No Bye Bye Bynum By Deadline

After no action either on the court or on the phones yesterday, the Lakers have to refocus on getting the job done tonight at the STAPLES Center versus the pathetic Boston Celtics.
 

The Lakers couldn’t have picked a better situation to end a losing streak.  They play a team with the NBA’s worst record at 13-40, they’re at home, and now nobody on the roster has to worry about where they will be living on Monday. 
 

Except for Radmanovic.  On Wednesday afternoon Phil Jackson set up a plastic igloo in his backyard for Vladamir to sleep in for the remainder of the regular season.
 

Although Andrew Bynum is a New Jersey native, and might not have minded a trade, the Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak admitted that they “weren’t very close” to making any deals.  Instead of considering Bynum, most of the options involved Kwame Brown, among others.  The 19 year old center has shown a lot of potential, and the upside to keeping a young talented big man like Bynum in L.A., at least for now, was too great compared to the opportunity to improve the Lakers’ backcourt.
 

Lakers tickets to tonight’s game will probably give fans a glimpse of what Kobe Bryant called “a team that can make some serious noise in the playoffs with the roster that we have.”  If this is true, I’d tell by bookie to put down some green on L.A. and check out StubHub.com for some lower level seats.  This one should be in the bag.        


 

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