You guys have the Darius ordeal BOTH of Bynum's injuries has been against Memphis Everybody hold hands and yell "Fuck Memphis" ...son of a bitch
With only one of the two, LA was part of the pack. With both, they've been well ahead of the pack. LA needs both to be this good.
Bynums injury was the catalyst for the Pau trade. Much less of a chance that trade happens if Bynum is healthy edit: of course they are better with both, thats obvious. I just dont think the Lakers would have tried so hard to make a move if Bynum was healthy
Yes, tied for it, as I recall. And with Pau and not Bynum, they won the top seed by one game. That's rather a difference from being 6 games out ahead of the second seed and seen as largely uncatchable (until this injury). So, the point is not that LA needed Pau to be really good. Even with a healthy Bynum they need Pau to be such a big favourite in the West. That was my point.