Andrew Bynum

After having the first injury-free season of his seven-year career in the NBA as a starter, All-Star center Andrew Bynum of the Los Angeles Lakers wants to ensure his long-term health by taking care of his knees in the offseason. In September ...  

Last year was one of highs and lows for the Lakers' young center Andrew Bynum. Sometimes he felt the need to take threes, and other times he went off and grabbed 30 rebounds. He is definitely one of the top-two big men in the league, if not the best, when ...  

"Perk was asked what the difference is between defending Tim Duncan and Andrew Bynum. 'Well, Duncan is smart,' he said." From Sports Illustrated: "Bynum is a cerebral giant, who builds computers, fixes cars and reads books without pictures. He meets with a ...  

Andrew Bynum could become one of our game's great giants (I mean, we'll see), a man whose (occasional) power and presence will make him a transcendent star (wait, really?).  

Andrew Bynum could become one of our game's great giants (I mean, we'll see), a man whose (occasional) power and presence will make him a transcendent star (wait, really?). After knocking off the Nuggets, the Lakers saw their season end last week, in part ...  

The Los Angeles Lakers selected Andrew Bynum directly out of high school in the 2005 NBA Draft with the tenth-overall pick. Initially, Bynum struggled with injuries—a dislocated left kneecap in 2008 and a torn MCL in his right knee in 2009—although he ...  

In the early conversations after the Lakers semi-final exit against the Oklahoma City Thunder, it seems to be a given that Pau Gasol will be considered for possible trades. After all, had the NBA not interfered, he would have already been gone for Chris ...  

Los Angeles Lakers star center Andrew Bynum has made it known that he wants to stay with the organization following a disappointing end to his team's season. It's almost a foregone conclusion that the Lakers will pick up his $16.1 million option for next ...  

In what probably amounts to the best Lakers news of the week, Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum were named to the 1st and 2nd All-NBA teams, respectively. From the press release: Bryant, an All-NBA First Team selection for the seventh straight season ...  

"The best team in the NBA lost in five (games to Oklahoma City ... Andrew Bynum replaced Pau Gasol as the Lakers' second All-Star, but Bryant was the Lakers' main weapon even more this season despite an early-season wrist injury.  

The Los Angeles Lakers weren’t eliminated by the Oklahoma City Thunder because Kobe Bryant is a ball hog or Pau Gasol is soft. Andrew Bynum allowed OKC to trample LA and must be replaced. But there’s just one center in the NBA that’d be an upgrade to ...  

One is an enigma while the other is a quandary. However, it is the LA Lakers who face the ultimate dilemma of who should remain a Laker—Pau Gasol or Andrew Bynum. It is the question the Lakers front office answered once when they traded Gasol for Chris Paul.  

For a guy who at various parts of the year sounded indifferent about being a Laker — “there’s a bank in every town” — on the day of his exit interview Andrew Bynum said he wants to stay a Laker. He will next season — the Lakers will ...  

Click below the jump for full video coverage of Bynum's exit interview. At this point, the concerns about Andrew Bynum are well documented. The NBA, like all professional sports, places a premium on predictability, particularly for superstars.  

especially by World Peace, Brown is a more than competent coach, but there are many fans calling for his exit. Laker management will have plenty of decisions to make this offseason. But the goal is clear: Surround Kobe Bryan with enough talent to get him ...  

Los Angeles Lakers big man Andrew Bynum is clearly one of the best centers in the NBA. He broke out this year in his seventh season with 18.7 points and 11.8 rebounds per game. He also made the All-Star team for the first time in his career. However, he ...  

This hardly provides any solace to the Lakers after losing in five games to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals. It might even frustrate them even more, considering they had the talent to go farther in the playoffs ...  

Days after sounding indifferent on whether he'd be secured to a long-term deal, Bynum declares he wants to stay following Wednesday's exit interview.Days after sounding indifferent on whether he'd be secured to a long-term deal, Bynum declares he wants to stay following Wednesday's exit interview.  

Andrew Bynum has earned the right to play for respect and a big contract, which is exactly why he shouldn’t care what the Los Angeles Lakers decide to do with him going forward. After the Oklahoma City Thunder eliminated the team from the postseason last ...  

Following yet another second-round exit, the future of the Los Angeles Lakers is all Lakers' fans have to talk about. Part of that future is Andrew Bynum - or is it? After game five's loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Bynum was unsure of ...  

Just two years removed from their second straight championship, the Lakers are no longer title contenders. From 2008-2010, Los Angeles was the class of the NBA. They made it to three straight NBA Finals, winning two in the process. Despite the ...  

Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak told reporters during a press conference on Wednesday that the team will pick up its team option on All-Star center Andrew Bynum, keeping him in Los Angeles for the 2012-13 season. The option will pay Bynum $16.1 million next season.  

Bynum told reporters Wednesday he will travel to Germany in September to undergo Orthokine therapy, the same procedure Kobe Bryant underwent last offseason from the innovator of the treatment, Dr. Peter Wehling. "He just told me it helped him ...  

In Andrew Bynum’s best season of his young career, the 24-year-old posted impressive numbers in his first All-Star campaign: 18.7 points per game on 55.8 percent shooting wtih 11.8 rebounds and 1.93 blocks. He missed only one game due to injury and ...  

The future of the Lakers is in question now that the team lost to the Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals. The Lakers have Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Metta World Peace, Steve Blake, and Josh McRoberts all signed for next season. They have team ...  

Nearly an hour and a half passed, and Andrew Bynum still sat in his exit interview. But of course, there's some other issues to address. You know, the ones involving his inconsistent effort, showing disrespect to Brown and blowing off meetings ...  

