A 7-foot blessing for the Lakers:Bynum developing lengthy NBA Career

Standing 7-feet even, Andrew Bynum is anything but a small threat to other NBA teams looking to face off against the Lakers.

The 20-year-old forward has been a part of the Los Angeles team since he was selected 10th in the overall draft in 2005 from New Jersey’s St. Joseph High School. Not only has Bynum been a major contributor to the Lakers’ winning 22 of their first 33 games, critics are also speculating that the young talent has helped LA’s front office give Lakers guard Kobe Bryant exactly what he’s been asking for: a powerful and dynamic sidekick to put the team in the running for an NBA championship title, according to an article published Wednesday, Jan. 9 by the Press of Atlantic City Web site.
Bynum, who has been steadily increasing his scoring ability and game time over the past three seasons with the Lakers, has been put in by coach Phil Jackson for close to 30 minutes per game and has steadily contributed 12.8 points and 10 rebounds this season.

“I came in, and needed to gain some confidence,” Bynum said in a Dec. 2007 interview with Insidehoops.com. “Wasn’t playing a lot, about 20 minutes a game. As the year progressed, the team started to trust me more. And now I get touches in the first half. Still need to earn the team’s trust in the second half.”

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