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IM SORRY BUT WE CAN DO BETTER THAN KWAME BUM!!!!!!

Camby would help us soooo ****in much.. Isiah bring him back to NY!!!

No we can't. The Nuggets want to trim payroll and Kwame has an expiring. The Knicks have 0 expirings.

But what about andrew bynum? Many said he would be an allstar in about 3 years. This will be his 3rd season coming up. He is apparently their savior! Why would they need O'Neal or Camby? Hmmmm

Bynum wont develop in time for Kobe

Posted by TrueBlue:

Posted by Elite:

Bynum wont develop in time for Kobe

Bynum won't develop because of KOME. Just think how good Bynum would be by now if he wasn't playing with KOME. Most franchise caliber type talent come into the league being able to develop their without too much competition on their own roster. I'm not saying KOME should have been thrown under the bus once Bynum was drafted but you have to be very careful with that situation. I look at the Lakers almost like the Blazers were when they drafted O'neal and traded him away. It took Jermaine about 5yrs to develop because he was playing behind Rasheed and competing for time with other front court players on their team.

You're funny. I don't think the LA and Portland situations are similar enough to make any meaningful comparisons, but since you must, blaming the rate of Bynum's development on Kobe is like blaming JO's on Steve Smith.

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by TrueBlue:

Posted by Elite:

Bynum wont develop in time for Kobe

Bynum won't develop because of KOME. Just think how good Bynum would be by now if he wasn't playing with KOME. Most franchise caliber type talent come into the league being able to develop their without too much competition on their own roster. I'm not saying KOME should have been thrown under the bus once Bynum was drafted but you have to be very careful with that situation. I look at the Lakers almost like the Blazers were when they drafted O'neal and traded him away. It took Jermaine about 5yrs to develop because he was playing behind Rasheed and competing for time with other front court players on their team.

You're funny. I don't think the LA and Portland situations are similar enough to make any meaningful comparisons, but since you must, blaming the rate of Bynum's development on Kobe is like blaming JO's on Steve Smith.

I'm not really blaming KOME it's clearly his team but Bynum's development process is being stunted with KOME there.

It's going to be funny hearing how the Lakers gave up on him and the Kid dominates somewhere else.

Posted by TheloniusMonk:

But what about andrew bynum? Many said he would be an allstar in about 3 years. This will be his 3rd season coming up. He is apparently their savior! Why would they need O'Neal or Camby? Hmmmm

Yes, shame on the 19 yr old Bynum.

How many years has Curry been in the league? How many all star games has he played in? If he's supposed to be the Knicks savior, why do they need O'Neal or Camby? And why do we need to wait 2-3 years to see if they can sign a big time free agent? Hmmmm

BTW, at 19, Bynum is already a better rebounder and shot blocker than Curry will ever be. If and when his offense comes, he's going to be the type of player that Isiah pretends he has a chance to acquire. But for a team looking to get the most out of Kobe's prime, why not look to acquire O'Neal or Camby?

Any other stupid questions?

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by TheloniusMonk:

But what about andrew bynum? Many said he would be an allstar in about 3 years. This will be his 3rd season coming up. He is apparently their savior! Why would they need O'Neal or Camby? Hmmmm

Yes, shame on the 19 yr old Bynum.

How many years has Curry been in the league? How many all star games has he played in? If he's supposed to be the Knicks savior, why do they need O'Neal or Camby? And why do we need to wait 2-3 years to see if they can sign a big time free agent? Hmmmm

BTW, at 19, Bynum is already a better rebounder and shot blocker than Curry will ever be. If and when his offense comes, he's going to be the type of player that Isiah pretends he has a chance to acquire. But for a team looking to get the most out of Kobe's prime, why not look to acquire O'Neal or Camby?

Any other stupid questions?

Ignoramus, I am not speaking of age. I am talking to those who said he'd be an allstar in 3 years. This is his 3rd season coming up. Got it?

Posted by TheloniusMonk:

But what about andrew bynum? Many said he would be an allstar in about 3 years. This will be his 3rd season coming up. He is apparently their savior! Why would they need O'Neal or Camby? Hmmmm

Did you see some of the things that Bynum did last year while in his 2nd year in the league? It's pretty evident the guy is going to be all-star sooner rather than later, it's just too bad that Kobe doesn't have the patience to help him progress at the proper pace.

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by TheloniusMonk:

But what about andrew bynum? Many said he would be an allstar in about 3 years. This will be his 3rd season coming up. He is apparently their savior! Why would they need O'Neal or Camby? Hmmmm

Yes, shame on the 19 yr old Bynum.

How many years has Curry been in the league? How many all star games has he played in? If he's supposed to be the Knicks savior, why do they need O'Neal or Camby? And why do we need to wait 2-3 years to see if they can sign a big time free agent? Hmmmm

BTW, at 19, Bynum is already a better rebounder and shot blocker than Curry will ever be. If and when his offense comes, he's going to be the type of player that Isiah pretends he has a chance to acquire. But for a team looking to get the most out of Kobe's prime, why not look to acquire O'Neal or Camby?

Any other stupid questions?

Isles- you also forgot to add that Bynum is a better passer already too.

Why don't we offer Curry for Bynum & Kwame?

Posted by Pharzeone:

Posted by franco12:

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by TheloniusMonk:

But what about andrew bynum? Many said he would be an allstar in about 3 years. This will be his 3rd season coming up. He is apparently their savior! Why would they need O'Neal or Camby? Hmmmm

Yes, shame on the 19 yr old Bynum.

How many years has Curry been in the league? How many all star games has he played in? If he's supposed to be the Knicks savior, why do they need O'Neal or Camby? And why do we need to wait 2-3 years to see if they can sign a big time free agent? Hmmmm

BTW, at 19, Bynum is already a better rebounder and shot blocker than Curry will ever be. If and when his offense comes, he's going to be the type of player that Isiah pretends he has a chance to acquire. But for a team looking to get the most out of Kobe's prime, why not look to acquire O'Neal or Camby?

Any other stupid questions?

Isles- you also forgot to add that Bynum is a better passer already too.

Why don't we offer Curry for Bynum & Kwame?

Damn, if Bynum is that good already, tell me again why Kobe is going ape**** out there.

Because he's still very young and needs a few years to develop.

Kobe is going ape**** out there because he doesn't care about the long term, he wants short term success. Also because some Laker insider put the Shaq thing on him when apparently it was Buss all along. He also saw them trade away an all star in Caron Butler for big stiff Kwame and probably doesn't have much faith in Mitch Kupchak.

In all honesty, Kobe going ape**** probably has ZERO to do with Bynum.