He played in the 2005 McDonald's All-American game where he tallied 9 points and 5 rebounds. For the remainder of his freshman year and his sophomore year he attended Solebury School in Solebury, PA. For most of his freshman year, he attended West Windsor Plainsboro High School North located in Plainsboro, New Jersey. Joseph High School, in Metuchen, New Jersey during his junior and senior year. He spent summers visiting his father in North Carolina. His parents, Ernest Bynum and Janet McCoy, divorced when he was a one year old. He then signed with the Indiana Pacers for the remainder of the 2013–14 season.īynum was born in Plainsboro Township, New Jersey.

He signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he briefly played before being traded to the Chicago Bulls, who subsequently released him. Bynum missed the entire 2012–13 season because of knee problems. After seven seasons with the Lakers, he was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in 2012 as part of a four-team deal that sent All-Star center Dwight Howard to Los Angeles. He became the youngest player ever to play in an NBA game. He was named an All-Star and selected to the All-NBA team in 2012.īynum was an All-American player in high school before he decided to forgo college and enter the NBA. After they selected him in the first round of the 2005 NBA draft with the 10th overall pick, the 7-foot-0-inch (2.13 m) center won two NBA championships with the team in 20. He played the majority of his career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bynum with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2012Īndrew Bynum (born October 27, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player.

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