Andrew Bynum

[EscapoTHB]

I bet the reason Woj got the story and not the Heat guys is because, the Heat don't leak. Probably got the story from sources outside the heat that the heat beat guys don't have access too.

What's Woj saying about Bynum?

My take is that Bynum is way more problematic than beasley, and he doesn't REAALLLY address our problems. We don't need a low post scoring center. We need a defensive brute who can push Hibbert out of the paint. Basically what Oden would be.

Also remember we don't have all of the info. We don't really know anything about where Oden is at. The Heat have hidden him from the media. Could be a good thing, could be a bad thing--but we don't know.

[Heat fan06]

Once he clears waivers let's see what comes out

[AlexCRO]

well it looks like pacers are also in the mix... thats just great... FML

[AlexCRO]

i just wonder what are these people gonna say about this situation if we lose to the pacers in the postseason and hibbert is the main reason why. you are gonna blame it on spo ? the guy cant do anything better because he doesnt have a center - and dont get me we have bosh and birdman and oden ( cmon bosh and birdman are natural power forwards who get killed every night especially against the pacers ) and i dont wanna even speak about oden who doesnt even talk to the media, nobody knows what he would say or how he feels like but everybody is counting on him. UD ( who is on this team purely because of the HEATs loyality much like joel Anthonys contract and James Jones ) its pathetic really. hopefully we beat the pacers but i just wanna see what are you going to say then. and yeah mason jr. is really gonna help this team, as soon as chalmers is back mason can go buy some suits because he will not see the floor again.

[Ratchet_Rio]

Some of ya'll starting to sound like some scared bishes

[Heat fan06]

well it looks like pacers are also in the mix... thats just great... FML

really? Where you hear that?

[Heat fan06]

i just wonder what are these people gonna say about this situation if we lose to the pacers in the postseason and hibbert is the main reason why. you are gonna blame it on spo ? the guy cant do anything better because he doesnt have a center - and dont get me we have bosh and birdman and oden ( cmon bosh and birdman are natural power forwards who get killed every night especially against the pacers ) and i dont wanna even speak about oden who doesnt even talk to the media, nobody knows what he would say or how he feels like but everybody is counting on him. UD ( who is on this team purely because of the HEATs loyality much like joel Anthonys contract and James Jones ) its pathetic really. hopefully we beat the pacers but i just wanna see what are you going to say then. and yeah mason jr. is really gonna help this team, as soon as chalmers is back mason can go buy some suits because he will not see the floor again.

If we lose to indy Hibbert will be the reason.. We have no answer for him. None!

As great as George is becoming, Hibbert is the key.

[RexBoyWonder]

Ethan Skolnick breaks it down - why should we say "NO" to Bynum :

An immobile, largely indifferent big man, trying to impede one of the NBA's most elastic, electric young forces?

That qualifies as quite an improbability.

Hibbert was why Heat fans were in a frenzy Tuesday, as they awaited an announcement that Roger Mason Jr. had been released, prior to his contractual guarantee, to make way for Bynum—who had just been traded to the Chicago Bulls and waived.

That announcement never came.

Mason stayed. Bynum remained a free agent.

The Heat could revisit it, if they eat a contract or find a taker on Joel Anthony's $3.8 million player option for next season. But it's better if they don't. Start here: Bynum doesn't fit the Heat's current gym rat culture, as was outlined in this piece. He's not the type of player that the organization claims it wants.

But it's more than merely that.

Signing Bynum would be a contradiction and reversal for the Heat in other ways.

The Heat are telling Greg Oden to take his time, even protecting him from the press so he doesn't feel anyone else's expectations. Signing Bynum would send a signal that Oden—fragile emotionally as well as physically—isn't coming along quickly enough.

The Heat, under Spoelstra, have fully embraced the small ball, stretch-the-floor style on offense, and the show-hard-and-play-on-a-string style on defense.

