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Andrew Bynum suspended 2 games
« on: March 20, 2011, 05:04:19 PM »

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By Dave McMenamin
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The NBA handed out a two-game suspension for Lakers' Andrew Bynum on Sunday.

Bynum was suspended without pay for a flagrant foul 2 against Minnesota's Michael Beasley. It happened in the fourth quarter of the Lakers' 106-98 victory on Friday when Bynum turned his shoulder and sent Beasley crashing to the court in a mid-air collision when Beasley drove the lane.

"Andrew's [foul] looked bad and the kid fell hard," said Lakers coach Phil Jackson after the Timberwolves game.

Bynum will miss Sunday's game against the Trail Blazers and Tuesday's game against the Suns.

"I thought two games was excessive, but you never know," Jackson told the team's website after Lakers shootaround Sunday.

The sixth-year center has been a key reason for the Lakers' 11-1 record since the All-Star break, averaging 11.8 points, 13 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game.

The suspension will cost Bynum, whose salary is $13.8 million this season, approximately $275,000.

Los Angeles will start Lamar Odom at power forward, moving Pau Gasol to center in Bynum's absence. Odom already has started 32 games this season, 25 with Bynum out because of injury and an additional seven when Bynum first returned to the lineup as a bench player in December following offseason surgery to his right knee.

The time off could be a blessing in disguise for Bynum, who told reporters this week he is dealing with fluid in his right knee and is taking anti-inflammatory medication.

Bynum had his knee drained three times last year, twice during the Finals and once immediately after the Finals were finished, before going in for surgery to repair his torn meniscus.

Jackson told reporters before the Minnesota game, however, that the fluid in Bynum's knee isn't causing the same level of irritation to the 23-year-old center as the swelling in his knee made him feel last year.
http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=6240114
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Re: Andrew Bynum suspended 2 games
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2011, 05:06:28 PM »

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Lakers vs Timberwolves Andrew Bynum's Flagrant Foul on Michael Beasley March 18 2011 (HQ)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU7RiLERJ-Y
Double click in order to get the larger video.
Check out what Lamar Odom does after Beasley was knocked down.


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Re: Andrew Bynum suspended 2 games
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2011, 05:20:41 PM »

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Dog act by a dog player. Burn in hell Bynum. >:(
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Re: Andrew Bynum suspended 2 games
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2011, 05:22:32 PM »

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Wow. Beasly easily could have suffered a season ending injury there.
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Re: Andrew Bynum suspended 2 games
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2011, 05:33:42 PM »

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If it was Perkins or Shaq, we would call it a 'hard foul in a chippy game'.

Personally I love seeing that stuff. Hard fouls, cheap shots, clotheslines, bring it on, man.
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Re: Andrew Bynum suspended 2 games
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2011, 05:37:47 PM »

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I'm all for bigs setting a tone in the paint but that is something else. Suspension rightfully deserved.
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Re: Andrew Bynum suspended 2 games
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2011, 05:41:18 PM »

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I agree with the suspension. Poor judgement call by Bynum there.
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« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2011, 05:44:10 PM »

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That was terrible. I love when players get a bit chippy, but that was ridiculous. You could see him go shoulder first with no intention for going for the ball. Well deserved two game suspension.
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Re: Andrew Bynum suspended 2 games
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2011, 05:50:15 PM »

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yeah more evidence to back up Phil Jackson's claims that the Lakers don't do that stuff ::)
(add Bynum to the others)
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Re: Andrew Bynum suspended 2 games
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2011, 05:52:24 PM »

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I'm waiting for someone to crash into his bum knee...Laker scum.
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Re: Andrew Bynum suspended 2 games
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2011, 06:01:20 PM »

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That's 2 more games that Bynum stays healthy.   Not wishing for an injury, but as with Delonte, it's inevitable.
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« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2011, 06:03:26 PM »

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Quote from: IndeedProceed on March 20, 2011, 05:33:42 PM
If it was Perkins or Shaq, we would call it a 'hard foul in a chippy game'.

Personally I love seeing that stuff. Hard fouls, cheap shots, clotheslines, bring it on, man.
Here,here...guys like Lebron would have to develop a perimeter game from the start.If guys like Lebron was in the"good ole days"of the 70's,80's he would not have this freedom he has now to the basket anytime he feels like it.I hate the way the game has become wusified in the paint.When Shaq retires it will be the end of an era(so to speak).He's the last of a dying breed of guys who battled paint wars.
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« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2011, 06:03:50 PM »

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Quote from: barefacedmonk on March 20, 2011, 05:52:24 PM
I'm waiting for someone to crash into his bum knee...Laker scum.
+1
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Re: Andrew Bynum suspended 2 games
« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2011, 06:08:41 PM »

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Bynum is a staight up punk, he pulled this same crap on Gerald Wallace last year.  What else should i expect from a POS Laker.
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« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2011, 06:39:27 PM »

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Clear flagrant foul - glad Beas was relatively unhurt (he played in today's game).

Total lack of class - but not as sneaky as Dwight, to name just one example...
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