[外電] Does Lakers' Bynum deserve to be an …

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EL SEGUNDO Andrew Bynum was late to the Lakers' office holiday party Thursday but hadn't heard the newly released first returns of the All-Star Game fan voting. He most certainly wanted the balloting update more than the Christmas gift card Jerry Buss was offering all his employees. Told he was second among Western Conference centers behind Phoenix's Amar'e Stoudemire – and facing a significant deficit of 447,776 to 299,484 right out of the gate –Bynum held a blank expression on his face. "That's messed up, though," he said. Bynum doesn't view it as a fair fight, because he doesn't consider Stoudemire a center. Neither do the Phoenix Suns, actually, listing Stoudemire at power forward and Channing Frye at center all season – yet that's inconsequential now. The panel of journalists who assembled the ballot (Bynum fans can direct their hate e-mail to Mike Breen, Eddie Sefko, Doug Smith, Marc Spears, Marc Stein and Ian Thomsen) the first week in October didn't know how the Suns' frontcourt designations would shake out in this post-Shaquille O'Neal season. Bynum has been about as quiet about hoping to make his first All-Star team this season as Allen Iverson has been about not wanting to come off the bench this season. Asked the other day about possible New Year's resolutions, Bynum didn't hesitate: "Just one: try to get on the All-Star team." The Stoudemire ballot issue by no means puts Bynum's dream out of sequence, but it is a setback given he was so vocal about his All-Star plans upon realizing Yao Ming (injured) and O'Neal (going from West to East) wouldn't dominate the West center balloting this season. Even if the Suns' public-relations department even touts Frye as "the first center in NBA history with consecutive games with six 3-pointers," it's not a total injustice: Stoudemire does also play center, as Frye sometimes gets subbed out for forward Jared Dudley, which bumps Stoudemire up. But Bynum isn't going to outpoll Stoudemire, who takes this sort of peripheral stuff far more seriously than he does his actual craft of basketball. Stoudemire went on Jim Rome's radio show Thursday "to discuss my 2010 All-Star campaign," as stated via Stoudemire's Twitter account, and there's the vote4amare.com Web site to go with a series of four short films on YouTube starring comedian David Spade and Stoudemire. Stoudemire also is experienced at this, taking down Carmelo Anthony last season at the West's forward spot by mounting a huge rally with the help of a viral Web campaign. Plus, Stoudemire's numbers (19.1 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.1 blocks) will improve as he restores himself after a career-threatening eye injury last season while Bynum's numbers (17.9 points, 9.4 rebounds, 1.6 blocks) will drop with a healthy Pau Gasol next to him. "Whatever," Bynum said. "I can't do anything else about it." Bynum isn't too worried about it because he's in great position to be among the West All-Star reserves, chosen by the vote of the 15 Western Conference head coaches. Clippers center Chris Kaman has had a good statistical start, but it's inconceivable that the coaches would rate Kaman ahead of Bynum. Minnesota's Al Jefferson has been disappointing, and Denver's Nene remains nondescript. Bynum has already earned respect from those who've had to game-plan against him this season. You saw it from Stoudemire's coach, Alvin Gentry, on Sunday night. Gentry sent immediate double teams at Bynum that the Suns didn't use in their loss to the Lakers one month earlier. Despite Gasol not playing in that first meeting, Bynum had 26 points on 13-of-18 shooting. On Sunday night, Bynum faced far more double teams than even Gasol, who most often was guarded straight up and badly by Stoudemire. Bynum has an analytical mind that ties into hobbies such as computers and cars, and he's enjoying the challenge of reacting to additional defensive attention. "It's not frustrating," he said. "It's actually a good thing for somebody to want to double-team me." Bynum is a deft passer but hasn't had as much experience as his veteran teammates beyond looking for simple cutters going past him at the post. "They're coming (on double teams) right on the catch now or as soon as I take the first jump hook, so I'm going to have to start moving the ball," Bynum said. "And if we keep beating them from the outside, they'll get back honest. "It's good. It's the next step in my progression: try to be able to hurt people on the double team, passing the ball out. ... It's difficult to get into the rhythm of the game offensively, but once you pass the ball around and it's still hurting them, it doesn't really matter." Bynum's improvement in this subtle area of the game is the kind of thing that opposing coaches will more notice far more than casual fans, so it works out well that the coaches are going to be the ones to determine whether the 22-year-old's All-Star dream comes true. http://www.ocregister.com/sports/bynum-223651-stoudemire-season.html 在西區明星賽中鋒票選中 Bynum只輸阿罵一點加上前一陣子NBA論壇中有人在問到底湖人有沒有可能進四位全明星、Bynum夠不夠格這位部落格主提出他的看法 Bynum已經讓那些對手的戰術設計吃了大虧(守不太住他了) 而且本季他成功吸引不少對手的防守重心，隊友有更多空檔 Bynum的下一步是學會破壞對手的double team 這樣他的破壞力更強大部落格主覺得教練團的決議有機會讓Bynum一圓全明星夢 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 87.211.192.128

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