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[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Good Lord in Heaven...

If you had a chance to see Bynum in the last couple of weeks before he got hurt, you would understand. His numbers are deceiving. First, he's the third option on his team and option #1 is the reigning MVP and #2 is another all-star. So he's not going to get nearly the opportunities as guys like Howard and Ming. In his last 10 games, he was averaging 20.8 pts, 9.8 boards, 2.6 blocks, and shooting 62% from the field. This was all in 28 minutes per game. You've got to remember that he missed the second half of last year and is just now getting into a rhythm. If you compare him to Howard's career, he compares very favorably. At age 20:

Bynum
28.8 mins
13.1 pts
10.2 reb
2.1 blks
64% fg

Howard
32.6 mins
12.0 pts
10.0 reb
1.7 blks
52% fg

And again, it's worth noting that Bynum is not even close to the focal point of his team's offense while Howard is an integral part of his. I am very confident that once Bynum gets out from under the shadow of Bryant, he's going to be the dominant center in the league.