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good for us, right? or do we fear a strong performance from Odom in a starter's position? would we rather play LA with a rusty Bynum?
Updated: March 20, 2009, 11:24 AM ET
Jackson: Bynum a month away
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Andrew Bynum might not return to the Los Angeles Lakers before the NBA playoffs begin in April, coach Phil Jackson said Thursday.
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Jackson said Bynum is probably a month away from returning from a torn MCL in his right knee. The Lakers end their regular season on April 14, with the playoffs starting soon afterward.
"I would say he's still like a month away from being a player," Jackson said, according to Los Angeles-area media reports. "And if he had to do that in the postseason, then he's going to have to do it. That's just part of it. It's going to change how he comes back obviously."
Bynum was hurt on Jan. 31 in a game against the Memphis Grizzlies and was expected to return in eight to 12 weeks. He has been riding a stationary bike and working out on a treadmill, but that alone won't get him into game shape, Jackson indicated.
"The best case is that he plays the first part of April," Jackson said. "On the pace he's been going at this point, it's really hard to see him in two weeks all of a sudden being able to do that."
Bynum was averaging 14 points and 8.2 rebounds per game when he was injured.
good for us, right? or do we fear a strong performance from Odom in a starter's position? would we rather play LA with a rusty Bynum?
Not sure what you're getting at here. Odom creates some nasty matchup problems for us and he seems less engaged, effective, whatever coming off the bench.
My .02 cents...right now, the Lakers are probably a better team than the Spurs so I don't know it matters either way.
It's like deja vu. Haven't we heard this song before?
Oh, I know that the Lakers are still dangerous without Bynum, just like they were in the last playoffs. I just think it's funny how all the LA fans are hyping up this guys return, and are just getting the same old story as last year.
When will Wilt II come back!?
I'd like a healthy Lakers team for the playoffs please.
Good man. I too, truthfully, would like to see a healthy Manu. Would make the series more exciting.
Sucks for both players.
manu sounds like he is ahead of the Bynum schedule, as long as he does not regress. Manu should get a handful of regular season games before the playoffs.
Bynum is not coming back.
that's what my gut tells me. at least not in a meaningful way.
Bynum is a gonna be a non-factor when he comes back. Whether he plays in the playoffs or not, it's not gonna matter, since he's not going to have enough time to work his way into the team rotation and back into game shape.
Very good news indeed.
I dont get a good feeling about Bynums chances of coming back healthy.
He can come back but would he be a factor is the major question. Hes young as well so he cant rely on his basketball savvy or IQ to get his team over.
Bad news for the Lakers.
this is the exact same as last year. He's coming back in three weeks, uh six weeks, uh first round. Maybe next season.
Get Well soon Andrew.. I'd hate to win it all with an asterisk on the Lakers part
At least you said probably - LAL beating the Spurs is NOT A LOCK. A healthy Spurs team, now with Gooden, Mason and Hill can and will give the LAL all they can handle in a tough series that could go either way.
I actually think the Lakers are better without Bynum and they got all the way to the Finals last year without him. They are just a powerhouse right now and will be tough for anyone.
I don't see how a healthy Tracy Jordan makes the Lakers that much more formidable. They'll clearly cruise to the Finals, and have a great chance of winning it, without him.
With him, I think they win it anyway.
Who is Bynum?
I'm only worried abut TD.If he could be at least at 90% I'm sure nobody could beat us .
Nothing disgusts me more than seeing Lakers fans and Spurs fans talk incessantly about their inevitable WCF matchup.Really?
Geez, what's with these seven foot young guns?
Oden can't stay on the floor and Bynum seems to have tough luck with injuries. Not to mention nearly seven foot Ian Mahinmi.......
Nothing disgusts me more than seeing Lakers fans and Spurs fans talk incessantly about their inevitable WCF matchup.
Not as annoying as hearing ESPN constantly remind us that LA needs HCA to beat Celtics/Cavaliers in the Finals.....
speaking of injuries, i wish mahinmi could have played this full season, instead he's forever stuck on the treadmill. a mahinmi bynum matchup could have been exciting.
somewhere out there Bynum, Oden and Mahinmi are lurking in the shadows. or playing playstation deep in a chamber beneath loch ness
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