Funny... just over a year ago some people here were passionately arguing that Bynum was the best big in the league. Several of the folks here said he was superior to Dwight HOward. He's only 26 years old. He's played roughly the same amount of games as Rondo since 2011. Bynum is healthier and younger than Rondo... and fully healthy he's a force you could build a team around.
Raise your hand if you think Bynum's going to be healthier than Rondo going forward, or even if you think he has been in the past. He's had 1 season in his 9 year career where he was a force and his team took advantage of that to unload him.
Just sayin... right now, Bynum is technically healthier. Rondo says he's not playing for at least a month... and for all we know, he's going to sit out the rest of the season. Andrew Bynum is certainly not 100%, but the dude is starting games, playing minutes... and at times he's dominating.
Bynum has proved he can still play the game of basketball. Rondo hasn't done that yet
Headin forward... who knows. Maybe Bynum takes his money and does something else with his life. Maybe he just hates playing for a garbage coaching staff in a garbage town. There's a few trades I'd be willing to do that involve Bynum coming to Boston.
Wallace for Bynum = absolutely a no brainer. No way Cavs do that.
Humph for Bynum = I don't really see the point. If we did that trade, I don't think I'd want to just cut Bynum immediately. Hang onto him until summer. The awesome thing about Bynum's contract is that you could trade his 12 mil in the summer and the team that gets him can instantly cut him for instant cap space. That could be a MASSIVE trade chip. Don't see the point for the Cavs
Bass/Lee for Bynum = I'd do this one too. Bass/Lee are average role players eating into our cap. I'd be willing to trade them for Bynum if the Cavs want a couple average role players to eat into their cap instead.
Fact is... if Bynum is healthy enough to play games and feels like going out there, he's probably a more "impact" player than Asik. Bynum averaged 15 points, 9 boards and 2 blocks per 36 minutes this year. That's someone who isn't completely washed up.
Bynum played over 25 minutes only 4 times this season (all within the last month).
30 minutes - 20 points, 10 rebounds, 5 blocks 3 assists, 57%
27 minutes - 20 points, 13 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 assists, 64%
27 minutes - 13 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 50%
27 minutes - 19 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 60%
... Can he ever play those kind of minutes consistently without pain? I don't know. But he's 26 years old... and the above basically proves he can still be a force in this league if he gets healthier.
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