Bynum and Gasol Improving Each Game

Lakers Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol seem to be improving as a team on a game-by-game basis, although don’t expect any comparisons to the Shaw-Shaq Redemption quite yet. The Twin Towers continue to work on feeding each other around the basket and looked for each other several times during Sunday’s exhibition game against Toronto. The pair were moderately successful: Bynum drew fouls two times while going for lobs from Gasol but Bynum failed to connect with Gasol on one play, instead passing up a short jump hook by unsuccessfully trying to pass through two players to Gasol.

Bynum told the L.A. Times, “We definitely have a lot more high-low post action going on. I think you’re going to see more of that as I get my legs back to 100% and everything. I’ll be able to throw some of those dunks down.” Bynum converted two dunks (one from Kobe Bryant and the other from Vladimir Radmanovic) on alley-oop passes on Sunday; he is still getting into NBA-level shape while recovering from a knee injury. As for contract extension talks, Bynum and Gasol remained separate. Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak and Bynum’s agent, David Lee, met Friday to discuss Bynum’s contract but no deals were made.

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Posted in General on October 21, 2008

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