in recent interviews, as well as in his twitter site, KAJ has provided candid criticism of Bynum as well, that he has reverted back to his old (bad) habits on the basketball court
Bynum has a good low post game. His problem is that he gets discouraged easily and needs to get going on offense to give his defense energy. He's also admitted that he'd rather foul Howard instead of playing him straight up possibly giving up a dunk. As for the for giving Dwight a break because he's only 23 and didnt go to a college... forget it. He did himself a favor by not going to college because that would have really hurt his game. In college he could dunk over anyone and everyone with ease. In the NBA its painfully obvious that he cannot simply overpower opponents, which has forced him to develop that sorry looking running hook.
Lakers just need to get rid of Odom maybe trade him for someone like Turkoglu. Put Kobe as the PG, he is their best playmaker. Place Bynum and Gasol and each side of the paint, add two shooters on the wings. let Kobe run the triangle with Galsol and Bynum. feed the big man in the post and if a double team comes then dish it back to the shooters or let Kobe slash to the basket.
Off topic, but when the Lakers start playing a post up and inside out game they are absolutely sick. I have no idea why they don't continue, my guess is Kobe isn't as fond of it.
It's because Kobe doesn't fully trust his teamates. There was an article in the LA times lakers blog about playing with Kobe, and assistant coach Brian Shaw said that Kobe wants to either score the basket or make the pass leads to a basket. Also, the younger players defer to him and pass to him even if that's not what the coaching staff wants.
