What do you guys expect from him when he returns? I'm not expecting him to be that 20, 14 monster or w/e the numbers were that he was. I'm expecting 15/10/2 in the playoffs, that is for sure. I'm expecting a defensive presence. If he can only bring one thing, I hope it is defense.
Our offense hasn't really missed a beat when he was out. I don't care too much about him offensively, I just want him to D up in the post, grab rebounds, and box out. He can get his points off of alleyoops and second chance opportunities, anything else would be a plus. He's been out for a while now, and I think a lot of us may have forgotten how big of an impact he makes defensively. If he is on schedule (everything says he is), he could be back as early as late March or early April. If that happens, he has a good 10 or so regular season games left, I believe, to knock off the rust. This is why I want Dallas in the first round, because they don't really have anybody inside, and Bynum can work on them and gain confidence for later rounds. But yeah, around 15/10/2 sounds good.
I think we can expect closer to 10/8, coming off the bench. He'll give us enough on both sides of the ball. I'm more excited about being able to give Odom/Bynum more minutes off the bench when we are healthy. We need someone to wrangle those scrubs in.
