Los Angeles Lakers’ coach Mike Brown understands basketball fundamentals. If you have an athletic big man who can score, give him the rock. That’s right. Give Andrew Bynum the ball, Kobe Bryant be damned! It’s no different from what Phil Jackson tried to do when Shaquille O’Neal was there. Sure he had a dangerous scorer like Bryant on his roster but running the offense through a low post scorer like Shaq made more sense. Shots in the paint are higher percentage shots, plus when teams would try to double Shaq it created easier shots for the rest of Shaq’s teammates. That included Kobe. But a young, brash Kobe had dreams of being the next Michael Jordan and wanted to be the focal point of the same offensive scheme that helped Jordan attain six rings. It didn’t seem to matter to Kobe what was best for the team. That of course was many moons ago. Different time, different Kobe. Now that Bryant has advanced in age he more than welcomes having someone help him carry this team and make his...
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