Rumors: Bynum Out Longer? + Blog

Kobe2clutch · Joined: 15 Apr 2004 Posts: 115

LOL, Abomb is freaking 20 man. Your healing tissues heals its fastest when your 20!! How is it even acceptable when doctors say around 8 weeks to maybe 12 weeks to how about 6 months? This ain't the lotto. IF doctors can get away with such inconsistency, I could of been a doctor myself. Anybody can easily make a number up, and if he's not healed, i'll make another number up.

From my doctor friend, "everybody knows the techniques, its the accurate judgments to separate a good doc from a bad doc".

ZenMaster4President · Joined: 05 Dec 2003 Posts: 3390

Sad thing is that after he is out for this season and rehabbing during the off-season it will all of a sudden require micro-fracture surgery and he will be out for another 1.5 years. AWESOME.

Now we really NEED to trade Kobe and gear for a run in 2010/2011. man1

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Ed Guru · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:12 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the news Eric - wish it was better!

If rehab was pushing 'Drew back I could understand most of the anger - but this is about healing and that's his body alone so we can't do anything but wait. Better we lose 'Drew until next year than bring him back and drive him to surgery that takes closer to two seasons to come back from.

Oh well, let's win our last few games and get into the playoffs with momentum..
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diehard · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 687 Location: In the Paint

Okay, here is my take. The team would be swamped with paparazzi style reporting if they came out and said he is going to play on Sunday. Therefore, keep everyone off of the trail and send out this six weeks crap. That way Andrew and the rest of the team will be able to go through a normal game routine. We'll see Bynum coming off of the bench on Sunday and then the fun (circus) will commence.

Man I hope I'm right smoker

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V.V.V.V.V. · Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 196 Location: Hollywood

Too much Bynum babying going on....

You can play on a bone bruise, it just hurts. Our medical staff is to blame, since they're responsible for freaking him out over his knee, when the reality is that he can play on it, it will just hurt for a while. Play him in limited minutes until he feels confident again. There's no structural damage to his knee, so at this point it's a phantom injury.

We might lose in the first round without him, and if not then the second round is the end. That's my doom and gloom prognosis....
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SignPippenNow · Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 2004

so Andrew the Great is out much longer than anticipated and the rest of the Lakers suck so simply trade Kobe and wait for the Great One to return. What an ignorant statement. Maybe when he returns Andrew can coach the team and play 1 on 5. How about supporting the players who will be out there and who are 2 games out of first place playing much of the season without Andrew the Great?

A Nitty · Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 33 Location: So-Cal

I think Mitch has secretly convinced Buss to hold Bynum out so that the Lakers would lose another 1st round series.
That way we can end up with the 20-something pick in the draft and Mitch can draft our savior Darren Collison

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SignPippenNow · Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 2004

The Lakers don't own the 20-something pick. Their first round pick went to Memphis in Gasol trade

A Nitty · Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 33 Location: So-Cal

Wasn't being serious dude...

Trying to lighten things up around here, I don't think this is the end of the world
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PowerGriz · Joined: 09 Mar 2008 Posts: 181

This will only make our championship even more memorable

Have FAITH, people

tbs · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 111

I'm with Emplay. Quit blaming the messengers. Andrew had a devastating injury and it was going to take a minimum of 8 weeks to even see where he was at, due to the intense swelling. Now Andrew just needs to take it easy until the swelling gets fully out of the knee, for however long that takes.

In one sense, without the uncertainty, the Lakers can all just let out the stops, gear up for another level of extreme intensity and get ready to smash people in the mouth during the playoffs. They can get through the playoffs without Bynum if everyone else toughens up.

I think Gasol, for one, has a toughness that some people haven't seen yet, while he's been blending in to be a good teammate.

Phil Jackson and the staff are the best in the league at preparing for individual playoff opponents.

emplay · Clublakers Analyst Joined: 15 Aug 2004 Posts: 2594

Haven't caught up on the posts - but here are some notes from teh game blog updated

http://www.hoopsworld.com/Blogs/CourtsideBlog.asp?GAME_ID=22398&LEAGUE_CODE=NBA

AvenLarue · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 38

gill · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject:

Interesting posts on your blog emplay, particularly with the part on how Bynum wanted to play ASAP.
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MDI · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:48 pm Post subject:

Come back Bynum

The Clippers are feasting on us inside
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adub_beta · Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 293

Thanks for giving us much info on this and the game blog Eric. When I first heard the Bynum news my reaction was just like most people, but the thought of could this be a smokescreen to make our opponents in the playoff think that we will be without AB to make them have different game plan and then catch them off guard later and put him in out of nowhere? Maybe I'm thinking too much into it but could this be a possibility? We all know the zen master likes to play mind games with everybody (his players, the opponent coach, the reporters etc.) and some of his tactics are quiet unorthodox. After I saw the 6 more weeks I felt like this is really serious but from what I read in your blog I feel like there is a slightly chance that this conspiracy theory could be true and I hope is it ... what is your thought on it?

emplay · Clublakers Analyst Joined: 15 Aug 2004 Posts: 2594

sorry - it's really simple - Bynum's knee has been swelling all week - so they have to back off

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stylerip · Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 270

Hopefully he'll be cleared for the 2009 playoffs. We'll need him.
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The Original 81 · Joined: 07 Oct 2006 Posts: 1338 Location: New York City

So wait, Bynum is out for the playoffs? Or is it just he might not be ready?

I'm on my sidekick so I can't view Emplay's article.
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scissors · Joined: 09 Apr 2007 Posts: 1164

thanks for the info. i can only hope bynum will surprise us by playing during the first round of playoffs. like how arenas did.

i still have faith in the 1 2 3 puch of bryant/gasol/odom

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MC · Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 2535

The Lakers can still win in the first 2 rounds without Bynum IMO. It will be that much more difficult but we still have a potent trio of Bryant, Gasol and Odom. I don't think to many teams are exited about a potential match up against us with those 3 alone as the core for a playoff series. Bynum will be needed for the WCF and Finals vs the likes of Boston and Detroit. those 2 teams are men among boys IMO and will take a complete healthy roster to overcome.

netlordr23 · Joined: 03 Feb 2008 Posts: 593 Location: Alicante (Spain)

He is not going to come on the middle of the playoffs, and play straight away. IMO
He needs adjustment, and that is not going to come in training itself, and I dont think the playoffs is a good training ground...