A tear in the MCL is similar to a sprained ankle. Out two to three months? Don't buy it."The Spurs' latest victory, however, came at a cost: Matt Bonner, whose playing time had increased in recent weeks, tore the medial collateral ligament in his left knee early in the second half. Team officials project Bonner to miss anywhere from two to six weeks."
What are they doing to prepare for Bynum's loss?
what a .
sheeshhh...
"We can win without Bynum"
Sounds to me like Kobe knows its gonna be really serious. And theres a high chance he can be out for the playoffs.
They've played more without him, than with him the last 18 months so my guess is, not much.
This sucks. I really feel bad for the Lakers fans. They had a great chance to win it all. They can still win it all, but its a blow. Its not the same feeling watching the Hornets battle them.
They said the exact same thing about his last years injury as well, didnt they?
Where is everyone getting that it is partially torn?
Yeh i agree, there is allways a chance ppl dont come back the same after the surgery. It would be a shame, if his career would be plagued with injuries and operations.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...0,234733.story
I'm not a knee expert but if he start the rehab 7-10 days after the injury, it looks like it wasn't that bad.He will rest the knee for the next seven to 10 days and will then begin rehabilitating it. Surgery is not required for this type of injury, said Lakers spokesman John Black.
Yeah, 7-to-11 weeks of rehab for an injury that keeps him off the knee for a week? Don't buy it.
I'll say he's back by March 15th.
If he's out as long as TP Manu were combined, I hope the Spurs can break even with them, at least.
I disbelieve anything the Lakers say on this. They flat lied to their season tix holders last year.
This injury is decidedly less complicated than the one Andrew sustained last year. Last year it was a combination of a dislocated knee cap and a deep bone bruise. They thought he could rehab the knee without surgery but it turned out there was still debris in the knee causing him pain. He finally had to get arthroscopic surgery to get that removed. Had they done the surgery right away he may have been able to come back during the playoffs.
This time around, from what the Lakers have disclosed, it appears to be only a Grade II MCL tear. These kind of injuries are very common in football and actually the Spur's own Matt Bonner had a similar MCL tear last January. He came back in 5 weeks. The Lakers were cautious with the 8-12 week timeframe, hoping to avoid the backlash that occured last season. Internally it appears most expect him back by 8 weeks, which I think sounds about right assuming there are no further complications.
That being said, the Lakers are still a very good team without Bynum. Don't expect them to fold like a leaf now that he's gone. The Spurs do have a great chance to catch up, but 5-6 games is a pretty good cushion for the Lakers.
Seeing an article that says that Karl wants Denver to get the 2nd or 3rd seed to avoid the Lakers till the finals made me think what would be best to the Spurs? (outside of the number one seed of course) And it crossed my mind the thought of beign the 8th seed. I know you're all thinking that I'm ed up in the head right about now, but give it a thought, is it really that crazy?
To me the only team that the Spurs can lose to in the West are the Lakers, all the others, with or without HCA they should beat handily. And we know we only care about winning it all, to us losing in the first round or in the NBA finals is the same so why don't face the Lakers when our veteran guys are a lot more rested and Bynum may not even be playing (and if he does he'd be a little bit rusty)?
P.S: I put this here 'cause I didn't want to start a thread with a crazy idea that is never going to happen, but I still wanted to share the thought and I didn't know where else to put it.
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