Category — Andrew Bynum

Some 2012 predictions, including Phil Jackson returning to coaching just in the Knick of time.
Grantland.com

Even noted ladies man Luke Walton couldn’t resist an upclose look at that hand job.
Line of the week: “Is it a coincidence that Kobe’s wrist injury coincided with the release date of Lindsay Lohan’s nude Playboy pictorial?”
Grantland.com

Do the Clippers vote David Stern a share of playoff coin if they win it all?
In a poll of 30 ESPN writers and personalities, 25 of them picked the Heat to win this season’s NBA title. Three of them picked the Bulls and 2 predicted the Thunder would win it all.
Us? As much as Miami is the safe pick, we’re rolling with our homies (Thunder). Now beam us up Scottie.
ESPN.com

A day after the Clip Joint smoked the Lakers again, Matt Barnes and Pau Gasol are whining about the impressive exhibition and clinic given by Lob City.
ESPN LA

Is it me or do the Lakers have a lot of white guys?
Depending on who you ask, Chris Paul and the Clippers jumping up and down in the Lakers’ ass Monday night meant nothing. It’s still a long season, the Lakers will say, if only 66 games. And though it was only 1 game, tonight’s beatdown by the Clip Joint could be a pattern.
ESPN LA

It’s a Heat-Thunder NBA final waiting to happen. Can’t argue with that.
Fox Sports

Forget the Lakers getting the shaft in the Chris Paul deal. The Rockets are reeling too. And the reputation of Hornets’ GM Dell Demps. Can you spell s-l-a-n-d-e-r?
Adrian Wojnarowski pens 1 of the best pieces I’ve read so far regarding this hijacking by David Stern and the NBA.
Yahoo Sports

After being a long-time subscriber to Direct TV’s NBA package, which broadcasts the majority of league contests almost every night, I refuse to pay the $159 fee (down from the $189 from last season) this season. Just couldn’t contribute to this farce David Stern and owners such as Michael Jordan and Dan Gilbert are selling.
If it were smart, the league could have performed a PR stroke of genius by giving the package away free, but that isn’t in the DNA of people like Jordan or Gilbert.

At least the Clip Joint seems to have a plan instead of the Lakers, who apparently can’t see straight and got nothing for dealing Lamar Odom to the Mavericks.
And now that the Clippers have Chauncey Billups in the mix, they would be foolish to trade for Chris Paul. The NBA and its gang of colluding owners want too much for him. Why give away the farm for a 1-year rental?
ESPN LA

For a club desperately in need of a point guard, Chauncey Billups is available.
Unless this deal leads to Dwight Howard, this makes little sense and a heavy price for the Lakers to pay. Andrew Bynum for Howard straight up? Ain’t happening. And if they throw in Gasol, that means Howard for Lamar Odom, Bynum and Gasol.
So was Mitch Kupchak trying to put Lamar Odom in his place or was all of the reality TV involving the 6th Man of the Year and his wife’s family to much to bear? It was 1 of the many excuses making the rounds last season after the Mavericks smacked the Lakers in a sweep and went on to win the NBA championship.
Whatever the reason, Mark Cuban and the defending champs recorded a steal.
ESPN LA