Lakers Rumors: Andrew Bynum's Diss Latest Sign Mike Brown Shouldn't Return

Some things will never change in the NBA. One of those things is that the inmates will always run the asylum.

Superstar players have always had the power to affect coaching decisions if the current coach isn't babying or tending to their every need. Some players have earned that right. They've done it for years and years, and their input is often required from general managers.

Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant is one of those guys.

Andrew Bynum, however, is not.

Yet it's Bynum's actions, or lack of actions, that should be driving Lakers head coach Mike Brown insane by now. If he has any sanity left by the end of the drama-filled season in Los Angeles, Brown would be a fool to want to return.

However, if the drama keeps up, the Lakers front office may not want him to anyway.

A guy like Bryant being a coach killer? Well, I get that. The Lakers are his team until he decides otherwise.

But a guy like Bynum hasn't accomplished anything in the NBA yet to ultimately become the reason for Brown's possible exit.

Even after getting benched last week after shooting a three-pointer and ultimately not taking part in a team huddle, Bynum had the following to say to T.J Simers of the Los Angeles Times when asked about what was said in the huddle about Bryant's shooting struggles against New Orleans on Saturday.

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"I don't know," Bynum said with his characteristic cavalier attitude. "I don't take part in the huddles."

Another reporter reacted with disbelief, asking why not.

"I'm resting," Bynum said. "Getting my Zen on."

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Maturity has never been Bynum's strong suit, but it's nice that he dissed his current coach while referring to his old one.

Simers also goes into detail of how Bynum makes it a point of not talking to Brown before games.

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Brown made a move to say something to Bynum just before the start of the game, but got Bynum's back.

Credit the coach with being determined. He tried again, but Bynum walked away. It took three attempts before Brown managed to get a second or two of Bynum's time.

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How does it look when one of the team's youngest players shows no respect for the head coach?

Especially a guy like Bynum, who until this season has accomplished very little at the NBA level, boasting career averages of 10.5 PPG and 7.2 RPG throughout his six-year career. With numbers like that, maybe coaches should show Bynum no respect—not the other way around.

Yet under Brown, Bynum has emerged into a force, putting up his best career season in which he's averaging 17.9 PPG and 11.9 RPG.

You would think that if anyone had Brown's back it would be Bynum, being that the coach tries to make him a bigger part of the offense.

It just goes to show how much growing up Bynum still has to do.

It's just a sad situation when a guy like that thinks he's much bigger than he is. maybe if he puts up five consecutive dominant seasons, Bynum should be taken seriously, but until then he's done nothing important to date.

He should be the last guy disrespecting any coach.

However, it's ultimately going to come down to Bynum vs. Brown, and Brown has no chance to win that battle.

Score another one for the inmates.