Andrew Bynum News

Andrew Bynum, forgotten man? Amid all the attention heaped upon the return of Pau Gasol, the Lakers' 22-year-old center served notice that, um, he's still playing too.

Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, including an astonishing basket from behind the backboard, and the Los Angeles Lakers cruised to a 101-85 rout of the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night.

Twelve games aren't much of a measuring stick, even for a veteran team. Twenty-five games would be a better indicator of how things are going.

Lamar Odom wasn't entirely thrilled when he found out he was no longer a starter last year in training camp, saying Lakers Coach Phil Jackson was "out of his .

Pau Gasol had 24 points and 13 rebounds in his season debut, and Kobe Bryant scored 21 points while passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the Lakers' career scoring chart in Los Angeles' 108-93 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night.

Some things these guys said before tonight's game vs. Chicago, the first Pau Gasol will play for the Lakers this season... Andrew Bynum: Q: Are there enough touches for you to keep your early season scoring going? "I think so.

The Los Angeles Lakers try to continue their recent dominance of the Chicago Bulls tonight, when the two storied franchises get together at Staples Center.

Don't get it twisted. Believe what you want about Kobe's infamous "Parking Lot Video" from 2007 but Kobe never really wanted Andrew Bynum traded.

Did the Lakers send a championship ring to Kwame Brown? "What?" Brown responded when asked the question Tuesday night.

During the offseason, I suggested that the Lakers had begun a movement of super-contenders by changing the model for winning an NBA championship from 3 stars and a bunch of role players to a 5 star, get-out-our-way template.A To make this thesis work, I considered Andrew Bynum a star player.

Josh Powell had just out-hustled the starters for an offensive rebound during a five-on-five scrimmage at the end of Monday's practice when Lakers coach Phil Jackson decided he couldn't watch in silence any longer.

The Lakers 7-2 start without star big man Pau Gasol should serve as a wake up call to everyone around the league who believed Andrew Bynum could not be a dominate big man in the NBA.A One of the reasons for Bynum's emergence is the absence of Gasol.

Aaron Brooks scored a career-high 33 points, including five 3-pointers, and the Houston Rockets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 101-91 on Sunday night, sending them to a second consecutive loss.

The Andrew Bynum progression chart is a roller-coaster diagram. Great expectations as the No.

Andrew Bynum sat out because of a strained right elbow. Again. Pau Gasol sat out because of a strained right hamstring.

Carmelo Anthony turned a close game into a rout by leading Denver to a big third quarter Friday and carrying the Nuggets past the Los Angeles Lakers 105-79. In a rematch of last season's Western Conference finals, Denver outscored the Lakers 29-8 in the third period after the Nuggets had owned only a two-point advantage at halftime.

This young man is coming of age, showing great skills, footwork, and has hands looking like an All-Star. A So I ask this question, knowing I may be putting premature pressure on the big fella: can he be the best center in the league? A As of now that title belongs to Dwight Howard aka Superman 2 and deservedly so.

Andrew Bynum is apparently off to a great start in L.A. After five games, Bynum is averaging 20.0 points and 10.6 rebounds per game.

Readers' questions for our Lakers' beat reporter Broderick Turner. Question: When is the bench going to contribute? [Lakers Coach] Phil [Jackson ] cannot expect the starters to keep up this pace all year.

There was good news and bad news from Lakers practice Tuesday in El Segundo . First the good: Andrew Bynum was on the floor, declared himself able to play through whatever residual pain is still there now that the swelling has gone down in his injured right elbow and his range of motion is back.