Andrew Bynum is why Kobe Bryant and Lakers will win a championship
Most NBA teams would love to have Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, and Lamar Odom as their top three star players. The Los Angeles Lakers are arguably the best team in the NBA not discrediting the Cleveland Cavaliers who will have the best record in the NBA for the 2008-09 season. But, the issue with the Lakers is not that they are deep enough or do not have enough talent, it is the match-ups they are faced with that kills their chance of an NBA title.
Last year when Kevin Garnett spanked Pau Gasol in the NBA finals we got to see the weakness of some of their match-ups. Pau has absolutely no chance of stopping Kevin Garnett because Garnett is a better version of Pau Gasol. The sum of Paul “I cry a lot” Pierce and Ray “Jesus Shuttles-Worth” Allan is greater than the sum of Kobe “Black Mamba” Bryant. Two against one will always win. Finally, Lamar Odom… Blah, Blah, Blah he is an average player.
Now, with Andrew Bynum back the Lakers look completely different. Field goal percentage increases with his presence their. Pau Gasol does not have to play center and Kobe Bryant can look at Bynum down low in case he does have his shot. Very similar to the Shaq-Kobe era when Shaq use to bail the Lakers out with 2 foot baskets. Simply put, Bynum brings another dimension to the Lakers and while he is working on the intimidation factor, I am sure the rest of the playoff contenders are praying they don’t play against the Lakers. A healthy Bynum equals another championship for the Los Angeles Lakers and yet another great Lakers center.
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