The precedent has been set for the Lakers and Andrew Bynum. The Bucks inked Andrew Bogut to a five-year extension worth $60 million right now that could reach as much as $72.5 million with incentives. With Bynum up for an extension this summer as well, and his agent saying he’s going after a max deal, the digits for the #1 pick in the ’05 Draft (Bogut) will no doubt be brought up in negotiations with the #10 pick (Bynum). But even though Bynum’s got a higher ceiling and plays for the high-profile team, hasn’t Bogut had a better career so far? He’s averaged about 12 points and eight boards in three years with Milwaukee, and last season was good for just about 14 and 10 a night. Bynum’s case will definitely be helped, however, by the fact that everyone and their Mom said the Lakers could have won the ‘chip if he’d been healthy in the postseason … The Sixers gave Elton Brand number 42? You mean they hadn’t retired that number for Mike Gminski? … There was some paranoid talk out of L.A. about the possibility of Baron Davis backing out of his agreement with the Clippers (he hadn’t officially signed yet). Read More »