The historic effort made last night by Andrew Bynum achieving 30 rebounds in San Antonio, cannot hide certain gaps in his personality that are what prevent him from becoming one of the most important players in the NBA.
He dominates on the boards if he sets his mind to it, he is completing the best season of his career by far (18,4 points, 11,9 rebounds and 2,0 blocks per game) and he stays away from the injuries that have cut short part of his progression, but outbursts on and off the field They contrast with their game numbers.
Yesterday he left two new samples at the end of the meeting. First trying to steal the ball from his own teammate It's not really known for what purpose, but it was probably to shoot a three-pointer, which has already caused problems before:
It is clear that this action had amused and relaxed him, because in the interview immediately after he had no qualms about using foul language while the journalist put him on a list at the same level as some of the great centers in NBA history:
Mike Trudell: «Andrew Bynum, these are the names of the players who have gotten 30 rebounds in the history of the Lakers: George Mikan, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Elgin Baylor. You have joined that list. How do you feel about that?
“Well, my pitches are shit, man.”
As Andrés Montes would say, crazy head. Bynum is aware that the word shit (shit) is quite frowned upon on American television and is usually censored, but on this occasion there was no time to do so.