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Would you give Andrew Bynum a max deal?
« on: November 20, 2012, 05:31:49 PM »

Offline BleedGreen1989

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It seems almost a forgone conclusion he's going to get the max, some desperate team will throw the money at him. Im glad the celtics don't have ample cap space to make a large free agent splash.

Maybe he can prove me wrong but I think whoever gets him is going to regret it down the road.

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Re: Would you give Andrew Bynum a max deal?
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2012, 05:39:10 PM »

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i think he is a headcase but definitely max money worthy. Beside Howard I would say Bynum is probably #2 center in the league. So yes, I would offer him a max deal

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« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2012, 05:41:34 PM »

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Dominant player when healthy, but, I personally would pass on giving him the max, only because of his potential to miss nearly every second season.

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« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2012, 06:06:41 PM »

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With the knees he has, needing injections that they give to 90 year old's so they can live another year before knee replacement, no way. He's not going to last more than another season or two.

Re: Would you give Andrew Bynum a max deal?
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2012, 06:07:57 PM »

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i think he is a headcase but definitely max money worthy. Beside Howard I would say Bynum is probably #2 center in the league. So yes, I would offer him a max deal

When healthy I might even put him over D12 but the kid has knee issues way too much for a max deal imo
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« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2012, 06:08:08 PM »

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No.   Damaged goods.

Re: Would you give Andrew Bynum a max deal?
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2012, 06:10:54 PM »

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Re: Would you give Andrew Bynum a max deal?
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2012, 06:36:00 PM »

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Re: Would you give Andrew Bynum a max deal?
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2012, 06:36:12 PM »

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His play is pretty much max worthy, but you don't pay a guy max money to play in only half your games.
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Re: Would you give Andrew Bynum a max deal?
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2012, 06:46:31 PM »

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For an average NBA team, no.  It's too much to risk.

If the C's had cap room this summer (which they won't), I'd consider it only because pairing Rondo, Bynum, and this core together would make the C's the best team in the NBA.  And that might be worth the risk. 

However, since that's not reality, no. 

Re: Would you give Andrew Bynum a max deal?
« Reply #10 on: November 20, 2012, 06:46:35 PM »

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Here is the perfect reason why I wouldnt give him one.

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/11/20/former-andrew-bynum-teammate-says-no-other-nba-player-likes-basketball-less/

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“I started investigating [the bowling] a little bit,” Twersky said. “And one of the people that I hit, a guy who has played with him before, he texted me back and said ‘I don’t know if that’s true [the bowling], but I do know that I’ve never met another player in the league who likes basketball less [than Bynum].”

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« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2012, 07:05:52 PM »

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« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2012, 07:27:43 PM »

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So difficult....

Of all the people who get a max deal, his play is one of the few who actually deserve it.

But he just can't be counted on to be healthy.  If he is given the max, there is a greater than 50% chance he will turn into another McGrady, Yao, Redd, Amare, Brandon Roy...  A star player who was worth the money but injuries turned the contract into one of biggest handicaps in the league.  Then there is a less than 50 % chance that he simply lives up to the value of this contract.  There is 0% chance of him exceeding the value of a max contract.

Someone will give him the max and they will very likely regret it down the road.
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« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2012, 07:35:38 PM »

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There was word he went bungee jumping when he was with the lakers.

Now I'm no expert, but if you use the leg tether when you bungee jump, you're probably going to put a whole of stress on your knee joints when the bungee flexes.

Probably not the best thing to do if you have dodgy knees. And if he did do it, then he clearly doesn't care much about the people that are investing time and money into the health of his joints.


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Re: Would you give Andrew Bynum a max deal?
« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2012, 07:49:03 PM »

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It's interesting because the point of constructing a team is to win a title. KG, for example, made in his time with the C's what would in this CBA basically be more than a max contract and the C's won 1 title that I wouldn't really trade anything for. So I could see giving Bynum the max simply because if he is healthy at the right time for a couple of those seasons, he is one of the few players that could bring a team a title if he's playing at his peak for the playoffs. If he missed one full season, played 50 percent of two, and played one full season and the latter half of another with one title, that would pretty much be worth a max deal, probably more likely to win a title than paying a guy with 75% of Bynum's ability but 100% health the same amount for the same period of time, simply because you need to be extraordinarily good for 1 season to win a title.