Yes, Pat Riley teams used to love to pound opponents in the paint. But he's not coaching.

And it's hard to see how Bynum fits into any of that, based on how he looked this season for Cleveland, shooting 41.9 percent and posting the worst plus-minus per game (minus-5.3) on a bad Cavaliers squad.

More here :

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1915 ... drew-bynum

[AlexCRO]

well it looks like pacers are also in the mix... thats just great... FML

really? Where you hear that?

on pacers digest. f me, but we better hope its just rumors

[AlexCRO]

i just wonder what are these people gonna say about this situation if we lose to the pacers in the postseason and hibbert is the main reason why. you are gonna blame it on spo ? the guy cant do anything better because he doesnt have a center - and dont get me we have bosh and birdman and oden ( cmon bosh and birdman are natural power forwards who get killed every night especially against the pacers ) and i dont wanna even speak about oden who doesnt even talk to the media, nobody knows what he would say or how he feels like but everybody is counting on him. UD ( who is on this team purely because of the HEATs loyality much like joel Anthonys contract and James Jones ) its pathetic really. hopefully we beat the pacers but i just wanna see what are you going to say then. and yeah mason jr. is really gonna help this team, as soon as chalmers is back mason can go buy some suits because he will not see the floor again.

If we lose to indy Hibbert will be the reason.. We have no answer for him. None!

As great as George is becoming, Hibbert is the key.

of course he is the key even the birds outside know the answer to that already but its beyond me how our fans think all will go well just like the last two years, thats the past, indiana is better, individualy and collectively. get over your self we almost lost last year too. this is the year we have to win because of the inpending free agency, and trust me i am the biggest heat homer you will find out here but if Indiana plays game 7 on their home court we are toast.

[Heat fan06]

i just wonder what are these people gonna say about this situation if we lose to the pacers in the postseason and hibbert is the main reason why. you are gonna blame it on spo ? the guy cant do anything better because he doesnt have a center - and dont get me we have bosh and birdman and oden ( cmon bosh and birdman are natural power forwards who get killed every night especially against the pacers ) and i dont wanna even speak about oden who doesnt even talk to the media, nobody knows what he would say or how he feels like but everybody is counting on him. UD ( who is on this team purely because of the HEATs loyality much like joel Anthonys contract and James Jones ) its pathetic really. hopefully we beat the pacers but i just wanna see what are you going to say then. and yeah mason jr. is really gonna help this team, as soon as chalmers is back mason can go buy some suits because he will not see the floor again.

If we lose to indy Hibbert will be the reason.. We have no answer for him. None!

As great as George is becoming, Hibbert is the key.

of course he is the key even the birds outside know the answer to that already but its beyond me how our fans think all will go well just like the last two years, thats the past, indiana is better, individualy and collectively. get over your self we almost lost last year too. this is the year we have to win because of the inpending free agency, and trust me i am the biggest heat homer you will find out here but if Indiana plays game 7 on their home court we are toast.

not disagreeing with you.

We can't rest just because we are Champions. Laker fans thought the same after back to back titles

[AlexCRO]

Ethan Skolnick breaks it down - why should we say "NO" to Bynum :

An immobile, largely indifferent big man, trying to impede one of the NBA's most elastic, electric young forces?

That qualifies as quite an improbability.

Hibbert was why Heat fans were in a frenzy Tuesday, as they awaited an announcement that Roger Mason Jr. had been released, prior to his contractual guarantee, to make way for Bynum—who had just been traded to the Chicago Bulls and waived.

That announcement never came.

Mason stayed. Bynum remained a free agent.

The Heat could revisit it, if they eat a contract or find a taker on Joel Anthony's $3.8 million player option for next season. But it's better if they don't. Start here: Bynum doesn't fit the Heat's current gym rat culture, as was outlined in this piece. He's not the type of player that the organization claims it wants.

But it's more than merely that.

