What i find absolutly disturbing beyond belief is the notion that the commentators/news crew "understands" why he would do that.
Just look at the commentary in the vid Roy posted, Andrew Bynum has nothing to do with the legacy of the Lakers, that legacy was earned by others and that somehow makes it understandable that he would do something like that again?
Andrew Bynum should not be viewed in that light, he should be absolutly trashed by anyone and everyone for being what he is, a classless coward that is absolutly doing nothing else but tarnishing the image of the Lakers and to a certain extend Kobe Bryant.
Will anything happen? not likely.. he will be back next season and act like he regrets what he has done and everything will be forgot'en.
Watch the video again, both game commentators IMMEDIATELY condemned him. One even said it was the most bush league thing he'd ever seen. And as much as I detest Kobe Bryant, he looked disgusted immediately after the play and was honest in his disapproval of it in his post-game presser, even supposedly speaking with Barea after the game and apologizing for Bynum's behavior.
Bynum's comments were ridiculous afterward and showed that he has no understanding of the seriousness of that foul. Barea could've been badly injured. Given his history of trying to harm players (because that's what it is at this point), the league needs to come down hard on him.
You dont seem to get the red thread in what im trying to say, ofcourse they would condem the actions of a person deliberatly trying to injure another player, thats all well and fine but following it up with a halfassed excuse for the very same actions less than a minute later kinda defeats the purposs?
This is a rough transcribe of the conversation:
Guy1: That is disgusting
Guy2: Amen to that
Guy2: Amen to that
Guy2: I do so, understanding why this is happening
Guy1: Yes!
Guy2: We are talking about, when you say LA Lakers, your talking about excelense (cant spell that), your talking about titles, your talking about some of the greatest players to have played this game and for a team like this to end a series in this way is a disgrace.
What he is doing and what alot of the media is doing, is with one hand strongly condeming the actions of andrew and with the other trying to say, that its a understandable reaction "because" he's apart of the Lakers with their great tradition and blabla!
The point im trying to make, is that an action such as that is nothing but senseless violence.. had that been someone from the San Antonio Spurs, it would have been in-excuseable but because its the Lakers, it can somehow become rational for a person to react that way because its unbecomming of the Lakers to loose in the fashion they did.
You wont ever get anyone from the media braindead enough to outright come out and say it, that they can rationalize the actions of that lunatic but that will be the underlaying story.
