV that "Le Bron is a legit franchise player, unlike someone else who claimed that he is but he can't do it...take it right to the top, Kobe Bryant. He thought that he could carry the team by himself but he really can't." Does this guy have a history of hating the Lakers?

Wolf,
Kobe defended Redd very welll, he gave a lot of energy on defense to keep the Lakers on top. Red got away a couple of times with the screen and roll because the bigs could not turn Redd away after the screen. That was Kwame's MO on defense. Kobe had to take the shots on offense. When Bynum was in, the pass goes to Bynum for easy lay ups. Mihn was a disappointment and Lamar was MIA. The bucks played great defense and they also adjusted well to Farmer's speed. The game was lost because Mihn was in the game for longer than necessary and Lamar MIA. By the time Bynum came back the harm was already done and the Bucks had the momentum.....difficult for the Lakers to stop. Kwame would have been a big help with his hustle on defense. I sure hope that Bynum can learn that from Kwame and he will be able to take over from Kwame.....

Mike T,

You wrote: HE BREAKDOWN:

You saw it! Andrew Bogut scored 8-points in the 4th quarter. But it was the last 6-points that I want to bring out. ANDREW BOGUT was posting Bynum! ANDREW BOGUT!

When Bogut scored his 2nd basket of the quarter that gave the Bucks an 86-83 lead with 7:31 left in the quarter. By the time Bogut scored his last point the score was 99-90 with 3:16 left in the quarter.

What caught my eye was how Bogut was calling for the ball. What does that say? Reputation! Bynum doesn’t put fear into the low post players and Andrew Bogut isn’t what I would call a big offensive low post threat.

I told you that Bynum would get the big numbers but that in the end the physicality of the game is going to come in and bite him. And Andrew Bogut isn’t even a physical player.

Look at the scoring by quarters for the Bucks. There was 17 in the first, 29 in the second, 29 in the second, and 35 in the fourth. That equals 110-points. What did I tell you that the Lakers would give up per game? And the Lakers didn’t play a bad defensive game. The physicality of the game just took its toll within the structure of the Bucks’ offense and the Lakers’ defense.

It’s subtle, man! Those 6 little points Bogut scored in the lane in the 4th quarter weren’t based on Bogut’s physical nature. It was based on Bynum not being a true physical defensive presence in the middle.

Before Bogut scored at 7:31 the Lakers were only down by 1-point. And like I mentioned when it was all said and done, by the time Bogut finished the lead was 9-points.

In the long run it’s going to get worse. The game is all about physicality and don’t you forget that!

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My Response:

I actually stopped by to see what you were going to say. I had been
thinking about Bynum starting instead of Kwami and what that
would mean in terms of defense and in terms of the chemistry of
the 2nd unit.

If I have understood you right, every game that Bynum starts I
can expect the point total per quarter to increase
[ 15, 18, 20, 25 for example ] for the opposing team?

hobbitmage,

Yes! But all we have to do is just watch and see for ourselves.

mike