He is the youngest player to appear on the NBA regular season stage, he is considered to be a combination of O'Neal and Chamberlain, he has an enviable physical talent, he has played in the NBA's biggest ball market, he has the most unique conditions, his career should be bright, but all this is lost in a blink of an eye because of his indulgence, and this player is once known as the league's second center "Little Shark" Andrew Bynum.
Gifted and talented, he became the youngest high school player
Bynum has the physical gifts that most NBA players would envy, and in high school, his height, reach, and size can completely crush players of his age, even when compared to NBA players. And throughout his high school years, Bynum did show amazing dominance on the court, averaging 22 points, 16 rebounds and 5 blocks per game is the answer sheet he handed in when he played for St. Joseph's High School, such a statistic, it is difficult not to make fans reverie.
After high school, Bynum didn't choose to go to college and went straight to the draft. In the 2005 NBA draft, in the face of the inside monster with a height of 2.16 meters and an arm span of 2.31 meters, the Lakers directly selected Bynum with the tenth pick in the first round of lotto, you know, the Lakers at that time had the best player in the league Kobe, and Kobe needed a player who was instantaneous, and a potential star like Bynum could not meet Kobe's need for victory, but the Lakers management still resolutely chose Bynum, because they regarded Bynum as the core of the Lakers in the post-Kobe era, which is enough to see how terrifying Bynum was at that time。
It is worth mentioning that Bynum is the youngest player to be drafted by an NBA team, he was drafted by the Lakers when he was 17 years and 244 days old, and 127 days later, when Bynum was 18 years and 6 days old, he played for the Lakers. And this record will be unprecedented, because a year after Bynum entered the league, the NBA ruled that high school players could not enter the NBA directly, so Bynum's record will never be broken.
Helped the Lakers win the championship and become the league's "second center"
Bynum, who has just entered the league, is favored by many fans and experts, some believe that he is the next O'Neal, and some think that he is the next Chamberlain, anyway, everyone is full of expectations for Bynum's future, and Bynum did not disappoint the fans.
In the 2005-06 season, Bynum's playing time as a rookie was very limited, and the data was not eye-catching, with an average of 1.6 points and 1.7 rebounds per game, and the data was even a bit shabby, but in the next three seasons, Bynum's progress was very obvious, and in the 08-09 season, Bynum was already the Lakers' thunderous starting center, playing 50 games in the season, averaging 14.3 points, 8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game The quasi-double-double data, you know, at that time, the Lakers' star Kobe Bryant occupied a lot of shots, if Bynum had more opportunities, the data would be more explosive.
2009 and 2010 were the most important years of Kobe's career, and they were also the most glorious two years for Bynum. In 09, the Lakers successfully entered the Finals and defeated the Magic team with the league's No. 1 center "Warcraft" Howard in the Finals, and Bynum also got his first championship ring. In the finals, Bynum can be said to be the most powerful, he used his strong body to defend the "Warcraft" Howard miserable, and the Magic team that lacked the control of Warcraft was naturally vulnerable in front of the Lakers.
After the '09 Finals, the Magic head coach even thought that it was Bynum instead of Kobe who decided the Finals, which was enough to see how successful Bynum's restriction on Howard was.
In 2010, the Lakers reached the Finals again, this time against the Boston Celtics with the Big Three, but, due to excessive weight, Bynum's knee was seriously damaged, and he was treated with knee pumping before the first and fifth games of the Finals.
In the 10-11 season, Bynum played a masterpiece of his career, in an average of 35 minutes per game, Bynum can contribute 17.7 points, 11.8 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.9 blocks of comprehensive data, therefore, he also became the Western All-Star starting center that season, for a while, Bynum seemed to really replace O'Neal as the "little shark" and sit firmly in the league's second center.
blamed Kobe, refused to "sky hook", and didn't know how to respect his predecessors
Due to his young age and lack of college, Bynum's emotional intelligence has been worrying since he entered the league. In order to cultivate Bynum, Bath Jr. specially invited Lakers veteran "Sky Hook" Abdul-Jabbar to guide Bynum, but Bynum directly said in the face of the media that he did not need Abdul-Jabbar's guidance, you know, Abdul-Jabbar as a center in the NBA league's history, how many people want to ask Skyhook for advice may not have a chance, but Bynum directly rejected Abdul-Jabbar in public, such a low EQ is really rare.
After becoming an All-Star starter, Bynum staged another backstabbing teammate, and in an interview, Bynum said: "I feel like I can play more roles on the court, playing with Kobe has hindered my growth, Kobe has limited my development. Bynum can say such a thing, really stunned fans, Kobe is the biggest contributor to the Lakers winning the championship, without Kobe, there would be no Lakers 09 and 10 years of two consecutive championships, and there will be no Bynum The title of the first center in the West, but after Kobe Bryant won the championship, Bynum didn't think Kobe gave him more opportunities, isn't this pure white-eyed wolf behavior?
Moreover, judging from Bynum's attitude towards Abdul-Jabbar and Kobe, Bynum doesn't seem to have a little reverence for his predecessors, and it is definitely difficult for such a player who does not know how to be grateful.
In addition to disrespecting his predecessors, Bynum is also extremely disrespectful to the coach, there is a game, Bynum may be playing high, and even shot three points in the case of the game has not yet been scored, the coach is very angry about this, and after Bynum got off the court, he sternly accused him, but Bynum was completely unrepentant, and even said that he would shoot more three-pointers in the future.
I love to kill Matt, I fall in love with washing, cutting and blowing, and I have a good future
The open-mouthed Bynum was quickly put on the shelf, and in 2012, the Lakers sent Bynum to the 76ers, and Bynum began his own path to death.
Due to a knee injury, Bynum was unable to play for a long time, but Bynum would not let himself be idle, in order to make himself more unique, he began to embark on the road of washing, cutting and blowing, from the ditch to the explosive head, Bynum changed his hairstyle more than a dozen times in a year, 76 team fans did not see Bynum playing on the court, but often saw Bynum in the barbershop, which annoyed 76ers fans and management, and swept him out of the house at the end of the season.
Bynum, who came to the Cavaliers, was still unrepentant, and during the game, Bynum hooked up with the wife of the assistant coach, which made the Cavaliers, who focus on the harmony and stability of the team, very angry, and directly announced an indefinite suspension of Bynum on December 29, 2013, and suspended his salary.
In 2014, Bynum was traded again, this time with the Indiana Pacers. However, Bynum still did not stop, he was already plagued by injuries, and the number of games was very limited, and in this limited two appearances, Bynum did not recover well in the halftime of one of the games, and actually ran out to wash and wash, and his behavior not only hurt the owner's money, but also hurt the hearts of the fans, and the Pacers soon announced an indefinite suspension of him at the end of the season.
After that, he was abandoned by the whole league, and no team was willing to take him in, and now, Bynum has completely retired and disappeared from the eyes of fans.
epilogue
From landing in the NBA in 2005 to disappearing from the public eye in 2014, it took Bynum less than 9 years to completely lose himself. The NBA is a place of drunken fans, and if a player wants to become a real superstar, he must not only have outstanding skills, but also self-discipline is an indispensable condition, otherwise like Bynum, he can only be the American version of "Hurt Zhongyong".