Dont you think that this season we are seeing much less of these?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2yzNQWFYko
I think there are two reasons that factor in,
other teams are doing a great job denying kobe from touching the ball in the winding seconds in the ball games,
and with very little offensive help and aging, Kobe always seems too tired to shake off his defenders to get the ball and to get a better look at the basket.
And on Bynum's progress, I still don't think he will go down as one of the best centres of the Lakers, or anything as significant as Shaq was. With Kareem, he's set to develop a nice offensive game, but as soft, unathletic and uninterested as he is, I don't know if the Lakers are wise if theyre going to make him the franchise's centerpiece in the future.