David West or Andrew Bynum?
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FlawlessVictory wrote:In my opinion, Bynum could easily score more than West if the Lakers simply gave him the touches necessary to do so. If the Lakers gave Bynum the same amount of shots as West per 40 minutes, Bynum would get an additional 7.3 shots. He'd only need to shoot 32.2% on these shots to score more than West. Considering that is LESS than his jump shot %, it is more than feasible that Bynum could easily reach that %, if not much higher. Bynum has actually shot 0.2% higher than West on "close" shots (non-dunks in the paint) and has less % of his close shots assisted than West. Again, further proof he could have scored more if he was on a team that needed it.
The proof is in the pudding. The Lakers run a triple-post offense and Bynum touched the ball in the post on the vast majority of plays. He's getting basically the same amount of touches in the post that Gasol is getting yet Bynum took less shots and scored less points. Some of those extra shots are due to the extra range that Gasol has on his jumper but a lot of it is because Bynum doesn't have great isolation post skills yet.
How many shots a post player gets in the triple-post is mostly related to how many they choose to take. Once Bynum learns to have more confidence in his post game and learns how to move without the ball a bit better then he'll be able to score more.
Sadly, he might not get as many touches with Gasol around.
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^^Disagree.
The Lakers often used Kobe in the pinch post (4 in the triangle), while Bynum acted as a zone buster on the weakside. This forced teams to play Kobe straight up on the backside because when they zoned up, he could throw it over the top to Bynum on the finish. In addition, they also ran Kobe at mid-post a LOT (a la Jordan as the triangle 5), they'd roll with Bynum at the 4 and let him play off ball which was wildly successful. That is why Bynum had so many pick and roll / pick and slip dunks. That is not something the low post, the triangle 5, is involved in. It's something the triangle 4 is involved in which is where Bynum spent a ton of time. He rarely spent any time on-ball. I'm not sure if you're a Laker fan, but if you ask most, they will tell you the same. When you watch games from a few months ago, you see the same(especially pre-January).
There is no way that Bynum got as many touches as Gasol due to minutes let alone equity as is. All you have to do to prove that is open up gameday threads from earlier in the year and read all the people's comments saying, "WHY AREN'T WE GIVING BYNUM MORE TOUCHES!?"
Phil even alluded to it himself in many earlier interviews. "Right now we want him to focus on defense and rebounding. We believe if he can have an impact in those areas, he can make a difference for the team."
In my estimation, Gasol gets more back to back touches in each half than Bynum did in entire games when he was healthy.
The Lakers often used Kobe in the pinch post (4 in the triangle), while Bynum acted as a zone buster on the weakside. This forced teams to play Kobe straight up on the backside because when they zoned up, he could throw it over the top to Bynum on the finish. In addition, they also ran Kobe at mid-post a LOT (a la Jordan as the triangle 5), they'd roll with Bynum at the 4 and let him play off ball which was wildly successful. That is why Bynum had so many pick and roll / pick and slip dunks. That is not something the low post, the triangle 5, is involved in. It's something the triangle 4 is involved in which is where Bynum spent a ton of time. He rarely spent any time on-ball. I'm not sure if you're a Laker fan, but if you ask most, they will tell you the same. When you watch games from a few months ago, you see the same(especially pre-January).
There is no way that Bynum got as many touches as Gasol due to minutes let alone equity as is. All you have to do to prove that is open up gameday threads from earlier in the year and read all the people's comments saying, "WHY AREN'T WE GIVING BYNUM MORE TOUCHES!?"
Phil even alluded to it himself in many earlier interviews. "Right now we want him to focus on defense and rebounding. We believe if he can have an impact in those areas, he can make a difference for the team."
In my estimation, Gasol gets more back to back touches in each half than Bynum did in entire games when he was healthy.
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