Image via WikipediaThis week Plaschke jumped all over Andrew Bynum.
He's been down on the 22-year-old kid since Bynum was a teenager. He was also a Frank McCourt supporter, but I digress.
He thinks the Lakers should trade Bynum. Any chance he gets to drive that point home, he does.
"Different season, same story, the Lakers big man comes up small," wrote Plaschke.
That's one thing I will never understand. I have no idea why sports columnists have to be so negative.
I believe the Lakers are lucky to have Bynum. I hear Phil Jackson talk about the value of a big body all the time. I'd like to think on occasion he's talking about a sportswriter 40 pounds too heavy, but I know better.
As for the slow start Bynum is going to have this season, isn't the kid following the lead of his elders? The regular season has never meant much to Jackson or the players.
You think the Lakers have any intent of hanging with the Heat to secure the home-court advantage throughout the playoffs?
Let me help you: No.
Every year the Lakers have the talent to win almost every game and yet every year they pace themselves. And that's with Jackson's approval.
He talks about it all the time. When the Bulls won 72 games, it was the players who went after it — almost defying Jackson's wishes.
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