With all his knee injuries I expect him to jump like he is 35 by the time he turns 25. He is young and HAD a huge upside but this many knee injuries this early in his career could very well be a sign of things to come. He also seems mentally frail. I know he was not at full strength in this series but he was still 7 feet tall and could have destroyed the Rockets once Yao went down and he didn't.
DH is already 23-24 years old, Bynum is only 20 or 21, of course he's gonna look silly. How smooth did DH look at 21? Look at him right now, at his age he's supposed to only be entering the year as a sophomore. Are you saying you won't take that kind of production from a sophomore? In this watered-down big man league right now he's a steal. Give him a season or two at full health and he'll start dominating the league.
Friend of mine (Orlando fan FWIW) put it out there that we should send Yao to the Lakers for Ariza and Bynum. Anyone do? Not I said the fly.
After 3 years in the league the only low post move that Howard has is that ugly hook shot. Bynum today is far more technically advanced than Howard. By the time he's Howard's age today, he'll be scoring just as many points as Howard, but his rebounding will be lower since Howard's are inflated to begin with.
Everytime Bynum shows his potential he gets hurt and is back to step 1. Has to be frustrating for him and the organization, good thing they have Kobe and Gasol.
He was leading the league in rebounding and carrying his team to the playoffs. If people thought Andrew Bynum would be a great player he would have been drafted much higher. Just as an example Kwame brown and the canyman went no.1. He might turn out to be a good player, but paying the guy 13 mil that seems like a lot.
Watch BYNUM setting high-post picks for the guards. It's always with the elbow on their backs, and if he's too far away, he nails the opposing player right on their kidney/ribcage area with his huge elbows. WATCH FOR THIS against the Nuggets. He did it the entire series against the Rockets and the refs "never saw it."
What's your point? Kwame Brown is a bust. #1 draft picks rarely live up to their expectations. Jordan wasn't the #1 pick. Kobe Bryant was the 13th pick. Lebron is the only #1 pick in recent history that's truly lived up to expectation.
Bynum was their Cato signing. He doesn't have the motivation or drive to become a top big man. I mean, his "good games", he was just doing was Carl Landry normally does, yet was given so much credit.
Your post does not makes sense. First you say if people thought he would be a great player he would be drafter much higher, then you give examples of number 1 players who are busts. Are you arguing with yourself?
Dwight Howard is overrated. His low post game consists of that ugly hook shot and his rebounding numbers are inflated. Yao Ming hasn't lived up to expectation. His scoring and rebounding numbers should be higher.
How can Dwight's rebounding numbers be inflated? How can someone who is averaging 19 points and 16 rebounds 2.8 blocks in the playoffs be overrated? For someone that people say has no offensive game, he is putting up very decent numbers.
this. dwight howard goes after the ball and has a great knack for getting into position. he earns his rebounds. although i think his offensive game needs a lot of work after watching some of his really bad shots in the boston series lol
Howard gets a lot of rebounds because everyone else on his team is shooting 3 pointers. He's the only player on his team with double digit rebounds. No one else is even close. Furthermore, because the league has so few true centers, Howard uses his brute force to overpower them. Anytime he has to go against a quality center he gets owned. Yao has destroyed Howard every single time they've played. Even 50yo Shaq can contain howard.
My point is with big man, people are more willing to take a risk and in this case of bynum, he was only a number 10 pick.