The Lakers were two complete meltdowns away from being up 3-1 on the Oklahoma City Thunder. They are still just one major move away from being the favourites to win the West in 2013, and possibly the NBA Championship. Deron Williams needs to be brought to ...  

Andrew Bynum made clear that he intends to continue building his career with the Lakers, even though he is in line to be a free agent in a year. “I don’t want to go anywhere,” Bynum said Wednesday. “Hopefully if i keep elevating my play ...  

The Los Angeles Lakers were eliminated earlier than expected on Monday night in the second round of the NBA Playoffs and, as is customary, TNT's Craig Sager headed to the locker room to some exit-type interviews with the players. Interviews just ...  

Another disappointing performance made worse by some confusing post-game statements. Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum scored 10 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in 35 minutes of action during his team's season-ending Game 5 loss to the Oklahoma City ...  

Johnny Minahan Oh my god... Gasol really does look like a llama!! Christopher Hancock Oh crap, I thought we had one more game! Damn, I should have paid more attention! Larry Medolo I wonder what number the Celtics will give me next year?  

COMMENTARY | If closeout games are easy, then Game 3s when a team is down 0-2 in a seven-game series are a walk in the park. This is the world according to Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum, who effectively said as much -- it's a bizarre, strange world.  

Even though Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum remained healthy this past season, he said on Wednesday he plans to go to Germany in September to undergo Orthokine therapy, which is the procedure Kobe Bryant had last offseason. "He just told ...  

Andrew Bynum's option will be picked up, but Pau Gasol doesn't get firm answers in his exit meeting.Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol were in the Lakers' training facility on the same day, possibly for the last time.  

What to do with Andrew Bynum? The easiest thing is to extend Bynum or pick up his option and hope there are pieces available in the draft, free agents or trades to build around him. Or the Lakers could trade him and hope for the best. Whatever ...  

When asked about being a Los Angeles Laker in the future, Andrew Bynum betrayed no preference. There wasn't even an "Ideally, I would want to," or "I'd like to, but we'll see."Fresh off a brutal season-ending loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA playoffs, 106-90, he gave fans none of what they might want to hear. Bynum should, in theory, be adored by the Laker fanbase. He went from being a late-lottery project of a big man to the West...  

Everybody in Lakerland wants the Lakers to trade Gasol. But Andrew Bynum has more trade value and I think is less important to the Lakers success. The Lakers were a good team before Gasol came. Gasol made them a championship contender.  

If the option, worth $16.1 million ... There’s no question that the team considers Bynum the future of the franchise after the Kobe Bryant era, but his behavior and streaky play in the playoffs might have the Lakers’ front office second ...  

Andrew Bynum's postseason play was particularly perplexing. He finished with just 10 points and four rebounds in 35 minutes of play in Game 5 Monday. The All-Star center's recent postgame comments following the Lakers' season-ending loss to the Thunder ...  

Lakers center Andrew Bynum sounded indifferent when asked by TNT’s Craig Sager Monday night whether he expects to sign a long-term deal to remain in L.A. The Lakers hold a $16 million team option on Bynum’s contract for next season.  

Andrew Bynum had a wild season ... The Magic lost in the playoffs, fired their coach and GM Otis Smith parted ways with the organization. Howard averaged more points and rebounds per game than Bynum, and while shorter, is slightly more aggressive in ...  

We keep hearing how the Lakers may want to dangle Andrew Bynum: the uber-talented center for the Magic’s Dwight Howard but why should ... My theory behind Bynum’s lack of maturity has nothing to do with his age. I believe that it has to do with being ...  

Dwight Howard hasn't given the Orlando Magic any indication of what his long-term plans are yet when his contract expires in 2013. But if you believe the rumblings, then you're probably under the impression that Dwight Howard is eventually ...  

The Lakers huddled together, listening to their coach in hopes of making a 20+ point comeback. Kobe was sick with the stomach flu and needed the support of his teammates to help him close out the Nuggets. And there Bynum was, 8 feet away from ...  

“Close-out games are actually kind of easy. Teams tend to fold if you come out and play hard in the beginning, so we want to come out and establish an early lead and protect it.” Well, to be fair, Bynum was right – the Oklahoma City Thunder had very ...  

Even though Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum remained healthy this past season, he said on Wednesday he plans to go to Germany in September to undergo Orthokine therapy, which is the procedure Kobe Bryant had last offseason. "He just told me it ...  

Nearly every time Andrew Bynum muscled his way inside, two barricades stopped his imposing presence. One roadblock came in the form of Thunder center Kendrick Perkins, whose physical approach to defense suddenly prevented Bynum from bullying his way to the ...  

After nearly losing to the Denver Nuggets and digging themselves into a 2-0 hole versus the Oklahoma City Thunder, it appears the 2012 Los Angeles Lakers are exactly who we thought they were: a second-tier team doomed to struggle against truly ...  

Bynum was "injury prone," destined to follow Yao Ming out of the league, one quivering, pain steeped step at a time. Then this year, the Oden/Yao downward spiral suddenly stopped. He played more minutes, put up bigger numbers, and didn't miss ...  

May 20, 2012 - Whenever the words "Andrew Bynum" and "trade" come up in the same sentence, they are usually uttered by fluttering L.A. Lakers fans who seek to upgrade their favorite, excise an unfriendly, possibly spoiled bulletin board machine ...  

The uncertain future of the Los Angeles Lakers did not gain clarity on Wednesday with the Lakers' exit interviews. After a full day in which Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol seperately met with ownership for over an hour, comments from both Gasol and Lakers' GM ...  

The loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 2 was a heartbreaker to say the least for the Los Angeles Lakers. With the game in hand throughout the majority of the four quarters played on Wednesday night at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, the ...  

