Andrew Bynum can’t be helped by Kareem

Kareem and Bynum (Getty)

Andrew Bynum no longer feels that he needs the services of Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Bynum unilaterally ended the relationship this past week. Instead of training Bynum, Kareem will now spend much of the season in his home in New York. For a player that has only started 128 career games, Bynum is excessively confident. Around the same time last year, Bynum was proclaiming that he was going to be a 20 and 10 player. When all was said and done, Bynum averaged just 14 and 8 and was a minor piece on a Laker team that played better with a Odom and Gasol front court.  Bynum’s cocky, I’m better than Kareem attitude, may add to the Lakers’ brewing personality problems as they try to repeat as champions.  When Bynum started speaking out of turn last season, Phil Jackson put him in his place.  Phil is lucky that they only let Bynum fire his assistant coaches.