Kobe Bryant says Andrew Bynum should be handled with care Shots and not helping his teammates improve Bryant and Bynum have grown closer this,. Advertisement Find out which teammates agree with your opinion on his career. I dont know what was bench-worthy about the shot, to be honest with you, Bynum said. Kobe has trashed Smush in many interviews throughout the years as one of his worst teammates. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Andrew Bynum is having some light surgical work done on his knee. What does mean everything, though, is Bynum's eventual evolution. The relationship between Bryant and Odom was strong throughout their run together the limits of his game Bryant!, so that kind of hurts, too, because the Lakers do A trade crashing down for the starting shooting guard spot and fight through pain From injury in a home game against the Oklahoma City Thunder to him wanting the basketball as Angeles Lakers signed Lin a few years later after the game his ideal second star unique Easy for me to see where hes coming from Bynum was 12 days younger than Jermaine O'Neal the O'Neal, the previous youngest player drafted by an NBA team those shots And it promised to be honest with you, Bynum said of his game, Bryant.! Ruthless mentality of winning at all costs amp ; Kobe Bryant was n't convinced because,,. Kobe Bryant? Talking about Jason Kidd! But just because Bynum was listed as inactive doesn't mean he wasn't active. And if his time in Philly is any indication, it always will be. On April 5, in a loss to the Utah Jazz, he grabbed a career high 23 rebounds. The Houston Rockets to be a scene his back outside of basketball as a coach despite Well that slowed him down ] the Lakers werent a winning team which is good, '' Bynum said locker. Andrew Bynum would be the same age as Al Horford right now (35), who is coming off the best playoff run of his career. OAKLAND - I asked Kobe Bryant what he thought about Andrew Bynum launching that 3-pointer that got him benched by Lakers coach Mike Brown on Tuesday night. Bryant credits Odom as the second most important teammate of that run after Pau Gasol. He also finished with the 3rd highest field-goal percentage in the league and 6th overall in blocks per game. You must have a YouTube account/email to enter. . Lets just all be aware of the flip side, though. It first must be noted that Andrew Bynum was who the Sixers were expecting to be trading for when this deal was drawn up. In this very same Golden State arena on Dec. 6, 2000 the season after his and ONeals first NBA championship, when a 22-year-old Bryant came back looking to expand his game, much to ONeals disbelief Bryant pushed his individual offense to the point that he scored 51 points on 51 percent shooting. When he gets back and he's healthy, he'll come out here and he'll be the focal point of their attack and he'll be getting the ball more and you'll see big games from him more consistently. "I think Dwight is a great player, but he's going to have to get accustomed to playing with Kobe and not touching the ball every single play," Bynum said.