For all the accolades Kobe Bryant has received on account of averaging nearly 28 points per game at 33 years of age, he's also dealt with his fair share of criticism for taking shots that All-Star center Andrew Bynum might be better off taking.
The pleas for Kobe to pass the ball are nothing new, to be sure—they're just a bit louder and more frequent in a season when the legend shot just 43 percent.
Of course, it's not as if Bryant never passes the ball. He's not stranger to setting Bynum up at the right times, just as he did late in Sunday night's game between his Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets:
Kobe makes the right play, drawing Gallo away from Bynum, & feeding 'Drew for an and-1 dunk. FT coming, lead at 6, 2:15 left.
— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) May 2, 2012
Despite the occasional heroics, there's still little doubt that Bynum should be a more integral component of Los Angeles' offense.
In the first four games against Denver, Bynum has only taken more than 12 field goal attempts once despite making 60 percent of his shots in the series. There's something quite obviously wrong with a system that ...
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Kobe Bryant’s Selfish Refusal to Share Ball with Andrew Bynum Will Doom Lakers
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