Bynum Inj. Update: espn - bynum WILL play thursday p.15

[LLcoleJ]

please use this for any Andrew Bynum questions.

To answer the posters who thread I locked. Bynum is on schedule from the initial diagnosis.

[slickgreek]

Bynum Could Be Back Sooner Rather Than Later

Nobody wants to say it out loud, for fear of a jinx, but there are whispers around the Lakers that Andrew Bynum will be back by the end of March or early April. Sooner than most thought and in plenty of time for the playoffs.

Tuesday he showed up to a Lakers practice and was quick to show off how fast he is recovering.


"He said the swelling is minimum right now that he has," Jackson said. "He's walking without aid. So he feels pretty good about what he's doing. We know that this first two weeks is going to be kind of sketchy. As he starts healing, things will start changing a little bit."

After last season, when Bynum’s recovery dragged on worse than a Gray’s Anatomy story line, everybody around the Lakers is gun-shy about saying anything positive this time around.

But the whispers are there — he looks good. He’ll start rehab soon. And with a little luck he will be back with plenty of time to get in shape before the playoffs.

Just don’t say that too loud.

LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE OK....GOOD TO HEAR...

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/sports/basketball/Bynum-Could-Be-Back-Sooner-Rather-Than-Later.html

It also came off of ANDREWBYNUM.COM from 2/23

[dockingsched]

the original article was posted FEB. 11, so that gives us the same time line from the article on pg. 2...so without any further updates of any setbacks, looks like we're down to 5 to 9 weeks.

[slickgreek]

the original article was posted FEB. 11, so that gives us the same time line from the article on pg. 2...so without any further updates of any setbacks, looks like we're down to 5 to 9 weeks.

Ya Dcash saw that, but why would his own website post it 2 days ago? It didnt make sense to me for them to post it 2 weeks later?

[RJM]

... do we need him? I don´t think so. We´re playing our best basketball without him...

Are you saying we can afford to trade him? What did he average before he went down again? How many blocks? How many rebounds?

If you don't like him back in the starting line-up because Gasol is now flourishing offensively at the five spot, then maybe you should propose Bynum coming off the bench. But saying we don't need him is insanity. He's our defensive anchor. Gasol is not.

Against Cleveland, Jazz, Celtics, Orlando et cetera, Bynum will singlehandedly change the opponent's game plan altogether.

Okur is much stronger than Gasol, but has nothing on Bynum. Enter Bynum and all of a sudden Okur won't be able to stay on the floor. With Gasol guarding Okur, Memet will push Pau out of the paint all night and then on the other end shoot weak side threes all night long, and make life hard for Gasol.

Gasol can't defend big Z very well either because of Z's length, he's not strong enough to D up Perkins, he has no chance in hell guarding Dwight. Bynum always plays great against Duncan. How exactly do we not need him? You mean on offense?

It's not about offense. This game is won with defense.

Double E, I get that, but isn't Pau just as long? I assume that would (worst case scenario) be a wash due to the length between the both of them. Z probably has an advantage in strength but the length looks just as much.

[iamworthy]

Lakers injury update

By JEFF EISENBERG
The Press-Enterprise

Andrew Bynum did not attend practice on Wednesday, but a Lakers spokesman said the injured center has begun riding a stationary bike and using a Precor machine as part of his rehab.

Bynum has been out since Jan. 29 as a result of a torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee. The prognosis when his injury ocurred was that he would miss about 8 to 12 weeks.

Also the right ankle that Kobe Bryant tweaked late in Tuesday's victory at Oklahoma City is a non-issue, and he will be ready to play Thursday against Phoenix.

[Dr Aki]

http://lakersblog.latimes.com/lakersblo ... oting.html

Before we get started, I present the obligatory Andrew Bynum Medical Update:

For several days, he's been riding the stationary bike and using the elliptical machine.

No word on whether or not it was set to "Hill" or "Fat Burner," but it's good to know AB is getting active again. Oh, and Kobe's ankle? Not an issue. As you were.

