03-20-2012, 10:31 AM
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Lakers to exercise team option on Andrew Bynum
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The definition of a no-brainer?
The Lakers plan to exercise their team option on Andrew Bynum.
"He's the starting center on the West All-Star team. Why wouldn't we do everything we could to keep him here?" Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak said. "We're ecstatic to have him on the team."
The Lakers have until June 30 to exercise the $16.1-million option they have for the last year of Bynum's contract. After next season, however, he becomes a free agent unless they negotiate an extension between now and then.
Bynum, 24, has been getting steadily better this season, topping out this month with some eye-catching numbers.
In March he is averaging 24 points and 13.1 rebounds while shooting 65.7% in 10 games. He is also averaging 41 minutes this month.
Of equal importance to the Lakers, Bynum has played all 41 games he has been eligible for this season, a solid start for a player who logged an entire 82-game slate only once in his first six seasons, missing large swaths of time in the past because of knee problems.
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http://www.latimes.com/sports/basket...,4702578.story
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