okay, we all know Andrew Bynum is a project big man who is years away from having any sort of impact ... so I'm curious as to what kind of statical projections u guys have for him for the next 5 years... Mine would be 05-06: 8 mpg (and lots of DNPs), 2 ppg, 2 rpg, 0.3 bpg, 41% FG 06-07: 13 mpg (still quite a few DNPs), 4 ppg, 3 rpg, 0.6 bpg, 43% FG 07-08: 18 mpg (regular rotation), 6 ppg, 5 rpg, 1.4 bpg, 44% FG 08-09: 30mpg (starter), 11 ppg, 10 rpg, 2.5 bpg, 47 FG% 09-10: 32mpg (starter), 13ppg, 11 rpg, 2.8 bpg, 47% FG
Even though Phil doesn't like to use rookies, I still think that he will use Bynum because he has no other choice. My stats would be: 05-06: 11 mpg, 5.4 ppg, 4 rpg, 0.7 bpg, 36% fg 06-07: 16 mpg, 8.5 ppg, 6 rpg, 1.0 bpg, 40% fg 07-08: 28-30 mpg, 14.4 ppg, 9 rpg, 1.3 bpg, 45% I believe he will be starting by his third year.
Those are grim, but fair projections NMG. I hope you are wrong, about Bynum only putting up 13/11 in his 5th season, since the Lakers gambled by selecting him 10th. I don't expect anything from him this season, but from all indications, I think he's capable of pushing Mihm for the starting position by next season. From the summer league game footage and watching him live, I noticed Bynum draws a lot of attention from the defense and draws a lot of fouls. He won't get a lot of calls his rookie season, but once he pays his dues, he will spend a lot of time at the FT line. With his ability to shoot from the line well, he'll be able to boost his scoring average up. I wouldn't be surprised to see him shooting 8 to 9 shots a game at the line by next season. He's not a good shotblocker at all thus far. He's slow to react and gets bumped out of the way by screeners. Once Bynum gets stronger and learns to use his size he should improve in this area, and also his rebounding numbers. One thing Bynum has going for him is VERY long arms. He grabbed a lot of rebounds by simply outreaching everyone in the summer league. 05-06: 4 PPG / 4 RPG / .6 BPG 06-07: 12 PPG / 6 RPG / 1.3 BPG 07-08: 16 PPG / 8 RPG / 1.5 BPG
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting shapecity:</div><div class="quote_post">Those are grim, but fair projections NMG. I hope you are wrong, about Bynum only putting up 13/11 in his 5th season, since the Lakers gambled by selecting him 10th. </div> You think so? I'd be thrilled if he could put up numbers like that. From what I've been able to gather about Bynum, he is very very underdeveloped offensively. I think he'll pick up the nuances of positioning and defense before he even gets close to being a serious scoring threat. Early in his career, I see him as a rebounding and shot blocking specialists, much like how Tyson Chandler's career has been thus far.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting notMuchgame:</div><div class="quote_post">okay, we all know Andrew Bynum is a project big man who is years away from having any sort of impact ... so I'm curious as to what kind of statical projections u guys have for him for the next 5 years... Mine would be 05-06: 8 mpg (and lots of DNPs), 2 ppg, 2 rpg, 0.3 bpg, 41% FG 06-07: 13 mpg (still quite a few DNPs), 4 ppg, 3 rpg, 0.6 bpg, 43% FG 07-08: 18 mpg (regular rotation), 6 ppg, 5 rpg, 1.4 bpg, 44% FG 08-09: 30mpg (starter), 11 ppg, 10 rpg, 2.5 bpg, 47 FG% 09-10: 32mpg (starter), 13ppg, 11 rpg, 2.8 bpg, 47% FG</div> bringing this old thread from last year back up, not to too my horn but I hit his rookie totals right on the nail But lets see some projections now that we've had a better look at him. I certainly hope my 2nd year projections are wrong. (I hope u mods dont mind me bring up an old thread, I realize that's usually frowned upon but it only had 4 replies and it's interesting to revise the numbers year-by-year as we see him develop more and more)
