Who is Andrew Bynum?

So is it just me or has Bynum been way over hyped? I mean really, for a big man to average 15 and 8 this season and 10 and 6 for his career while never playing a full season due to copious amounts of injuries, can't we now say he's been over sold? I'm not saying he's not a good player, just not a great one. Yet he's spoken about like he's already a complete player, an allstar even. I don't know about everyone else but I would expect more out of an allstar than 9 and 7 for the playoffs and an even worse 9 and 6 for the finals.

Now I know people will sight injury, but doesn't that just go further to prove this point? He's never played a full season and still gets paid 15.5 million. To put some of this in better perspective lets go to the numbers. David Lee had 20 and 11 this season (only playing about seven more minuets) and gets payed less than half of what Bynum does, Luis Scola (who played the five alot this season) played virtually the same minuets as Bynum yet had 16 and 9. Oh, and he was only payed just over 3.3 million! Even Brook Lopez, posted 18 and 8 and he's a rookie. But lets look at it another way. The average big mans career now lasts about ten seasons, Bynum's in his fifth. If he was going to be the superstar everyone thinks, wouldn't he already be there? Dwight Howard had 20 and 13 his fifth season, Shaq had 26 and 12, Kareem had 27 and 14, hell even Al Jefferson in his fifth averaged 23 and 11! And that list could go on and on with guys no one else even considers to be superstars.

I think it's time we put away the gold stars for this guy. Until he proves otherwise, he may just be an injury prone Andrew Bogut, (16 and 10 this season while playing almost identical minuets) a good player who has loads of room to grow. I know, I know, I can hear all the Laker fans out there say, " ya, but imagine what he could do if he was healthy!" But thats just it, all we'll ever be able to do is imagine. Ask Portland fans how they feel about imagining how great an injury plagued big man can be. When it comes down to it, that just isn't good enough in this league.