Ahyes. A year that Lakers fans have tried in vain to forget for so long,in which a lack of a true center (Kwame Brown was our starter) alongwith the flight of a coach (Rudy Tomjanovich) before the All-Star breakled to a 34-48 record.
With the 10th pick in the 2005 NBA Draft, the Lakerstook a 7 foot, 17-year-old kid out of St. Joseph High School in NewJersey, passing up Nate Robinson, Danny Granger and David Lee.
Four years and one championship later, that kid has become the Andrew Bynum that we all know and (every now and then) love.
已经过去4年了，也拿下一次总冠军了，这个小孩就是我们现在非常熟悉的又爱又恨的拜纳姆。
Bynum hasn't enjoyed the smoothest of roads, however.
然而，他的整个职业生涯到现在为止不是很顺利，充满坎坷和困难。
Graceland hasn't been kind to Drew. He's gotten hurttwo of the last three times the Lakers have played the Grizzlies inMemphis.
命运对他是那么的残忍，他在和灰熊队交手的近三次比赛中受了两次重伤。
Bynum's been known to spend some of his rehab time balancing Playboy bunnies on his broad shoulders.
在他恢复的时期，也是花边新闻不断，还用双肩背着花花公子杂志的兔子女郎。
And even the all-time scoring champ KareemAbdul-Jabbar can't counsel Bynum to more than seven points per gameduring the playoffs, when his team needs him to reach his potential themost.
Centers from elite teams like Shaq, Dwight Howard,Yao Ming (when he's healthy), Tim Duncan and Kendrick Perkins seem tomanhandle the Lakers center with ease.
Often, he plays lazily.
And when he does finally spring into action, he picksup two quick fouls and can see Lamar Odom walking to the scorer's tableout of the corner of his eye.
This isn't to say that Bynum and Kwame are one in thesame. For starters, Bynum, with all his flaws, can actually catch theball. Brown still has problems in that department
My point is that the Lakers had more in mind when they drafted him in 2005.
我的观点是，湖人在05年之所以会选他，是有个很长远打算的。
Spurts of potential do materialize every now andthen, usually before he receives a contract extension or right beforethe Lakers visit FedEx Forum to face the not-so-mighty Grizzlies.
他将来的潜力是不可限量的，也是考虑到长远的利益，球队才与其签下一份大合同。
For his stats, Bynum has to be one of the highestpaid players in the league. Some fans view him and his agent (alsonamed David Lee) as the reason that Trevor Ariza is now the interimfranchise player for the Houston Rockets while Tracy McGrady is out.
Mr. Lee represents both Bynum and Ariza, and becausehe did such a good job getting Bynum his money, there wasn't enoughmoney for Ariza, who played a much bigger role in the Lakers winning itall in 2009 than Bynum did.)
Many people feel that this is truly a make-or-breakyear for the 21-year-old. And that if he doesn't materialize into thecenter that we all know he can be, that he can take his 6.5 points pergame elsewhere.
He might have been there for every game in theplayoffs, but according to the stat sheets, he only truly showed up ina few of these games. He needs to get tougher, become more awareand play stronger.
