If Lakers Fans Are Mad at Bynum, They’re Idiots
Athletes and Celebrities, NBA, Video April 1st. 2009, 12:00pm
Tracy Morgan Andrew Bynum is cool. This Playboy party kerfuffle (we’re going to hammer our friend at the mag for not extending an invite) is such a non-story that even Phil Jackson said, “I think there’s a lot being made out of that that’s unnecessary. This is a young guy. I don’t know if Andrew’s 22 yet, is he? He’s a 21-year-old guy. He’s been out of basketball for six weeks. . . . He’s got to have some energy and have some fun. I don’t know [about] putting a girl on your shoulders or not . . . but the fact that people are beating him up over that, I think that’s crazy. Andrew’s doing fine. He’s going to be fine.”
Of course he is, Phil, haven’t you seen him hula-hoop?
(vid via: Yardbarker)
Bynum’s knee survives Playboy Mansion workout (SI)
18 Responses to “If Lakers Fans Are Mad at Bynum, They’re Idiots”
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April 1st, 2009 at 12:05 PM
he better come back. Two consecutive years of missinf the rest of the season when he was supposed to return looks bad. It looks like he doesnt care about his rehab. I would be pissed if he didnt return.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:05 PM
You should. When I worked in LA our company had an annual party at the Mansion, and a lot of people who were thinking about switching companies stayed on there an extra couple months just for that. Well worth it.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:09 PM
if this was on a night when they weren’t playing then what is the big fucking deal.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:09 PM
I’d be pissed if I were a fan. Not for going to a playboy party, whatever, have fun, but the girl on the shoulders is just poor judgement. Especially if it takes him longer to come back than expected, fans have every right to be upset.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:14 PM
If the Lakers aren’t pissed, the fans shouldn’t give a shit. And I’m a fan. Let the kid have some fun.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Bsanders, how many places have you lived/worked? Jeez. How old are you. Seems like you’ve been everywhere done everything
April 1st, 2009 at 12:23 PM
Ha, I wish. I’m 26. Worked in STL during college, worked in NYC and LA for a few years, now in Chicago doing the “getting out of journalism and getting another degree” thing.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:32 PM
I’m not pissed, I’m jealous I have never been invited to the playboy mansion.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:34 PM
That girl might be 90lbs. I doubt she poses any threat.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:38 PM
He’s got every right to go, just as long as he’s ok with the consequences. I can stop going to work, as long as I’m fine with being fired. He can party it up while his team is grinding out an east coast roadie as long as he’s fine with being criticized for it.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:39 PM
I don’t care if you got two broken legs without casts on them yet, when she offers to wrap her legs around your neck, you say yes.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:40 PM
What Ill said.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:40 PM
i was invited to the playboy mansion with ralph macchio and pauley shore but we got kicked out because pauley wanted to free some animals. i have been blacklisted ever since.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:50 PM
It should be assumed that if you are a famous basketball player you are going to do shit like this. That’s why you work hard to become a famous basketball player. Shit like this should be in your contract.
April 1st, 2009 at 1:03 PM
You’re expecting a young, single guy to turn down partying at the Playboy mansion?
That’s ludacris!
April 1st, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Why would Laker fan not be mad? So far in his young career he hasn’t accomplished jack shit. Now he’s injured for the second fuckin season in a row. He pulled the same BS last year saying he was gonna come back and was rehabing and blah blah blah, he never steps on the fucking court. I see that same BS happening again. As far as I can tell, he has no desire to play. There’s a fucking off-season to do shit like this, but you get paid millions of dollars to fucking PLAY BALL so if you can’t get on the court, you shouldn’t be doing shit like this.
April 1st, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Why play ball (or rehab to play ball) when you can party with hos at the Playboy Mansion?
/Bynum’d
April 1st, 2009 at 2:22 PM
Bynums facing the wrong way, right!?