Jerry West just said Bynum and Gasol together wouldn't work

[picc]

There's a reason he's the logo.

I've always thought the same thing. Bring Bynum off the bench and let him punish the other teams second unit center. Odom and Gasol work perfectly and we hamstring ourselves at the start of games not putting them together.

[Magicontinues]

Did we not just win a championship with them playing together? Jerry needs to step into retirement, not every thing he says is gospel truth, he's made some errors in Memphis, he's not perfect.

[microfib4thewin]

The Lakeshow won the title last year because of Kobe, Pau, Odom, and Ariza. Bynum was averaging less than 20 minutes and scored a whopping 6 points a game in the playoffs. The pre-injured Bynum was the one who made a great difference on this team. The one who had no problem getting double digit rebounds, play defense, and finish possessions quickly, not the current limping Bynum that is doing less and less without the ball and is becoming a blackhole when he does have the ball. Why people still think Bynum is a major contributor on this team is beyond me.

[DubaLakers]

Well, both of them run the break so well and it ain't like Shaq we're getting here. Its a 20 year old Bynum. Gasol IIRC even triggered the break on multiple occassions and with him running the floor with Kobe and Odom, thats lethal enough to get it done.

jfar, I see and heard different. Pau is excellent at it, but AB17 doesn't run the break well. I was Phil who said it, we want him to RUN...

[Anklebreaker702]

Well, both of them run the break so well and it ain't like Shaq we're getting here. Its a 20 year old Bynum. Gasol IIRC even triggered the break on multiple occassions and with him running the floor with Kobe and Odom, thats lethal enough to get it done.

+1

[ALL HAIL]

Did we not just win a championship with them playing together? Jerry needs to step into retirement, not every thing he says is gospel truth, he's made some errors in Memphis, he's not perfect.

Thus is true, he has made many mistakes in Memphis and the Lakers but you still have to really RESPECT his opinion.

I, for one, think that he has a GREAT point. It's not hard to see that they don't have chemistry.

If something isn't done, they'll still win but BOTH players won't flourish and reach their TRUE POTENTIAL. This usually means one will be really upset.

[Slava]

Well, both of them run the break so well and it ain't like Shaq we're getting here. Its a 20 year old Bynum. Gasol IIRC even triggered the break on multiple occassions and with him running the floor with Kobe and Odom, thats lethal enough to get it done.

jfar, I see and heard different. Pau is excellent at it, but AB17 doesn't run the break well. I was Phil who said it, we want him to RUN...

Yeah I said that before this season and I didn't know Bynum would lose half his quickness over the year.

[ALL HAIL]

^Overstated. Don't you think?

Bynum needs to pass better and Gasol needs to shoot that jader more when he plays with Bynum

Gasol has to hit that jumper because teams give it to him and he is more than capable.

[Slava]

One of these guys needs to play major minutes with the 2nd unit and that's for sure and if either does play atleast 10 mins with the subs they need to get 6 - 8 shots from isolation plays alone. there's no reason for players like Farmar and Shannon to look away from the post when they are in there.

[ALL HAIL]

One of these guys needs to play major minutes with the 2nd unit and that's for sure and if either does play atleast 10 mins with the subs they need to get 6 - 8 shots from isolation plays alone. there's no reason for players like Farmar and Shannon to look away from the post when they are in there.

WORD!

[The Skyhook]

You think Drew will get that explosiveness and speed back or is this going to be as good as it gets?

There are things in his game that he needs to work on such as passing out of the post rather than just trying to score each time he touches the ball. He can work on these things over the summer. It would make him a much better post players. I think he just plays with a lot of confidence about being to score on a lot of these guys.

[Slava]

You think Drew will get that explosiveness and speed back or is this going to be as good as it gets?

Bynum's ups looked really good last couple of games. I hope this carries into the playoffs.