Los Angeles Lakers players Andrew Bynum and Devin Ebanks have been fined by the NBA for actions during and after the team’s 29-point loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night. Ebanks drew a $25,000 fine for his antics in the fourth ...  

The Los Angeles Lakers are down 0-2 against the heavily favored Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2012 NBA Playoffs. Only 14 teams in league history have battled back from such a postseason deficit. What the Lakers must have to make that improbable comeback a ...  

Los Angeles Lakers Andrew Bynum and Devin Ebanks were both levied fines Tuesday, with the league taking $25,000 from the second-year forward and $15,000 from the center. The fine for Ebanks stems from his actions prior to and after being ejected in the ...  

Los Angeles Lakers forward Devin Ebanks and center Andrew Bynum have each been fined for separate violations, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President Basketball Operations. Ebanks has been fined $25,000 for actions prior to and following his ejection from the Lakers’ 119-90 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 [...]  

Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum offered confusing and somewhat conflicting comments after Monday's Game 5 about whether he expects to remain with the Lakers, USA Today reported Tuesday. He had just 10 points and four rebounds in 35 minutes of action ...  

Rarely do you see that kind of thing. Then again, rarely does a team get beat quite like this in the playoffs. Thunder 119, Lakers 90. Perhaps Gasol and Bynum sensed what others did after Game 1 of this second-round playoff series — this wasn't some sort of aberration.  

"The best team in the NBA lost in five (games to Oklahoma City)." Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol and World Peace are all under contract for next season if Bynum's team option is exercised, as expected. However, the Lakers' weaknesses with regard to ...  

The Los Angeles Lakers fell behind by as many as 28 points Thursday night in their ugly 113-96 Game 6 loss to the Denver Nuggets at Pepsi Center. After the game, much of the talk revolved around intensity and effort. As in, the Nuggets had it ...  

Andrew Bynum, Kobe Bryant, and Blake Griffin are done for the year (Getty Images) The thought, as soon as the Los Angeles Clippers pulled off a deal for All-Star point guard Chris Paul last December, was that the Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers would no ...  

The Game 1 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night was devastating to say the least with the Los Angeles Lakers being outplayed from start to finish by a clearly better all-around basketball team. Along with trying to bounce back from ...  

Brown probably will be retained because Jim Buss ... Lack of discipline, starting with Andrew Bynum, and lack of utilizing Pau Gasol properly (I can hear Pete Newell and Tex Winter tossing out two, three suggestions on how to get Gasol more ...  

Bad enough the Los Angeles Lakers have had to sit around since Monday with the memory of the embarrassing 29-point loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the opener of their Western Conference semifinal series. Now Lakaers forward Devin Ebanks and ...  

Even as their teammates left the court and the streamers fell from rafters and the dancing girls took over the hardwood, the Laker big men stayed on the bench. They pointed at different spots on the court. They leaned in to hear each other. It was an ...  

With two minutes to go in a hotly contested Game 2, the victory seemed fairly secure for the Los Angeles Lakers last night. They were up by seven points, had held the explosive OKC Thunder in check, and seemed on the verge of tying up the series at 1 game ...  

Andrew Bynum or Blake Griffin? One is 24 years old, 7 feet tall, just finished his first All-Star season, averaged double figures in points and rebounds and could develop into a Hall of Famer. The other is 23 years old, 6-foot-10, just finished ...  

Kobe Bryant, who led the league in scoring for much of the season, was named Thursday to the All-NBA First Team for a 10th season, while Andrew Bynum was placed on the second team, the league announced. Bryant, an All-NBA First Team selection ...  

Here's a look at what the Lakers should do with players who can become free agents this off-season, including Andrew Bynum and Ramon Sessions.Here's a look at what the Lakers should do with players who can become free agents this off-season, including Andrew Bynum and Ramon Sessions.  

The Los Angeles Lakers' Andrew Bynum has generated a storm of conflicting public opinion this season. On the one hand, he's received well-deserved praise for his incredibly productive All-Star season, even turning critics into believers. That's what ...  

GQ interviewed billionaire, fashion plate and self-styled “NBA Super Fan” James Goldstein. It’s incredible. Goldstein has season tickets to both the Lakers and the Clippers and travels around the country to go to games. According to him ...  

Andrew Bynum rolled up to the Lakers' facilities in El Segundo for his exit interview with team management at 10:35 a.m. Wednesday. Problem is his meeting with general manager Mitch Kupchak and head coach Mike Brown was scheduled for 10:30 a.m. sharp. Oops.  

COMMENTARY | Andrew Bynum has been through a lot in a short, 66-game season. The All-Star center who was once widely thought to be the future of the Los Angeles Lakers franchise and the heir apparent to Kobe Bryant now finds himself at a crossroads in his ...  

Andrew Bynum or Blake Griffin? One is 24 years old, 7 feet tall, just finished his first All-Star season, averaged double figures in points and rebounds and could develop into a Hall of Famer. The other is 23 years old, 6-foot-10, just finished ...  

Andrew Bynum had 20 points in each of the first two games between the Thunder and the Lakers ... Bynum is that second option. When he is at his best, he could even qualify as a No. 1 option. Let's take a look at Bynum, and why his head is keeping him ...  

Andrew Bynum rolled up to the Lakers' facilities in El Segundo for his exit interview with team management at 10:35a.m. Wednesday. Problem is his meeting with general manager Mitch Kupchak and head coach Mike Brown was scheduled for 10:30a.m ...  

COMMENTARY | When things go bad in the land of the Los Angeles Lakers, finger-pointing is usually the reaction among players, fans, and management. Andrew Bynum is usually the target when that starts to happen. The Lakers will most likely face another ...  

