Injury Updates ( Bynum included)

Verbal · Post #641 » by **Verbal** » Thu May 22, 2008 7:00 am

milesfides wrote:Yeah, seems like this was surgery to improve comfort in the knee, not some structural or otherwise serious problem.

A small voice in the back of my head told me that Bynum should suck it up and help us in the playoffs, then get surgery in the offseason. Hell, I wonder how many players in the league play all year despite discomfort and pain in their knees. Unfair of me, selfish as a fan, but hey, couldn't help but think that. Sorry everybody.

+1

"Selfish" fans think alike.

Gerald3Wallace · Post #642 » by **Gerald3Wallace** » Thu May 22, 2008 7:06 am

hmm

sasha
kobe
ariza
odom
gasol

to close out games...

hermes · Post #643 » by **hermes** » Thu May 22, 2008 3:19 pm

Iceburg Slim wrote:Bynum's surgery was a success.

good news

when is ariza going to be activated

Post #644 » by **Danny Darko** » Thu May 22, 2008 5:31 pm

i was surprised to see trevor in a suit

Post #645 » by **snaquille oatmeal** » Thu May 22, 2008 7:17 pm

Corvus Crow wrote:i was surprised to see trevor in a suit

I was too, even after hearing Phil say that it will be difficult to add him to line up without interupting his rotation.

hermes · Post #646 » by **hermes** » Thu May 22, 2008 7:19 pm

he'd fit in fine in vlad's spot after his first quarter offensive outburst

islander009 · Post #647 » by **islander009** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:34 pm

I was going to ask you guys the same thing, i noticed that he was in a suit. Are we able to add him to the roster since he didnt play prior to the playoffs started? I believe we are held to a maximum of 13 players i believe can anyone explain more or help me figure if we can switch players in an out of the final roster? thanks.

TommyTheCat · Post #648 » by **TommyTheCat** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:46 pm

milesfides wrote:Yeah, seems like this was surgery to improve comfort in the knee, not some structural or otherwise serious problem.

A small voice in the back of my head told me that Bynum should suck it up and help us in the playoffs, then get surgery in the offseason. Hell, I wonder how many players in the league play all year despite discomfort and pain in their knees. Unfair of me, selfish as a fan, but hey, couldn't help but think that. Sorry everybody.

it's easy to say that now that they've had the surgery and didn't find anything structurally wrong. not one of the three doctor's he saw were willing to clear him to play. so the lakers and bynum should just suck it up and chance a 10-15 year career when they didn't know what was going on?

i think they did the right thing. i'd rather see them take care of a young stud than chance anything for immediate gratification without actually knowing what the situation was. he will be our franchise player once kobe's past his prime.

TommyTheCat · Post #649 » by **TommyTheCat** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:50 pm

islander009 wrote:I was going to ask you guys the same thing, i noticed that he was in a suit. Are we able to add him to the roster since he didnt play prior to the playoffs started? I believe we are held to a maximum of 13 players i believe can anyone explain more or help me figure if we can switch players in an out of the final roster? thanks.

snaq answered that question for me quite a few pages back in this thread. the playoff roster can be changed from game to game.

Increase in Playoff Roster Size:

Playoff roster size will be expanded from 13 to 15 players, with each team designating 12 active players and up to three inactive players prior to each game.

http://www.nba.com/news/rulechanges_060802.html

Post #650 » by **crazyeights** » Mon May 26, 2008 8:40 pm

TommyTheCat wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

it's easy to say that now that they've had the surgery and didn't find anything structurally wrong. not one of the three doctor's he saw were willing to clear him to play. so the lakers and bynum should just suck it up and chance a 10-15 year career when they didn't know what was going on?

i think they did the right thing. i'd rather see them take care of a young stud than chance anything for immediate gratification without actually knowing what the situation was. he will be our franchise player once kobe's past his prime.

Dexmor · Post #651 » by **Dexmor** » Fri May 30, 2008 5:27 pm

So he is sopposed to be able to play in summer league and preseason or is he sopposed to come back after the break or something?

islander009 · Post #652 » by **islander009** » Sat May 31, 2008 3:01 am

Thanks Tommy for the info

Post #653 » by **snaquille oatmeal** » Wed Jun 4, 2008 7:08 pm

Dexmor wrote:So he is sopposed to be able to play in summer league and preseason or is he sopposed to come back after the break or something?

this was written on page 53. don't say you don't have time to read that far back because you do post a lot and long ass posts at that.

Heyvoon24 wrote:Here's the official media report

Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his left knee today in New York, it was announced today by the team.

The procedure, which took 30 minutes and was performed by Dr. David Altchek, consisted of removing some cartilage debris and smoothing some rough spots on the underside of the kneecap.

Bynum is expected to make a full recovery by the start of training camp.

http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/080521_b ... rgery.html