I made a thread about Drew possibly struggling in the playoffs, Mamba called me a retard. Well who's the retard now, bitch. I knew he wouldn't come out and play 100%, and that was going to struggle his first couple of games. He hasn't proven me wrong. But with better matchups, more experience, his play will improve. KAJ knows what's up, if he isn't freaking out, I won't either.
Bynum gets a pass from me these entire playoffs. It is his first real playoffs. Does anyone remember Kobe's first major playoff moments? Airballs, anyone?
Kobe was 19 years old though right? He didn't have four years of experience. I think all the injuries have cut into his flow, otherwise he'd be doing better. I think he'll bounce back.
Andrew is only 21. 4 years of experience is kind of exaggerated, too. This was only Drew's second meaningful year.
Well his sophomore year he was still a valuable role player like Kobe, so that's three seasons. With the injuries I guess that makes it two though. He was in the playoffs in 06-07, he did much better than now. I expect a lot more from him.
His sophomore year he was a valuable role player? Not really. Everyone was ready to ship his ass out, including Kobe. Kwame > Drew, in Drew's sophomore year.
He was as much a role player as Kobe's rookie season against the Jazz where he airballed those shots. He played 22 minutes a game, for 82 games.
Drew wasn't in a position that he was on the floor at the end of games and in the position to air ball game deciding shots. Saying Kobe's role in his younger days is comparable to Drew's sophomore year is a joke.
I don't know why it isn't comparable, Andrew got more minutes a game and played in every game. He has yet to be in a position to decide games in this playoff series, he just looks rusty. It has nothing to do with clutch factor. Kobe was ready to trade him for Jason Kidd, as a role player he was quite valuable per minute which is another story.
Bynum's progress in these playoffs have been hindered by both his inexperience AND Pjax not giving him enough playing time. He did ok during the 1st game, struggled in the 2nd then wasn't given too much PT during the next games.
It seemed like once the news that his knee was bothering him because of his brace was put out there, Phil handcuffed Bynum to the bench.