Andrew Bynum of the Los Angeles Lakers is a talented basketball player; there is no doubt in my mind about that. But is Bynum all grown up and ready to lead an NBA team on his own? Definitely not. After Bynum's post-game interview following Game 6, I truly ...  

Mike Bresnahan covers the Lakers for The Times and ties up loose ends before all their playoff games. The Lakers trail Oklahoma City, 1-0, in their best-of-seven series. The Lakers pulled off a stunner: Andrew Bynum talked on the day of a game.  

Mark Lacter: I pretty much gave up on the Laker center - and on the Lakers in general - after he was caught on camera parking in handicap spaces. The latest infraction is much tamer, but it's telling.  

The 7 foot centre of the Los Angeles Lakers has gradually developed into a formidable force in the paint. Andrew Bynum has had a terrific season, capped off by his career high 30 rebound performance. Averaging 18.7 points and 11.8 rebounds per game, Bynum ...  

It shouldn't be. ESPN LA 710's Dave Miller dishes on Chris Paul, Clippers-Spurs, Vinny Del Negro, Lakers-Thunder, Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol, Metta World Peace, flopping and more. The Lakers would be wise to entertain going after Dwight Howard.  

After finally eliminating those pesky and terrifying Denver Nuggets, Andrew Bynum likes his team’s chances at grabbing another ring this summer. But only on one condition. From the OC Register: “Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum in Game 7 became ...  

Kobe Bryant alluded to the ball being dumped on him way out on the perimeter on some late-Game 2 possessions, and it’s true that the Lakers wanted to feed the ball to Andrew Bynum inside … but they were unable to. Part of it was the strong ...  

Lakers Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum talk about the team's future after they were bounced from the NBA Playoffs. Fred Roggin reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Monday, May 21, 2012.  

OKLAHOMA CITY - Because Andrew Bynum hasn't done all that much listening to some people trying to advise him, let's turn to the one guy for whom Bynum will pull off his studio-quality high-definition headphones ... Kobe Bryant. With the Lakers ...  

YAHOO! Sports columnist Marc Spears comes on with Grant to talk about the drama surrounding the Los Angeles Lakers and center Andrew Bynum. Grant asks Spears’ opinion of Bynum and how his teammates like Kobe [...]  

Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum and forward Devin Ebanks were both fined for separate violations, the NBA announced Wednesday. OKLAHOMA CITY -- Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum and forward Devin Ebanks were both fined for separate violations ...  

Andrew Bynum was fined $15,000 by the NBA for not making himself available to reporters after Lakers practice Tuesday at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City. Reporters were in the arena and watching the light final part of practice when ...  

The Los Angeles Lakers got blown out by the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night, mostly because star big men Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum didn't really show up. This should anger Kobe Bryant, who played through a stomach illness to score 31 points ...  

Lakers coach Mike Brown had this answer Wednesday when asked about Andrew Bynum’s maturity: “I feel like he’s growing, I do. He’s learning. Is he going to be a perfect citizen the rest of his career? I don’t know.” Bynum was fined $ ...  

Kobe Bryant. Lakers center Andrew Bynum's latest transgression was not making himself available for reporters Tuesday, prompting a $15,000 fine from the NBA. With the Lakers' season nearing its end and Bynum getting closer to following in Bryant ...  

The NBA Wednesday fined Lakers C Andrew Bynum $15,000 for failing to make himself available to the media after practice on Tuesday. In a related story, absolutely no one is surprised. Maybe Bynum had a personal situation that needed immediate attention.  

The Thunder will make adjustments to the Lakers doing things like cutting off Kevin Durant’s curls off picks and the like. The Thunder have counter moves. The Thunder can also just shoot the ball better than they did that game. What’s more ...  

The 2012 NBA season, more than any other, has had the Los Angeles Lakers looking towards their young center Andrew Bynum for big contributions. In fact, they're looking towards him for the biggest contributions that have ever been requested of him since ...  

After an Andrew Bynum bucket with 2:08 remaining in the fourth quarter ... in such a way that the Thunder players who took advantage will get re-upped ... well, I'm pretty sure Kevin Durant (already on a max extension) and James Harden (all but certainly ...  

Less than 31/2 minutes into the Thunder's first playoff game ever, 7-footer Pau Gasol threw a pass at the basket, and 7-footer Andrew Bynum skied to easily dunk the ball. Uh-oh, thought everyone in Thunder blue. Just exactly how is the Thunder supposed to ...  

DENVER — Crunch time for the Los Angeles Lakers usually belongs to Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum or Pau Gasol. Not this time. Ramon Sessions and Steve Blake put the dagger in the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night, swishing 3-pointers in the final ...  

If the Lakers wanted to leave the end of Game 2 in Oklahoma City behind them, it wasn’t made any easier by people getting nasty toward Steve Blake, who missed the team’s last shot while down by one point. Blake’s wife, Kristen, posted to ...  

First things first, there's the Andrew Bynum pre-qualifier to deal with. A half block away from the sparkly new Amway Center in Orlando, Fla., on West Church Street, there is a Bank of America. There are nine more banks and investment firms on ...  

OKC exploits Andrew Bynum’s weakness Just wanted to post this link, because it's one of those rare articles that gives you a feeling for what's going on in a game beyond "so-and-so" went off for 25 points.  

At first glance, the Lakers are an indeterminable riddle in all of sports, the one team that considers the season a waste if they fall short of capturing an NBA championship ... and notes regarding Lakers basketball, be sure to read Silver ...  

This wasn't a mistake. In his seventh year as an NBA player with multiple playoff runs, Andrew Bynum knows the drill. You make yourself available to the media during the playoffs after each practice. That's just how the hype machine works. But after Game 1 ...  

