Notorious B.Y.N.U.M

In a stunning turn of events, the Lakers might have found the next Shaq. Well, that's going a bit far but when you already have a teenage phenom as the face of your franchise, why not add another? Presenting Andrew Bynum, all of 19 years old, putting up 20 PTS, 14 REB, and 3 BLK against the KG-led Timberwolves last night. Oh, did we mention that he's currently 38th on the player rater (according to Yahoo) and he's sitting right between Yao Ming and Ben Wallace in the Center rankings?

"I go to Jacob with 25 thou, you go with 25 hundred, wow."

Of course, this is only through five games so let's not get too excited here, but Bynum has show flashes of his coming dominance, even with main man Kobe returning to the floor. Averages of 13 PTS, 7.6 REB, 1.6 AST and 1.4 BLK (with 0.677 FG% and 0.767 FT%) show that he could be headed for great things in the future. His numbers are equitable to the Big Daddy's right now (14 PTS, 7 REB, 1.5 BLK in two games) and while we don't want to overhype anyone, Bynum has expressed a desire to sign a long contract extension with the Funk Coalition.

A Funk representative, the training room assistant, said, "It's clear that Andrew is a budding talent and with his energy and enthusiasm leading the way, I think we can assemble a young front line to help Lebron lead us into the next century. Bynum may be too good to sit on the bench, perhaps our shift to a small ball strategy was pre-mature. Look for big changes next week as we try to use some of our uber-talented big men to dominate our foes. This opinion has been sponsored by cold water Tide with extra bleach..."