http://my.lakers.com/blogs/
Through three practices the only comment Andrew Bynum has on the stability of his surgically repaired knee is that it’s fine.
“Not even thinking about it. It’s 100% still. I haven’t had any pain or anything like that. The only thing I do have to do is design a better brace because it keeps kind of sliding down. It’s kind of annoying,” said the Lakers big man after today’s morning session. “I don’t have any fear anymore. If feels stronger. It feels better than last year. I don’t have any fear at all.”
Head Coach Phil Jackson characterized Bynum as “tired” during practice, but Andrew views that as Jackson trying to keep him motivated. “He always says that. When has he not said that. I think it’s just a little bit of a motivating factor to kind of keep me going.”
And another interesting thing... I knew my call on Josh Powell in the off-season was a stroke of genius!
On Josh Powell: “He’s impressed us a lot. He’s coming in playing hard. He’s got a lot of tenacity. He refuses to be boxed out. You’ve got to really put an effort into keeping him off the boards. He’s creating a lot of problems with our big guys, they know they’ve got a tiger down there after the rebound. He seems to have an idea of what we’re trying to do even though he’s only been here for one day. He seems relatively comfortable playing in our offense.”
It seems like Radmanovic is being pushed off the depth chart. I haven't heard of him at ALL so far, while Phil has been talking about Powell a lot. He called him a "prototypical" power forward on media day.
There's more in the link about Ariza's shooting as well. Positive news.