The Lakers built around Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum under Phil Jackson stepped back last season against eventual NBA champion Dallas. These Lakers, still with Bryant, Gasol and Bynum under Mike Brown, could be gone for good after a 106-90 loss ...  

Throughout the 2012 regular season, Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum has shown moments of dominance. Bynum's had enough big moments throughout the season to make you wonder if he has leapfrogged the Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard as the NBA's top center.  

After his Los Angeles Lakers' embarrassing exit from last year's NBA playoffs, Andrew Bynum had a reputation for being an injury prone seven-footer with a bad attitude. That label fit him so well that his name often popped up in trade rumors involving ...  

Why in the world would a team offer a max contract to such a brittle player? I call it the Andrew Bynum effect. Bynum’s injury history is far worse than Gordon’s. The Los Angeles Lakers center’s knees have endured nearly unequaled wear and tear (I ...  

Bynum is docked $15,000 for skipping an interview session with reporters after Tuesday's practice. Ebanks is fined $25,000 for his actions after getting ejected late in Game 1.Bynum is docked $15,000 for skipping an interview session with reporters after Tuesday's practice. Ebanks is fined $25,000 for his actions after getting ejected late in Game 1.  

LOS ANGELES -- Pau Gasol was consumed by determination, holding off Kenneth Faried with one arm and relentlessly tipping the ball at the hoop with the other in the fourth quarter of Game 7. One, two, three, four – five! – offensive rebounds ...  

The fines were announced Wednesday by Stu Jackson, NBA executive vice president basketball operations. Ebanks has been fined $25,000 for actions prior to and following his ejection from the Lakers' 119-90 loss Monday to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 ...  

After being embarrassed by the Denver Nuggets tonight in Game 6 of their first round NBA playoff series, with the Nuggets winning the last two games to tie the series at 3 all, Laker center Andrew Bynum was asked in the locker room why the ...  

Andrew Bynum admitted to not fully being there to start Friday's Game 3 versus the Denver Nuggets ... JaVale McGee--the Nuggets 7'1'' March 15 acquisition who was brought to Denver specifically to play defense against the Lakers' beast--didn't stand ...  

Slightly more than a year ago,  Andrew Bynum forearmed J.J. Barea in the second round of the NBA playoffs, which earned him a suspension; he followed with a great statistical season and ignited debate about the best big man in the league.  

It is surprising to see how quickly Andrew Bynum’s form can fade. Just a couple of days ago Andrew Bynum was an impregnable wall against the Denver Nuggets. Now Andrew Bynum is having a hard time stopping JaVale McGee from scoring. Undoubtedly, the ...  

On Tuesday night, Los Angeles Lakers were looking to win the Game-5 and advance into the conference Semifinals. But the attitude with which the desperate Denver Nuggets took to the court left them startled. The Broncos withstood Kobe Bryant’s 43 points ...  

Last year, Andrew Bynum ended his season, as well as that of the Lakers, with a clothesline to the head of Dallas' Jose Barea. Many of the commentators the next day, while placing Bynum's maturity level near that of a third-grader, also praised evidence of ...  

DENVER -- Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum did not go through his normal pregame routine prior to the Denver Nuggets' 99-84 win in Game 3 on Friday and said that the lack of prep time contributed to his slow start in the first half.  

The TNT analyst says Bynum 'drifts' when he doesn't get the ball and suggests the Lakers center probably won't get any better after seven years in the league.The TNT analyst says Bynum 'drifts' when he doesn't get the ball and suggests the Lakers center probably won't get any better after seven years in the league.  

Fighting to stay alive by tying the series in Game 4 on Sunday, the Denver Nuggets expect Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum to make some noise. Bynum, after blocking 10 shots and registering a triple-double in Game 1, followed up with a ...  

The L.A. Lakers dropped an absolute dud in Game 1 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, getting blown out by 29 points. While the foundational reason as to why the Lakers struggled so much against the Thunder was the lack of rest the Lakers had heading into ...  

"If I come out aggressively like that, we're much better." "Power won over pace," Nuggets Coach George Karl said. "Size won over speed." The Lakers didn't always fully benefit from Bynum's size advantage against Denver. In past games, Lakers ...  

Coach George Karl recently said that Andre Miller was a top-10 point ... Finally, there are players that are underrated, but are slowly creeping to the line of overrated. Andrew Bynum has one foot on one side and the other foot on the other side.  

DENVER (AP) — Nuggets forward Al Harrington's nose was broken when he caught an inadvertent elbow from the Los Angeles Lakers' Andrew Bynum as they battled for a rebound late in the third quarter of Friday night's first-round playoff game.  

DENVER—Andrew Bynum is promising to get to the Pepsi Center early for Game 4 of the Los Angeles Lakers' first-round series against the Denver Nuggets following his scoreless first half in Game 3. L.A.'s big man acknowledged he wasn't ready ...  

Los Angeles Lakers' center Andrew Bynum is just one of two players that the Lakers have listed as 7-feet tall on their 14-man roster for the NBA Playoffs. He is also one of just five players on the Lakers' roster who have at least six years of playing ...  

Denver • Andrew Bynum is promising he’ll be on time and on target Sunday night. The Los Angeles Lakers center acknowledged Saturday that he wasn’t ready for Game 3 at Denver, when he was held scoreless in the first half of a 99-84 loss to ...  

Andrew Bynum's statistics at halftime read: zero points, five rebounds, one block. If the Los Angeles Lakers were to get back in to Friday's Game 3 of their opening-round playoff series with the Nuggets, better numbers than that would certainly ...  

Andrew Bynum's statistics at halftime read: zero points, five rebounds, one block. If the Los Angeles Lakers were to get back in to Friday's Game 3 of their opening-round playoff series with the Nuggets, better numbers than that would certainly ...  

