The Cleveland Cavaliers' Andrew Bynum has a city on his back and the NBA in his palm.
It's a tremendous burden for any player to carry, let alone one already logging around 290 pounds on a pair of balky knees.
But that's the hand that's been dealt to the league's biggest boom-or-bust player.
At his best, Bynum's a human wrecking ball on the low block. Still just 25 years old with time and room to raise his ceiling, he's a two-way force capable of anchoring a defense and leading an offense.
But at his worst, he's an injury-riddled mess of bad haircuts and worse bowling skills. Oh, and he has the worst two knees the league has seen this side of Greg Oden.
Bynum's potential for the 2013-14 season runs the gamut from franchise savior to the next in a long line of Cleveland sports disasters. But his league-wide influence spreads farther than the city limits and longer than this one-year lens.
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Why Andrew Bynum Is the Biggest X-Factor in the NBA Entering 2013-14
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