Did Brown just "lose" Bynum?

[BEazy]

He was acting out earlier in the game too

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdzmtPY4RWI[/youtube]

I didn't watch the game...but what the hell was that? smh....

[Mamba Venom]

Bynum was absolutely reacting to Kobe's benching.

Brown is swimming in dangerous waters.

Jeanie us Laker fans demand that you use your feminin powers to get PJ back. He can't leave on a sweep.

[So Gutta]

I really like what Brown said today, and I agree with it all.

"I'm going to coach the team how I think I need to coach it. It's as simple as that. If I feel like I need to make a sub, then I'll make a sub. If I feel like we're not getting production from certain guys out on the floor -- production the right way -- then I'll make a change. I don't think it's any more complicated than that."

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/stor ... bstitution

It's the coach's job to tell players when to sit down, whether the players like it or not.

(Note: Kobe's wasn't a "benching" b/c he hadn't come out yet in the half, they were down 14, and Brown tried to get him back in - and failed)

Looks to me like Brown is defending his credibility.

Bynum is the bad guy here if he's defying what the coaching staff's gameplan is.

[tysonironmike]

Shifting the blame to MB's deficiencies as a coach is just making excuses for the pathetic behavior of some of the players. Bynum needs to stop being a baby, Defend like a beast and dominate on the offense as he has been and just shut the **** up and play the right way.

That is all there is to it.

[PurpleGold]

Shifting the blame to MB's deficiencies as a coach is just making excuses for the pathetic behavior of some of the players.

[EArl]

I seriously hope that the Lakers get this fixed by the start of the playoffs!
I don't think its only Browns fault though. Bynum has always been a little dushy!
Not having Fisher is even worse for the team. Pau or Kobe need to step up into the leadership role!

[PurpleGold]

Kobe especially.

[So Gutta]

^^I have a feeling they will.

Tomorrow will tell us a lot about Bynum's mindset. Biggest game of the year.

[TaiLs21]

Bynum feeling entitled? This doesn't sound like the guy who parks in handicapped spaces that I know.

[Dr Aki]

is this a side-effect of trading fisher?

gasol needs to step up to fill that leadership void

[Anklebreaker702]

Mike Trudell ‏ @LakersReporter
Mike Brown, regarding the Bynum benching, kept it simple with: "I just wanted to go in a different direction."

Mike punked out as expected

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Let me rant on this:

He blew it with Kobe when he called him out for a preseason game, then took it back. Called him out for Denver and took it back. Repeated the process in Washington. Benched him and made up a bs excuse of resting him. Kobe called off his play versus Boston to trust Drew and Drew gave him and not Brown credit

Drew had already questioned him publicly before.

Pau questioned his role and being told to shoot jumpers over playing in he post and wasting his skills.

Matt questioned him on twitter and mason & ireland about being benched with no reason given, and only was added to the rotation when people started chanting we want matt.

Fish told Kerr he didn't get why he felt it was necessary for him to call every single play out to vets who have been there and won before. He called a closed door players meeting. He took the clipboard from him in Minny to break a zone Brown couldn't and Bynum quickly gave him credit and dismissed Brown getting it.

Ron called him a stat guy without a feel for the game. That hurt the worse because he was one of his former assistants so anyone who would know how qualified he was or what he is capable of would be Ron.

Luke went to Ding and questioned his rotations. He wanted to know why minutes weren't being earned and he given a shot instead of the coach playing favorites, despite his play at PF being good in the only extended time he got versus Phoneix and Utah.

Josh wanted to know why he was taken out the rotation as did reporters, and he said he was told nothing.

Mike told Lisa Salters last game he promised Blake he would still get his minutes as he doesn't want to lose him

Mike's biggest problem is he is not a good head coach. Not for this cast. We have volatile seasoned guys who have played their roles and won. He can't tell them how to win, how to play, what is right championship level basketball. He also can't be their buddy because they aren't in to dancing, posing on sidelines for picks, and choreographed foolishness like he promoted in Cleveland. The fact he has no experience as a player or coach managing a condensed season also is blatantly obvious with his bad rotations and high minutes he placed on the big 3

Another fault is that he has a horrible assistant coaching staff that deserves ZERO respect. They should have paid Hamblen, Hodges, and Cleamons to stay as his assistants

Like Martin would say, Mike needs to get to stepping after this season.

Great post. This is why this guy isn't going to last. He doesn't eat to "lose" Blake. Yeah I'm sure 2 points, 1 assists, & no defense will take you a long way. I supported the Mike Brown hiring but now I can see this wasn't a good move.