Signing Bynum would be a contradiction and reversal for the Heat in other ways.

The Heat are telling Greg Oden to take his time, even protecting him from the press so he doesn't feel anyone else's expectations. Signing Bynum would send a signal that Oden—fragile emotionally as well as physically—isn't coming along quickly enough.

The Heat, under Spoelstra, have fully embraced the small ball, stretch-the-floor style on offense, and the show-hard-and-play-on-a-string style on defense.

Yes, Pat Riley teams used to love to pound opponents in the paint. But he's not coaching.

And it's hard to see how Bynum fits into any of that, based on how he looked this season for Cleveland, shooting 41.9 percent and posting the worst plus-minus per game (minus-5.3) on a bad Cavaliers squad.

More here :

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1915 ... drew-bynum

i love how this douche skolnick always presents only the bad part and never the good part when writing an article. how does he know if bynum is a gym rat or not. reports say that was never the problem with bynum as he lost 20 pounds this offseason an worked on his stamina. as beasley was a gym rat until this season when wade and lebron took him under their wings. why would Oden be emotionally fragile. they didnt promise him anything just space and time to recover. they didnt promise minutes, playing time, starting role or anything of that stuff, plus of course bynum would play infront of oden, bynum is a two time champion, an all star and a proven player in this league who can at least step to the court and be servicable as oden is a nobody in this league has played 82 games and hasnt played for 4 years, ok he was injured but common we are threating oden here like a superstar as we are scared for his psique. if you cant handle the presure oden of expectations wich many of you expeect in the playoffs and you didnt play a single minute yet then bye bye we dont need you. and about bynum stats yes he is shooting poorly but we ddont need him for his shooting we need him for rebounding an rim rpotection. we are dead last in rebounds and bynum could at least help, bosh is all talk no walk and you are scared bynum cant defend as without him they are defending yeah right.

[HeatDaChamps]

@Chris_Broussard
I'm told 8 teams are interested in signing A Bynum, most notably Heat & Clips. Playing time, contender status & $ all factors in decision.

8 teams....what...the...****...

[Sorkoram]

It's Chris Broussard.

[WD]

It's Chris Broussard.

I am not fond of a lot of posters on the internet, but I still read/value their comments. I would say he has access to more credible sources than anyone posting on these boards. of course some of his info may not be as accurate as others, but don't immediately dismiss it.

I mean/meant no harm with my comments, hope you don't take it personally

[bobly]

That author and some posters keep bringing up the point of signing Bynum could send a mixed message to Oden or somehow hurt his feelings. I just don't understand this point of view. Oden knows what position he's in and understands that teams cannot bank on his health, not to mention that he is hardly a player that has earned or deserves loyalty from the organization. Oden was brought in to play maybe 10 minutes a night for 7 games in the post season and we don't even know if he will be able to do that much, but we do know that Bynum can do that much. If he is as much a cancer as people think, then he gets suspended and that's the end of any locker room issues.

Riley doesn't like to build through the draft, so the Heat are going to have to settle for injured, head cases at the center position, which is the lowest supply and highest demand position in basketball.

[Heat_Fan_87]

seems like all he cares about is play time and getting paid. **** him.

[Yaphet Kotto]

Odens "frail emotional psyche"?

The dude is a grown man, not a pre - pubescent little girl.

Look, if we sign bynum, oden is not going anywhere, which means we got 2 guys brought into the team to do the same job, body up hibbert.

Now if both of them know this, its obviously gonna bring out the best in both of them, seeing as to how they are gonna be trying to out do eachother and battle for minutes.

Its human nature, it would only add more drive to both of them.

[WD]

seems like all he cares about is play time and getting paid. **** him.

this is exactly what i was afraid of

[Mars]

Last week, reports were Bynum simply didn't care about playing basketball anymore. Now the amount of playing time he gets is suddenly important.

Sports journalists, in general, seem to have a hard time keeping their facts straight.