Telegraph.co.ukLakers Underperformance Reflects Organizational Hardships Associated with ...ForbesThen there is the matter of employee fit and motivation. Most would agree that Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum failed to consistently play to their potential. In Gasol's case, this more likely a function of fit. That the triangle offense was simply a better ...Jack McCallum: Don't discount Kobe despite another early playoff exit for LakersSI.comall 2...  

The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Denver Nuggets in game 1 of their first round series, 103-88, behind a solid team effort led by the purple and gold's very own, big three. Everyone was invited to Andrew Bynum's block party. Kobe turned what seemed to be ...  

A picture tells a thousand words. At a time when he should be leading, Lakers center Andrew Bynum is as disengaged from his team as a shuttle booster rocket falling towards the ocean. Tuesday's loss at home to Denver was bad enough - Bynum acknowledging ...  

New York, NY – The NBA has fined Los Angeles Lakers forward Devin Ebanks and center Andrew Bynum for separate violations. Ebanks has been fined $25,000 for actions prior to and following his ejection from the Lakers' 119-90 loss to the ...  

If the Los Angeles Lakers learned anything during their trip to Denver over the past three days, it's the importance of All-Star center Andrew Bynum to any chances of making a championship run. Bynum must be a focal point of the Lakers offense, but more ...  

NEW YORK, May 16, 2012 – Los Angeles Lakers forward Devin Ebanks and center Andrew Bynum have each been fined for separate violations, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President Basketball Operations. Ebanks has been fined $ ...  

At one point or another, it was only logical to assume Andrew Bynum would figure out that he is a professional basketball player. Bynum is 24 years old now, which is still very young; but seven years into his NBA career, he is considered a veteran.  

LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant scored 38 points, Andrew Bynum followed up his playoff-opening triple-double with 27 points and nine rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers weathered Denver's late rally for a 104-100 victory over the Nuggets on Tuesday ...  

Kobe Bryant may have gotten hot down the stretch on Tuesday, but that doesn't change the fact that Andrew Bynum should be getting more touches. Bynum averaged 18.7 points and 11.8 rebounds during the regular season, shooting nearly 56 percent from the floor.  

“They played with confidence and swag. We were not there.” The key to Game 7 Saturday night is “coming out and playing hard. We have to match their intensity.” “They’re coming out, trying to kick our butts — which they’re doing ...  

The Los Angeles Lakers (2-1) and Denver Nuggets (1-2) will continue their best-of-seven Western Conference first-round series on Sunday night at the Pepsi Center, with the opening tip scheduled for 9:30 ET on TNT. Las Vegas oddsmakers have established the ...  

When the Los Angeles Lakers drafted Andrew Bynum 10th overall in 2005, their vision was for the 7-footer to become a franchise player. The future hasn't always looked so bright for Bynum and the Lakers, given the multitude of injuries and ...  

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- With the Los Angeles Lakers' playoff opener just a day away, center Andrew Bynum took up the torch to publicly declare his team's postseason intentions. "The season's over. It's the postseason and we know to go far," Bynum ...  

The NBA playoffs are officially underway for the Los Angeles Lakers with two games and two wins in the books over the Denver Nuggets in the first round. With the Lakers dominating right out of the gate in the postseason; talks of sweep have ...  

The Denver Nuggets didn't exactly start the 2012 NBA playoffs as they would've liked to, and plenty of their early failures had to do with the quality play of Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum in Game 1 of their first-round series.  

Aside from serving a four-game suspension to begin the season, Bynum missed two other games - playing in 60 of 66 contests in the lockout shortened season. As I discussed in my series preview article the keys to the Lakers' game would be the tempo ...  

NEW YORK -- Los Angeles Lakers forward Devin Ebanks and center Andrew Bynum have each been fined for separate violations, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President Basketball Operations. Ebanks has been fined $25,000 for actions ...  

Andrew Bynum was asked about Game 5 versus the Denver Nuggets and said the following (via Marc Spears of Yahoo Sports): "Closeout games are actually kind of easy. Teams tend to fold if you come out and play hard in the beginning." What you see here is a ...  

"Close out games are actually kind of easy," Andrew Bynum told reporters this week. "Teams tend to fold if you come out and play hard in the beginning." That’s the quote that supposedly rocked the basketball world to its very core yesterday. That amazing ...  

There's apparently another way that Andrew Bynum wants to ... that he wants to rock that look again. "I want to grow it," Bynum said. "I want to get it back." Even though Bynum wore a comb pick in his hair following practice, Laker fans shouldn't get ...  

Given the Dwight Howard-Orlando Magic saga, and, maybe to a lesser extreme, the Andrew Bynum-Los Angeles Lakers saga, it perhaps wouldn't be farfetched that both aforementioned centers swap teams before next season's trading deadline. ESPN's ...  

When told Saturday about Andrew Bynum acknowledging his sub-par effort in the Lakers’ Game 3 loss in Denver, Kobe Bryant laughed. “He’s extremely open and honest with you guys,” Bryant said. Bryant wasn’t told by reporters that Bynum ...  

Andrew Bynum had 10 blocks for the Los Angeles Lakers in their easy Game 1 win over the Denver Nuggets yesterday, 103-88, helping him to record the first Laker playoff triple-double since Magic Johnson over two decades ago. But Nuggets coach George Karl isn’t impressed — he thinks officiating may have played a big role in that.  

If Andrew Bynum was a middle linebacker in the NFL, he'd be flagged for a 15-yard penalty if he did this to any quarterback, whether it's Tom Brady or Chad Henne. In the NBA, he can apparently get away with a simple personal foul as long as he ...  

