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OG Hack Wilson:
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--- Quote from: Hack Wilson on December 16, 2008, 11:38:42 AM ---kaman was just a jab...dudes got skill tho
but i'd still take Yao and Amare. from those stats it appears Bynum doesn't play as much as the Centers he opposes (Yao 36, bynum 17...Amare 40, Bynum 30?) very small samples here ofcourse.
either way Bynum's certainly a great center. top 5 right now, but I'll take Yao, Howard and Amare over him. and Duncan if he's the biggest guy on the court.
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That's because Bynum plays alongside all-star caliber bigs in Odom
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don't dream too hard
Now_Im_Not_Banned:
--- Quote from: Hack Wilson on December 19, 2008, 09:20:12 PM ---
--- Quote from: Now_I_Know on December 16, 2008, 10:56:12 PM ---
--- Quote from: Hack Wilson on December 16, 2008, 11:38:42 AM ---kaman was just a jab...dudes got skill tho
but i'd still take Yao and Amare. from those stats it appears Bynum doesn't play as much as the Centers he opposes (Yao 36, bynum 17...Amare 40, Bynum 30?) very small samples here ofcourse.
either way Bynum's certainly a great center. top 5 right now, but I'll take Yao, Howard and Amare over him. and Duncan if he's the biggest guy on the court.
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That's because Bynum plays alongside all-star caliber bigs in Odom
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don't dream too hard
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Odom's been an all-star caliber player his whole career...shoot yourself if you think otherwise.
OG Hack Wilson:
wheres his all-star appearances again????
Elano:
Dwight Howard will be a big test for Lakers' Andrew Bynum
Reporting from Miami -- The mountain of a young man is up next.
Andrew Bynum faced an undersized center in Miami's 6-9 Joe Anthony on Friday night and didn't fare so well, much of it his own doing.
Tonight, Bynum will face a center many consider the best in the NBA in Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic.
"It's going to be tough," Bynum said. "You're going have to keep him as far away from the basket as you can and make him shoot shots. If he starts getting dunks, it's over."
Just ask San Antonio's Tim Duncan, whom Howard backed down low and dunked over during a game between the Spurs and Magic on Thursday.
"Yeah, I saw that," Bynum said. "That was something."
Howard is a chiseled, 6-11, 265-pounder who is a power player.
There is little finesse in Howard's game.
"He gets up and down the court pretty fast," Bynum said. "He's really good at ducking in. He's probably the best in the league that whenever he sees the ball coming toward his side at being real aggressive."
Howard is averaging 20.8 points per game, 20th-best in the NBA.
He leads the NBA in rebounds (14.1) and blocked shots (3.8) and is fourth in field-goal percentage (56.9%).
When Bynum and Howard played against each other the one time last season, Bynum held his ground.
Howard had 17 points, eight rebounds and five blocked shots in 36 minutes.
Bynum had 10 points, six rebounds and seven blocked shots in 28 minutes.
"It's definitely going to be a fun matchup," Bynum said. "I'll just go out there and do what I do. I'll try to get buckets, try to get rebounds and play good defense."
Bynum, however, didn't get himself prepared for a showdown against Howard.
Bynum had only four points and six rebounds against the Heat on Friday night.
He played only 27 minutes.
"A couple of minutes and a couple of fouls," said Bynum, who picked up four fouls during the game. "I can't do that."
Bynum took only four shots, making two. He didn't get a field-goal attempt in the first half.
"We tried to get into him and tried to get things going for him," Lakers Coach Phil Jackson said. "It just wasn't clicking for him tonight."
At 7-0, 285 pounds, Bynum has the size to match up against Howard.
But Howard is known around the league as a powerful player.
"He's real strong," Bynum said. "He's got that physical gift. You got to make him shoot shots and not let him get dunks because that's when he's going to keep trying to bull you over."
Now_Im_Not_Banned:
--- Quote from: Hack Wilson on December 20, 2008, 05:34:52 AM ---wheres his all-star appearances again????
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do you know what an all-star caliber player means or did you forget to smoke your crack this morning?
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