Over the summer, the
hopes and prayers of Philadelphia 76ers fans were finally answered. The fan base hasn’t seen a solid center in
years, but in a part of the mega-trade that sent Andre Iguodala packing for
Denver and Dwight Howard headed to Hollywood, the Sixers finally brought aboard
a top NBA center.
Andrew Bynum was what
Philly fans had been waiting for all these years. A 7-footer, young, supremely
talented, Bynum is a true center in a time when true centers are becoming a dying
breed of sorts. Fans were eager to see
what Bynum could bring to the younger yet promising Sixers team.
In his tenure thus far,
Bynum has yet to see the court and seems to be bringing a somewhat negative
impact to the organization. How has he
managed to do that?
There seems to be some
constant controversy swirling around Bynum’s knee injury. Management has lied to the fan base on a
fairly consistent basis. First he’s going to be back in November. Then he’ll be
back in December. Then he has a secret
minor procedure. Now fans won’t be seeing Bynum’s debut in red, white, and blue
until 2013. Nobody is really sure what the motivation was to lie about the
injury, but what’s done is done.
Next Bynum made a
change in hairstyle. The media chose to
blow Bynum’s hair out of proportion which turned the situation from an innocent
whimsical rouse to a thorough distraction to the struggling team. In this day
and age when the media will jump on anything they can, even something as
irrelevant as hair, it’s better to play everything safe. Given the fact that
the media spotlight has shown pretty bright on Bynum of late, it would have
been nice if he could have just blended in until he finally sees the court.
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In the latest
development of the Bynum saga, news came out last Saturday night that he had
hurt his knee bowling. Yes, bowling. Why
was he bowling with his already injured knee, I don’t know. How do you get hurt
bowling, I don’t know that either. No
matter how you look at it, it happened and it continues a drama that shouldn’t
even be occurring.
Andrew Bynum suffered setback while bowling, sources tell @windhorstespn and @chris_broussard es.pn/U7ug9L
— The NBA on ESPN (@NBAonESPN) November 18, 2012
Of course, Bynum can
make it all up if he plays and plays well. When that will happen remains to be
seen. In the meantime, Bynum needs to quit making headlines for all the wrong
reasons. It is becoming a public
relations nightmare on a team where their early season struggles aren’t helping
them out much either. Philly is fed up with Andrew Bynum.
Follow Kevin Rossi on Twitter @kevin_rossi.
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