Quite simply, Bynum isn't a bonus for the Lakers any longer. He's a necessity ... After receiving postgame treatment on his right knee, Bynum was the last Laker standing in an empty visitor's locker room Friday night. As he started to get ...  

Bryant was young once as well and had a lot of growing to do in order to become the leader that he is today. Doug Pensinger/Getty Images What he needs to do is to teach Bynum how to act as a professional and as a leader bit on and off the court.  

Magic Johnson pronounced Mike Brown fired, and Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol traded ... When hope comes in the form of Ramon Sessions, it can be the reflection of a hopeless situation. When the Lakers inevitably do fall in the playoffs—probably to the ...  

Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum blocked 10 Denver Nuggets shots on Sunday afternoon, a mark that tied an NBA playoff record, secured just the second points-rebounds-blocks triple-double in NBA postseason history, and helped the Lakers score a 103-88 ...  

Andrew Bynum can quiet his naysayers in a big way by pulling out a Game 6 road victory against the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night if star guard Kobe Bryant is unable to play.Los Angeles may have to prepare for life without Bryant tonight after he missed the late-morning shootaround, which could place Bynum in the spotlight offensively for the first time in his career during the playoffs.Bovada sports book released a proposition wager of over...  

COMMENTARY | Fans in Los Angeles enjoy Andrew Bynum and his candor. But it's his tendency to say whatever comes to mind without regard for the repercussions that have raised more questions about his maturity throughout the year. If he is going to be the ...  

Andrew Bynum continues to baffle and mystify. The day after praising JaVale McGee’s hook shot, Bynum wanted to make sure McGee thought twice about going to the hoop. In the first quarter of Game 5 between the Lakers and Nuggets, Bynum sent McGee to the deck. Now, I’m all about the hard playoff foul and making a statement, but you cannot grab a guy by his neck as you toss him to the ground. Of course, that’s exactly what Bynum decided to do.The...  

This is the paradox of the Kobe Bryant-Andrew Bynum relationship. Bryant defends Bynum in the press, even going so far as to create a rationale for the big man's ill-timed three-point shooting. But when the whistle blows, the ball stays with Kobe.  

Get that stuff out of here. Los Angeles Lakers All-Star center Andrew Bynum blocked 10 shots in Game 1 of a Western Conference first round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday. By doing so, Bynum tied an NBA Playoffs record and finished with ...  

--The Times' Bill Plaschke remains troubled with Andrew Bynum's admission that he wasn't prepared physically or mentally in the Lakers' Game 3 loss Friday to the Denver Nuggets. --The Times' Mike Bresnahan focuses on the Lakers' poor rebounding ...  

DENVER — Funny time for Andrew Bynum to suddenly become a critic of Andrew Bynum. All it took was one of the best two-game stretches of his career. The Lakers center followed a record-setting triple-double that included 10 blocks in his playoff opener ...  

For all the accolades Kobe Bryant has received on account of averaging nearly 28 points per game at 33 years of age, he's also dealt with his fair share of criticism for taking shots that All-Star center Andrew Bynum might be better off taking. The pleas ...  

There's no question Kobe Bryant is still the best player on the Los Angeles Lakers, but he may no longer be its most valuable. We know that this team can still get a few wins with Kobe sitting–it did just that in April when the Lakers won five out of ...  

That definitely did give us fuel and motivation to win this game ... "Did it pump them up?" Bryant said. "Yeah, probably. Were they going to come out and play with that type of energy anyway? Probably. We didn’t execute. They obviously played harder ...  

Sports: George Karl’s first order of business when he walked into the Denver Nuggets’ locker room Tuesday was to find video coordinator Nate Anderson ... man,” Nuggets guard Ty Lawson said. “That was an arrogant statement.  

After Andrew Bynum's 27-point, nine-rebound performance in Game 2 of the 2012 NBA playoffs, the center said he was frustrated because he felt that he could have played a better game. Come again? Bynum's dominance over the Nuggets in Game 2 may not have ...  

Through two games against the Nuggets, it's hard to find much fault with the play of Andrew Bynum. He dominated Sunday's Game 1, hauling in 13 rebounds and with a swateriffic! 10 blocked shots (plus countless more altered (alteredariffic!  

Andrew Bynum is the X factor for the Lakers, which has already been shown this ... Bynum appears to understand his impact and influence to the team and their chances of winning their seventeenth title. "To me, the difference in the game is Andrew Bynum ...  

Center's admission that he wasn't all there at the start of Game 3 continues a strange and frustrating pattern for one of the Lakers' key players.DENVER — Andrew Bynum is driving me crazy, driving his teammates crazy, driving his coach crazy, driving an entire organization into an early spring ditch.  

Various points in the Lakers' 99-84 Game 3 loss Friday to the Dallas Mavericks define both the good and the bad that Andrew Bynum offers. There's the dominant Bynum. That one scored 18 second-half points, aggressively fought through double teams ...  

DENVER — Funny time for Andrew Bynum to suddenly become a critic of Andrew Bynum. All it took was one of the best two-game stretches of his career. The Lakers center followed a record-setting triple-double that included 10 blocks in his ...  

How good is Andrew Bynum becoming?After going scoreless in the first half of a 99-84 loss against the Nuggets, he still finished with 18 points, 12 rebounds, two assists and two blocked shots. Add in some choice words for the officials and a whole lot of attitude, too.He's turning into a firecracker and it's really quite a lot of fun to watch, isn't it? While Bynum has earned a lot of fans this season, his biggest supporter is also the most...  

I know you’d much rather tune this out. You’d prefer getting your “Zen On” as you do when you stay out of team huddles. You’d want to listen to Jay-Z blaring on your Beats By Dr. Dre headphones the same way you’ve done countless ...  