[dockingsched]

http://lakers.freedomblogging.com/2009/ ... nce/12755/

Andrew Bynum, walking without so much as a slight limp, showed up in the Lakers locker room Thursday and declared himself pain-free.

Not home-free, just pain-free.

Bynum has been sidelined since suffering a tear of the medial collateral ligament in a game Jan. 31 and only recently began riding a stationary bike and working out on an eliptical machine. His return date is pegged for sometime between late March and early April and there isn’t any rush to get him back on the court.

Sean Zarzana, Bynum’s personal trainer, couldn’t pinpoint an exact date for Bynum to return playing, saying that the 21-year-old center has a long future ahead of him, so “we don’t want to rush things.”

“I’m optimistic,” Bynum said. “It feels really good and there’s nothing that I’m really concerned with.”

[TylersLakers]

He's only got his pimp limp..

[DEEP3CL]

Things are coming together...............no need to rush.

[The Laker Kid]

Rush his recovery... we need him ASAP

[snaquille oatmeal]

Andrew Bynum working toward return

Lakers center Andrew Bynum (27 points, 15 rebounds) and Timberwolves center Al Jefferson (34 points, 13 rebounds) played big in a Jan. 30 meeting, but each went down to injury soon after this game. Injured center hasn't started running yet. Nuggets Coach George Karl wonders how much the team really misses him. The Lakers might not seem as if they miss Andrew Bynum, losing only one game since his knee injury, but they'll obviously welcome him back whenever he returns. He has started riding a stationary bike, using an elliptical machine and doing partial lunges and squats with his lower legs



He continues to lift weights to maintain his upper-body strength but has not yet started running.
All indications are that he will return between March 30 and April 27, within the original eight-to-12 week forecast released by the team after Bynum suffered a torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee. "It feels fine, very little pain," Bynum said Thursday. "The swelling's all the way down. I'm optimistic. I just hope it keeps going the way it's going now." Bynum never returned to the court last season after injuring his other knee in mid-January, though he said circumstances were different this time.






He wasn't sure when he would return. "I have no idea," he said. "Right now, all I know is it feels good to me and I think I'll be able to at least come back and contribute. "It's cool because when I come back in, they'll all be jelling together and I'll just have to work my way back." With the way Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol have been playing down low, Bynum is almost a certainty to come off the bench when he returns. Bynum is averaging 14 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.9 blocked shots in 29.1 minutes a game.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/basketball/nba/lakers/la-sp-lakers-fyi27-2009feb27,0,3360762.story

[hermes]

Rush his recovery... we need him ASAP

no we don't, we're playing fine without him

and we want him completely healthy

[Anklebreaker702]

We don't need to rush him at all but he will be back & we will dominate!

[Fac1]

Rush his recovery... we need him ASAP

ASAP? Lakers have been cruising without him - distancing themselves as the clear no. 1 team - rushing him would be extremely counter-productive. Ease him back in and if he's able to start coming off the bench with 3-4 weeks to go, that's a great sign. Should he be at close to full strength come the playoffs, he's going to be absolutely invaluable. This is looking much better than last year's injury.

[dockingsched]

guy was just joking.

anywhoo, if i've learned anything, its that bynum never has any idea about how his injury is REALLY improving. after each injury, post game, everything is cool, BLAM, out 8 weeks minimum. during rehab last yr, everything is looking good, BLAM, out for the yr.

[MikeyMike]

He wont be back til finals.

[rand0m]

With this injury, if Drew isn't cleared to play by the finals then he definitely deserves the slower healer label...

[microfib4thewin]

With this injury, if Drew isn't cleared to play by the finals then he definitely deserves the slower healer label...

Or maybe the medical staff is just incompetent. Walton had so many freak injuries last year and Mihm actually needed to perform an ankle surgery even though he was cleared to play in the preseason. You wonder if they were just rushing players instead of doing their job.

[Mamba Venom]

Medical staff in LA got spoiled w/ Kobes toughness. He could lose a leg and walk it off...?!?

Bynum needs to be back for spot mins last game of the season, needs to play 10 mins in the 1st round, 15 in the 2nd and 25 thereafter.

GO LAKERS !