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Originally Posted by Desert Eagle
Firstly with Kobe in the Lakers team most of the teams offense will be channelled through him whereas Howard is Orlando's go to guy so points scored is a stat that can be misleading.
secondly Bynum is 2 years younger than Howard and is also averaging 12 minutes per game less, so the stats you quoted of 11-10 compare well to howards 23-15. Consider also that Bynum is a better free throw shooter although not by much and commits less turnovers though the minutes may be a factor in that.
Also Bynum has drastically improved his inside game and if he starts to dunk as much Howard instead of going for the lay-up he will only get better. Bynum is also taller and heavier than Howard.
Give it time. I am not saying Bynum will definitely overtake Howard but the potential is clearly there.
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I'm not trying to be picky or anything with you, so don't take offense, but seriously, there is no way this is even close.
Howard is not Orlandos first option on offense, Lewis is. They didn't give him a max contract to be second option. I'm not saying Howard is an offensive beast, in fact he gets most of his points off offensive rebounds and dunks, but he is still ahead of Bynum. 11/10 do not compare well to 23/15, that is double the points and 1.5x the rebounds. Bynums rebounding may go up 1, max 2 in that extra 12 minutes. Rebounding isn't something that a player generally improves on with time. Bynum will never average 23 points a game simply because he's not dominant enough, certainly not while next to a superior offensive player.
Bynum will never dunk as much as Howard (I don't see this as a good point as it's fairly irrelevant) as he isn't athletic or strong enough to power through and up like Howard can. Dwight is a freak of nature. Bynums no slouch but he's not in Howards league physically.
Do you expect Bynum to improve to 23 ppg within the next two years? Not to mention Howard has plenty of room to improve also and is still very young. I can't see Bynum ever catching up to Howard. Go on to any Lakers site and make a thread asking this same question and even from the most biased fans you will only get one answer : Bynum.