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Andrew Bynum Sends Gerald Wallace to the Hospital

Jan 28, 2009 – 9:26 AM
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Tom Ziller

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Gerald Wallace spent Tuesday night laid up in a Los Angeles hospital, possibly with a collapsed lung and fractured rib. When you see the name "Gerald Wallace" you may assume this is another of those unlucky crashes on a reckless drive to the rim. Nope. The reckless one here was Andrew Bynum.



That hip check and flailed arm by Bynum is rather egregious. It looks like Bynum missed his rotation and needed to make up ground fast to save face. What better way to show you care about defense than to throw most of your weight into a leaper's body?

Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer agrees.
After 21 years of covering the NBA, I think I know the difference between rugged and dirty. What Andrew Bynum did to Gerald Wallace Tuesday was dirty. ... Hopefully, this was about youthful indiscretion, not malicious intent. Because as talented as Bynum is, I'd hate to think his destiny is to end up a hockey goon.
This is about a sometimes lazy defender who didn't want to be pulled from the game, always a possibility with Phil Jackson. You let Wallace slice in for a dunk there, you're getting lashed. But maiming a guy isn't the acceptable cover.


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