Man, I want to make a thread about how good Kobe really is. lol Lakers fans will be like "but you hate him," YES I DO! As the opposing team fan, I hate him for how good he is. If that makes any sense.
I hate Yao as well. I've always said Dwight > Yao, but Yao is a bitch to stop. You don't really have to worry about Dwight on offense. Yao is a warrior too, him and T-Mac are polar opposites. Match made in hell.
Yao's a beast but I doubt it. He never gets any rest, plays the entire season and then goes over to China to play in the summer. Knowing his injury history, and his height, I don't think he has a bright future ahead of him unless he starts resting and taking care of his body. I admire Yao though, he kept fighting last year in the Olympics when China had no chance to win. Personally, with Bynum, if his teammates could stop injuring him for once, I still see him being a 20/10 guy. Not to mention our window is huge. I'll definitely take that. I still have a lot of faith in the kid, he just keeps getting bad breaks. So no, I probably wouldn't. This isn't a knock against Yao, obviously he's heads and shoulders above Drew right now, I just like our 5 year window of being able to compete. I don't know if Yao can even hold up for 5 years...
I really like Bynum, he's probably my favourite Laker. If the contract situation was identical for both, I would take Yao for the next 5 years.
Well, I have my doubts he'll be able to hang on for the next 3. Unless he starts giving his body some rest, and I don't know if that's possible. He just got injured yet again and he's going to miss the most crucial game of the series. I seriously have my doubts he'll last that long.
Wow I was expecting to see Timmy D in there. He has been to late rounds multiple times. Does Kobe have any chance to go past West and the crew?
