Bynum injury talk - Phil hopes for Dec 10th return vs. CHI

Post #1 » by **dockingsched** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 4:51 pm

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/n ... id=5689788

Andrew Bynum participated in a series of resistance strength exercises on the sidelines Friday with the aid of trainer Alex McKechnie. It was the first time Bynum worked upright during the recovery process from offseason knee surgery.

"We hope that it's within a week or two that he's on the court with us," Lakers coach Phil Jackson said. "That doesn't mean that he's going to go through a full practice, but he can do some of the things."

Bynum was originally cleared by doctors to return to contact drills and weight-bearing exercises on the knee in late October.

i guess he's ahead of schedule of this new very behind schedule rehab.

TruSkool · Post #2 » by **TruSkool** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 6:03 pm

hes gona be babied so dont expect him to be back anytime before 3-5 games into the regular season.

Gek · Post #3 » by **Gek** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 6:44 pm

He's going to go out to dinner with Luke Walton and be out until the 2nd round of the playoffs.

aschneider970 · Post #4 » by **aschneider970** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:09 pm

seeing as this thread is about bynum and didnt want to start another thread, i was wondering if you guys know about (or have heard anything from the coaching staff) about when bynum will be back and playing in reg. season games. After his other knee injuries how long did it take him to get back into game ready shape?

DEEP3CL · Post #5 » by **DEEP3CL** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:32 pm

aschneider970 wrote:seeing as this thread is about bynum and didnt want to start another thread, i was wondering if you guys know about (or have heard anything from the coaching staff) about when bynum will be back and playing in reg. season games. After his other knee injuries how long did it take him to get back into game ready shape?

Like Cash posted it'll be 1-2 weeks before he practices. One of his injuries kept him out of the playoffs in 08 and the MCL injury required no surgery, he only missed 4 weeks but was limited in the 09 playoffs. In 09 he had only 6-8 games to play his way back into game shape but he lacked explosion. This time will be different, he'll be in full game shape I'm guessing by January.

But why does a Mavs fan have concern over this ?

Gek · Post #6 » by **Gek** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:51 pm

DEEP3CL wrote:
aschneider970 wrote:seeing as this thread is about bynum and didnt want to start another thread, i was wondering if you guys know about (or have heard anything from the coaching staff) about when bynum will be back and playing in reg. season games. After his other knee injuries how long did it take him to get back into game ready shape?
Like Cash posted it'll be 1-2 weeks before he practices. One of his injuries kept him out of the playoffs in 08 and the MCL injury required no surgery, he only missed 4 weeks but was limited in the 09 playoffs. In 09 he had only 6-8 games to play his way back into game shape but he lacked explosion. This time will be different, he'll be in full game shape I'm guessing by January.

But why does a Mavs fan have concern over this ?

Maybe he's just German? Maybe he wants to know for homecourt advantage?

aschneider970 · Post #7 » by **aschneider970** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:12 pm

DEEP3CL wrote:
aschneider970 wrote:seeing as this thread is about bynum and didnt want to start another thread, i was wondering if you guys know about (or have heard anything from the coaching staff) about when bynum will be back and playing in reg. season games. After his other knee injuries how long did it take him to get back into game ready shape?
Like Cash posted it'll be 1-2 weeks before he practices. One of his injuries kept him out of the playoffs in 08 and the MCL injury required no surgery, he only missed 4 weeks but was limited in the 09 playoffs. In 09 he had only 6-8 games to play his way back into game shape but he lacked explosion. This time will be different, he'll be in full game shape I'm guessing by January.

But why does a Mavs fan have concern over this ?

nope, i got bynum in my fantasy draft and was deciding on dropping him now and hopefully picking him up later when he is ready to see the court

aschneider970 · Post #8 » by **aschneider970** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:12 pm

G=K wrote:
DEEP3CL wrote:
aschneider970 wrote:seeing as this thread is about bynum and didnt want to start another thread, i was wondering if you guys know about (or have heard anything from the coaching staff) about when bynum will be back and playing in reg. season games. After his other knee injuries how long did it take him to get back into game ready shape?
Like Cash posted it'll be 1-2 weeks before he practices. One of his injuries kept him out of the playoffs in 08 and the MCL injury required no surgery, he only missed 4 weeks but was limited in the 09 playoffs. In 09 he had only 6-8 games to play his way back into game shape but he lacked explosion. This time will be different, he'll be in full game shape I'm guessing by January.

But why does a Mavs fan have concern over this ?

Maybe he's just German? Maybe he wants to know for homecourt advantage?

thanks guys.

laduane1 · Post #9 » by **laduane1** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:48 pm

I wish he would find something to put on the knee or knees to keep them safe. Can not keep having injuries to the knees and be a professional ball player for a lot of years. I guess he is happy making 12 million or so this year a for the next. Better save that money. His career might be short if he does not find a way to keep his body in shape. Hope the Lakers explore all options on every player to make sure they are always at there best.

Quincy · Post #10 » by **Quincy** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 1:43 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLPGDyE5pEE[/youtube]

dula14 · Post #11 » by **dula14** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:30 pm

With his history, I wouldn't be suprised if he didn't step on the court before 2011.

Anklebreaker702 · Post #12 » by **Anklebreaker702** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 6:55 am

Quincy wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLPGDyE5pEE[/youtube]

Check it out from the 2:47 mark on
:rofl:

AceFresh · Post #13 » by **AceFresh** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 2:28 pm

Quincy wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLPGDyE5pEE[/youtube]

I was dying rofl

Post #14 » by **dockingsched** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:36 pm

update:

Jackson added that Thanksgiving is somewhat of a tentative target date for Andrew Bynum's return. Bynum ran on treadmill today.

http://twitter.com/#!/LakersReporter

iamworthy · Post #15 » by **iamworthy** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 1:09 am

I didnt see the Bynum Thread. I posted an update in the Around the NBA Thread...Ill move it.

iamworthy · Post #16 » by **iamworthy** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 1:10 am

Bynum steps up his recovery plan

Andrew Bynum, who recently started doing some conditioning workouts, has started running on a treadmill in his recovery efforts from off-season knee surgery.

The process has been slow, but Phil Jackson said Bynum is trying to fast-track his comeback. Jackson said he has “kind of” marked Thanksgiving as a possible return date.

“I think he wants to ramp it up a little faster than we want him to,” said Jackson after Sunday’s practice in El Segundo. “We want him to be able to go in and sustain that effort when he does get back. We want him back tomorrow, but if he’s back in two or three or four weeks, we understand what it’s going to take.”

Bynum initially said he wouldn’t be back until late November then pushed it back to December. Jackson said he isn’t worried so much about Bynum’s game but his conditioning.

“I think the basketball part is going to be easy,” Jackson said. “I think the conditioning and the strengthening and those things will take time. He’s going to need two or three practices and he’ll be back up to speed where he can go play. Reactive time, I think that’s an issue, where he can react to the speed of the game.”

http://lakers.ocregister.com/

Imadogg · Post #17 » by **Imadogg** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:45 am

A month into the season. Not too bad.

Anklebreaker702 · Post #18 » by **Anklebreaker702** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:20 am

Let's just pray his injuries at least major ones are in the past.

Mamba Venom · Post #19 » by **Mamba Venom** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 8:47 am

I just want him 100% for the play-offs for the 1st time since we got good

Dr Aki · Post #20 » by **Dr Aki** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:43 am

its nice he wants to come back early, but i honestly don't think thats a great idea given his propensity to get injured.

right now, it just feels like he's about to go on a luke walton career trajectory