Magic GM talks why he passed on Bynum

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 with No comments
It was the safe trade to make, big man for big man, but for some reason Orlando Magic GM Rob Hennigan decided against acquiring Andrew Bynum when the franchise traded Dwight Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers.  Hennigan recently took to the airwaves to explain exactly what it was that swayed his decision away from Bynum.  


"A lot the decision stems from having a core set of values on what we want to be about on the floor as well as off the floor," Hennigan said. "When we were doing a lot of our analysis about what the best option was to trade Dwight, we felt really comfortable on the research we had done on Nik Vucevic, Moe Harkless and Aaron Afflalo. Obviously, we wanted draft picks as well ... but we felt really good about (those three players) and the potential they would have when given the opportunity to play for a coach like Jacque Vaughn, who really develops and believes in players......I think it (Bynum's health) was a concern as we did our research into the history of his career. Certainly, the fact that he missed the whole season was unfortunate for everybody."