27. "RE: not really..... Drew Bynum didn't show noticable improvement" In response to In response to 26
>until he started working with Kareem. The first real upswing >in Drew's development came when he was working with Cap.... >Most would say that he would have continued to develop if Drew >had kept working with him.... > His most noticeable upswing was after he had long since been done with Cap.
Bynum was 17, he was gonna get better.
I wouldn't sell his work there as a difference-maker if we're skipping that his work with other guys didn't really show much.
>>Kareem worked with Shawn Bradley & Olowakandi too. > >and Michael Jordan personally worked out and vouched for Kwame >Brown as a #1 overall pick....lol. it happens. > >>Point being, D12 kinda is who he is at this point & yes he >>sucks at free throws plus gets stripped too much. >> >>But if he can give you what he did last night which is >closer >>to what he was in Orlando, then you can live with that. > > >I think for most nba guys...they get to a point where they are >not going to improve.... Dwight may be at that point...but >he'd be well served to work with Kareem if he's going to stay >a Laker because he has some deficiencies that are very >specific and they are the same type of things that he brought >out in Drew... > Yeah, I just think he is what he is. Dwight's gonna be resistent to that whole thing & it's just gonna be another subplot they don't need.
At this point I'd think the best you can hope for is that he gets healthier & more in game shape, stops acting like a bitch, plus gives consistent effort in setting screens/being active around the basket.