OT: Bynum signs extension

Welcome to our community

Be a part of something great, join today!

Register Log in
i wonder if him watching oden go down had anything to do with that : )
 
Awesome deal for the Lakers. Not a max deal and in the horrible possibility that he is injury plagued then it doesn't completely kill the Lakers.

LOVE the team option for the 4th year
 
Worth it. 4 years isn't much. Who's a FA in 4 years BTW? Good for some championship runs with Kobe and Pau....then have flexibility if they want to dump him after that.
 
IMO it's the same mistake the Blazers made with Randolph. They should have waited, offered him a QO and then let the market establish his value. They could have given him the same contract this summer.
 
Jack RamsaysPants said:
IMO it's the same mistake the Blazers made with Randolph. They should have waited, offered him a QO and then let the market establish his value. They could have given him the same contract this summer.
Click to expand...

There was worry it was going to become a distraction. The Lakers can handle some extra luxury tax and the contract isn't terribly long.
 
Last edited:
Jack RamsaysPants said:
IMO it's the same mistake the Blazers made with Randolph. They should have waited, offered him a QO and then let the market establish his value. They could have given him the same contract this summer.
Click to expand...

not even close...this was the discount he paid for security...if he had made it thru this season with no problems the 100 out of 100 times he is getting max
 
Basically the Lakers are giving a guy 14.5 million a year based on potential For his career he's averaged 7 and 5... Yes I know he came out of HS and yes he definitely showed good promise last season, until he missed 47 games.

It might be the way thigns go in the NBA but it doesn't change the fact that they could have had him cheaper this upcoming summer.
 
Jack RamsaysPants said:
Basically the Lakers are giving a guy 14.5 million a year based on potential For his career he's averaged 7 and 5... Yes I know he came out of HS and yes he definitely showed good promise last season, until he missed 47 games.

It might be the way thigns go in the NBA but it doesn't change the fact that they could have had him cheaper this upcoming summer.
Click to expand...


:biglaugh::biglaugh:

Oh man! Funny shit. I thought people skewed the number when they say 13/10 for last year (last 15 games 17/11/3blk) but to go to 7/5...thanks for the laugh
 
DaRizzle said:
:biglaugh::biglaugh:

Oh man! Funny shit. I thought people skewed the number when they say 13/10 for last year (last 15 games 17/11/3blk) but to go to 7/5...thanks for the laugh
Click to expand...

OK so he's played 15 good games? So he has earned 3.8mill for each good game he played.
 
DaRizzle said:
wow...keep going, your logic is flawless
Click to expand...
Ok show me where his Career Stats aren't 7 and 5? I did acknowledge that he came straight from HS, but apparently that doesn't automatically indicate to you that his numbers would be lower initially, I said he showed promise until he got hurt. He averaged 17 and 11 for the last third of the games he played in last year which means he must have averaged lower than 13 and 10 in the other 32 games he played in. Probably in the neighborhood of 10 and 9 or so. That screams max contract.

I also said he might deserve that money. I personally just have a problem witht eh tactic of giving a guy near max when he has only showed promise.
 
Jack RamsaysPants said:
Ok show me where his Career Stats aren't 7 and 5? I did acknowledge that he came straight from HS, but apparently that doesn't automatically indicate to you that his numbers would be lower initially, I said he showed promise until he got hurt. He averaged 17 and 11 for the last third of the games he played in last year which means he must have averaged lower than 13 and 10 in the other 32 games he played in. Probably in the neighborhood of 10 and 9 or so. That screams max contract.

I also said he might deserve that money. I personally just have a problem witht eh tactic of giving a guy near max when he has only showed promise.
Click to expand...

You guys here just dont appreciate the situation of the Lakers and Bynum. You dont see every game, every play, every interview (same goes for me and POR).
You cant put any stock into Bynums first couple of years, he was young, undeveloped, going into a tough offense to learn, and most importantly played for PJ, the biggest rookie hater of all the coaches. He showed flashes during his first few year, just couldnt do it consistently.

Last season he came in as a backup to Kwame. Not only was it Kwame's crappy play but Bynum's stellar play that forced him into the starting lineup. The dude is a defensive monster and its no fluke that he was leading the league in FG%, and dont give me no crap about alley-oops(yes they help) because the kid has moves of his own that range out all the way to a ten footer.

If I were to list all the reasons this is good it will go on forever and frankly Ive tried before but naysayers just blow me off even though Ive watched every second of his NBA career
 
Sorry DaRizzle I respect ya man, but similar things have been said about many big men who get (near)max deals, and then people complain when they don't live up to the money.
 
Jack RamsaysPants said:
He got 13 million or so in the 1st year of his extension. A max contract offer is just under 14mil for Bynum.
Click to expand...


he only got 3/42 guaranteed. if he has a healthy productive season there's a good chance someone would have offered him the 4/70 paul and deron got, and possibly even 5 years at some ungodly total. the lakers got a great deal.
 
Jack RamsaysPants said:
Sorry DaRizzle I respect ya man, but similar things have been said about many big men who get (near)max deals, and then people complain when they don't live up to the money.
Click to expand...

Big men get overpaid...no way around that. That said, by the middle of this year(if not earlier) he will be earning every bit of his contract. This deal is GREAT and only gonna get better as he gets better and NBA salaries on avg go up.

edit: and if something horrible physically happens with him then its only a three year deal instead of the proposed 5.
 
Last edited:
good deal for the lakers, in that they are probably saving money off what he would have commanded this offseason.

on the other hand... i DO have reservations about his motivation. he all of the sudden became a semi-force, in his extension year. i would not be at all surprised to see him plateau for the next few years, and then have a MONSTER year in his next contract year.
 
^awww...I saw you post and I got all excited to see your avatar and sig!
 
oh and rizz, im on my buds computer, the cable guy should be coming later today.

and i thought the sig bet was bynum>oden or oden>bynum.
 
drexlersdad said:
oh and rizz, im on my buds computer, the cable guy should be coming later today.

and i thought the sig bet was bynum>oden or oden>bynum.
Click to expand...

Im pretty sure it was whatever the other guy wanted. I remember you mentioning something like that, but that wasnt agreed upon. If you can link me to where that was agreed then fine
 
While I would prefer the one I posted, Ill let it slide since I cant find the thread we bet on. :cheers:

take off the "until proven otherwise. i mean it."
 
drexlersdad said:
good deal for the lakers, in that they are probably saving money off what he would have commanded this offseason.

on the other hand... i DO have reservations about his motivation. he all of the sudden became a semi-force, in his extension year. i would not be at all surprised to see him plateau for the next few years, and then have a MONSTER year in his next contract year.
Click to expand...

You beat me to it. Motivation has always been the concern about Bynum. Does he go Oliver Miller on the L*kers? Does he let his paycheck go to his head?

As for the rest of the team, the L*kers are now capped out. Odom is going for nothing. Buss uses the Fake Show to make money, and he won't go deep and long into the luxury tax. Perhaps Ariza gets signed, but Mihm is gone next year and Fisher is gone the year after. It's a good thing the L*kers consider themselves fully formed, because this is going to be the team for the forseeable future.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 1 (members: 0, guests: 1)
Back
Top