It's time to start forming new expectations for Andrew Bynum.
Even after he made his Cleveland Cavaliers debut against the Brooklyn Nets, there was optimism in the air. The Plain Dealer's Mary Schmitt Boyer wrote, "The goal/hope always was that Bynum could return to his All-Star form, and if he stays healthy and does that, the Cavs will start him."
Seeing Bynum make an All-Star team is nothing more than a pipe dream now, even if he's looked solid through his first three appearances. On the heels of some sobering news, it seems as though Cleveland will be lucky to get a consistent starting center out of his seven-foot frame:
Boyer also reports the following: "Preparing to play his third game of the season, Bynum acknowledged that he had experienced 'little, sharp pains.'"
Uh-oh.
Bynum has always been a big, physical and skilled center when healthy, but that's no longer true. He may be kind of healthy, but the physicality and athleticism that helped make him special aren't all going to be there any more.
Even Bynum himself is ...
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Breaking Down What to Expect from the New Version of Andrew Bynum
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