Other than Howard, Shaq and Yao, you mostly have power forwards posing as centers like Amar'e Stoudemire and Al Horford. The only other true center to be selected to an All-NBA team in the past five years is Andrew Bogut, who was third team in 2010.  

Brown stayed with his three, Andrew Bynum, Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol ... was aware he was two blocked shots short of tying Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston Rockets) and Mark Eaton (Utah Jazz) for the shot-block record. He went for it. Had he end up injured ...  

Andrew Bynum is the Los Angeles Lakers next great centre and right now is creating a lasting legacy that will go down in history of purple and gold big men legend down the same line as Laker greats George Mikan, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and ...  

DENVER – Kobe Bryant had 22 points, Andrew Bynum scored 19, and the Los Angeles Lakers' stars received plenty of help from their supporting cast in a 92-88 win over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night. David Zalubowski Associated Press The Lakers' Andrew Bynum dunks while in the grasp of the Nuggets' Timofey Mozgov. Bynum had 19 points and seven rebounds.  

For once, Andrew Bynum frowned. The Lakers' two best players appeared ... The Lakers should still remain open in trading him for Dwight Howard. They shouldn't keep Bynum as their franchise player because his extensive injury history remains ...  

The book, "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell, delves into how "little things can make a big difference," a subject Bynum read at length last season while rehabbing his surgically repaired right knee. Regarding Bynum's development this ...  

LOS ANGELES — Goliath would come off the bench for the Lakers. The Los Angeles low post is led by 7-footers Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum. In a Jan. 1 game at the Pepsi Center, Bynum had 18 points and 16 rebounds against the Nuggets and probably ...  

Extremely overrated, living off of potential instead of productivity, young, dumb, looking for someone to pacify his masked insecurity, undisciplined, disrespectful, arrogant, aloof. And this was my opinion before he turned coward in last year's ...  

What amazing insight I just learned at Lakers practice. They say they prefer to close out their first-round series against the Denver Nuggets with a Game 5 victory on Tuesday at Staples Center instead of returning to Denver for a Game 5.  

He lacked so much defensive effort on pick-and-rolls last week against Oklahoma City that Lakers Coach Mike Brown benched him for the entire fourth quarter and subsequent overtimes in favor of seldom-used forward Jordan Hill. "I just want to ...  

But then, neither were the rest of his teammates. The Nuggets pounced on the Lakers with a 28-2 run in the first half and rode it to a vital victory. Bynum came in for criticism afterward. His zero-point first half was followed by an 18-point ...  

Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum sat on the Lakers bench to discuss strategy after the final buzzer sounded to announce their 119-90 Game 1 loss to the Thunder. “We really just talked about what we're going to do offensively as far as trying to get most of us ...  

Among the more underplayed positives of Andrew Bynum's dominant Game 1 came on the offensive ... he was still fairly prone to miscues. Not Sunday. Brown attributed Bynum's near-pristine performance to a better understanding of what Denver ...  

I used to like Howard for Andrew Bynum, straight up, but Bynum has become an alarming head case. I'm leaning now toward the Magic needing two players or more for Dwight as a way to improve Orlando's overall talent. The playoffs have been ...  

Recently the dynamic forces surrounding Andrew Bynum have gotten more interesting than ever. Dave McMenamin from ESPN commented on Andrew Bynum by calling him temperamental and an invaluable center who has been fined by the Los Angeles Lakers due to ...  

LOS ANGELES -- For a good 15 minutes before a recent game, Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum left himself exposed. His cellphone, a black iPhone 4GS, was left unattended on the chair in front of his locker during the 45-minute period when ...  

"We've got one day to rest," Lakers center Andrew Bynum said. "We're going to get it done and ... Sports Los Angeles Lakers' World Peace and Barnes … Los Angeles Lakers’ Keys to Western Conference … The Los Angeles Lakers escaped elimination ...  

It was one of the most obvious "dammit" moments of the NBA season. Harvard Business School's Teresa Amabile and psychologist Steven Kramer have researched what makes people miserable at work, and wrote this for the Washington Post: Over the past 15 years ...  

Andrew Bynum is another example of the organization's knack ... center to accomplish their ultimate goal and hang a 17th banner in those rafters. Michael C. Jones is a Yahoo! Featured Contributor in Sports and southern California native, covering the ...  

It sounded like a trick question to many. "Realistically, I think he can do both," Brown said. "I think he can still impact the game defensively or ocntrol the game defensively. And he can score." Yet, that all depends on the effort Bynum ...  

LOS ANGELES — A day before Andrew Bynum produced one of the most eye-popping defensive performances in NBA playoff history, he spoke up to his Lakers teammates about the importance of getting off to a good start in their championship quest.With an NBA record-tying 10 blocked shots, the 7-foot All-Star center put the Lakers on the good foot – and the Denver Nuggets on their heels.Read More... More on NBA  

May 2, 2012 - There comes a time when things really change, when people really mature and that time is finally here. It's Andrew Bynum I'm referring to, the seven-foot center everyone will have their eyes on this postseason, all while the Los ...  

From Wojnarowski: Jim Buss has two guys in the franchise: Brown and Andrew Bynum. In fact, Buss has made something clear within the Lakers, sources say: Bynum is untouchable in trade talks. After all, Bynum was Jim Buss’ discovery, his pet project and ...  

EL SEGUNDO – If it's a legend that Andrew Bynum is building, he's going to do it his way. And it's not sticking to the script. The closing minutes of the Lakers' Game 6 loss in Denver didn't much interest Andrew Bynum, but the team hopes Game ...  

So I tried to get one established on Andrew Bynum for Game 2 ... Final thought What’s to like about the Nuggets other than George Karl’s insinuation that the refs missed a bunch of the Lakers’ alleged illegal defenses in Game 1?