I asked a question. Answer it. My guess is that you can't, so you won't. Time for you to wave the white flag. Bottom line is Bynum's knee is a greater concern than GO's. Once those tendons start getting loose, it's tough to stop future dislocations.
I will just say this, Goldenstates center is better than the Lakers center. I think we can all agree on that.
Hard to tell, really. He plays next to Gasol which is a much better PF than what the Warriors have - so we might not see all that Bynum can do - but I disagree with the complete dissing of Beadrins that DaRizzle shows - he is a real center and a very good one. It is clearly untrue to say that they have no center - as he is pretty much on the same level as Bynum - might be a little better or a little worse - but that's about it.
Biedrins averages 17 & 15. Bynum will never average that. Ever. Oden played against a much better center than Bynum last night.
biedrins won't ever average that for a season either. and his numbers are inflated by golden state's pace.
Not taking anything away from Oden, he's gonna be a stud in this league if he can manage to stay healthy. But playing against Biedrins is hardly a factor. The Warriors have a horrible front line, and bigs have career games against them on regular basis. Just this season, rookie Marc Gasol scored 27 points and pulled down 16 boards against them. Ronny Turiaf, who has no skills offensively, always had high scoring, career games against the Warriors. Lamar Odom pulled down 20 boards two nights in a row against the Warriors. So again, not taking anything away from Oden. I felt like he had a very impressive performance, but you shouldn't judge him based on a game against the Warriors.
Lock and delete a thread that is actually about basketball and how two players compare? And leave open the thread about gay marriage and vegetarians?
Actually...the verdict of that trial would say otherwise....but that's beyond the point. As for Oden...he's been playing damn good ball recently, and I must give him props for it. I'll still take Bynum though
Actually...no. I would stick with Bynum. I think he's got the greater offensive upside. Beyond that, he's also a great rebounder and a very good defensive player too. As for the age....Bynum is less than 3 months older....not a big deal to me. And the whole being better thing is completely debatable.
You're blind. Oden is putting up better numbers than Bynum and he's coming off the bench in limited minutes. By the end of this season, you'll see a very clear difference. Saying you want Bynum over Oden is like saying you want Ray Allen over Kobe Bryant.
Easy to say since you don't have a choice. Considering essentially the entire scouting community acclaimed Oden as the best center prospect since Shaquille O'Neal, you're either crazy or lying. The fact that the "being better thing" is debatable when Bynum is in his third season and Oden just barely past his third game pretty much proves Oden is a much, much better talent. Bynum should be far and away better if he were a compable talent, considering his huge edge in NBA experience. It's okay to admit Oden is a much better talent, even if he's not on your team. Really. Look, I can do it: Kobe Bryant is a better talent than Brandon Roy. It's not that hard to admit truth even when it doesn't benefit the player on your favourite team. Arguing Bynum is a better prospect/talent for the future is quite similar to arguing Roy is a superior talent to Kobe.
Bynum is also usually the 3rd option at best, behind Kobe and Pau. As for minutes....not really a huge difference. The main reason why Oden's is lower is because he's played under 20 minutes in 3 games this year...but their basically putting up the exact same stats this year. Bynum is getting 10.8ppg, 8.9rpg and 3bpg in 29mpg while Oden is getting 9.8ppg, 7.2rpg and 2.4bpg in 21mpg...pretty similar if you ask me. Anyways...I really find no point in arguing this. We're going to disagree and neither of us are going to change our position on it.
Oden's numbers are better if you don't include the two games he hardly played. The reason Bynum isn't an option ahead of Pau is because he's not better than Pau. And that's kind of the point. Dude... Oden is better. Saying Bynum is better is like saying Joe Johnson is better than LeBron. It's just stupid and wrong.
You think Oden is Portland's first option? He hasn't even been starting yet, since he's still working his way back to NBA conditioning after a year of rehab. He's the fifth option or so, after Roy, Aldridge, Fernandez and Outlaw. Again, pointing out that they're similar in numbers does Bynum no favours. Bynum should be putting up much better numbers, considering Oden is playing his very first NBA games. Tonight was his first full home game. He shouldn't be matching Bynum, a player who has learned the league for two years. The reason he is, at well under 100% shape, is because he's much more talented.
Comparing Oden and Bynum is like apples and oranges, especially if you want to take a stab at Bynum's early career. He came in to this league as a full fledged prospect. Nothing much was expected of him his first couple years...at all, so to say he has a huge edge in NBA experience is kind of a moot point. He was basically a human victory cigar as a rookie, and then in his 2nd year he was a backup to Kwame and didn't even scratch 20mpg. He didn't really get a shot until last year, and then he just exploded on to the scene in those 35 games he played in. The other thing to throw out there in terms of experience is the fact that Oden played college ball...Bynum didn't. Even if it's not the highest level, playing college ball does help development a lot. Oden, on the other hand, has very high expectations from everyone. No one considers him a project, at all. That's the biggest difference between him and Bynum. Bynum was a project. He didn't have an NBA ready body until his 3rd year in the league (at least for the most part) and everything about his game was really a work in progress. Oden came in to this league with an NBA ready body and already a very good know-how of how to play defense well.
And again...can I just say that we will agree to disagree? I find no point in arguing this topic. You have your beliefs, I have mine. We're not going to change one anothers thoughts and it's just going to end being a circular argument, which, in the end, is pointless.
The point is not that he was playing a ton. The point is that the NBA is hardly new to him this year. He's definitely played enough over the past few years to have a feel and understanding for the game. These are Oden's first NBA games. It helps more than not playing basketball. I don't see any evidence that it helps more than playing in the NBA. Players like Kobe, McGrady, Garnett didn't show much ill effect from skipping college. Those are a couple of the reasons Oden is considered more talented...
