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Andrew Bynum Defends Pau Gasol After Knicks Center Calls Him 'Soft'

Amare Stoudemire Sons Pau Gasol by Rosenberg Radio on YouTube

(CBS/WFAN) – Back-to-Back NBA champion Pau Gasol is once again under attack from another player in the league for being "soft".

During an appearance this weekend on Hot 97 in New York, Amar'e Stoudemire of the New York Knicks answered a question about the Lakers star.

"He's still soft, you know what I mean," Stoudemire replied to laughter. "He's a good player, but he has also help down there with Lamar Odom, Andrew Bynum. Those 7-footers down there. So he has a supporting cast."

Apparently that didn't sit very well with  Bynum.

Via twitter Bynum defended his teammate, "The NBA is a weird place! How can a man that plays 0 defense call a 2 time champion soft?"

 

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