ESPN: Bynum's latest bruise from bowling
Did 76ers center Andrew Bynum cause further damage - including a new bone bruise and cartilage damage - to his knees while bowling?
ESPN: Bynum's latest bruise from bowling
Did 76ers center Andrew Bynum cause further damage - including a new bone bruise and cartilage damage – to his knees while bowling?
According to a report on ESPN.com, this might be the case. Citing multiple sources, ESPN.com reported that Bynum, who has yet to play for the Sixers, may have caused himself further damage while bowling.
There are several activities that are prohibited in standard NBA player contracts, but bowling is not one of them. Bynum is known to enjoy bowling, ESPN.com reported.
On Friday, Bynum reported that he experienced a setback in his recovery. Already hampered by a bruised bone in his right knee, Bynum said that he has also suffered a similar injury in his left knee. Bynum is scheduled to begin basketball related activities in early Dec.
- Actually someone on these boards a few weeks ago noted that AB bowls in Manayunk and jokingly indirectly hinted there could be a problem. I really doubt he hurt himself bowling, or at least I hope he can at least bowl (almost like walking IMO) without suffering catastrophic knee damage. Most 70 year olds can. If a 25 year old cannot then search on the UFA rolls needs to privately begin NOW!
— barrywil - The local reporters are so far up Dougie's a@@ they don't realize when they've been bamboozled.
- I do think the cartiledge issue is because of the platelet therapy. The other is the Sixers longstanding tradition of being enamored with guys who have a history of injury - Ruland, Webber, Brand, Hinson, Bynum.......all in effort to man the post. Living in Florida I get to watch Magic games and have enjoyed seeing Vucevic be a 12-10 guy - certainly something we could have used in the form of an un-injured 21 year old.— 7mel11
- I just bowl from my coach on my Wii. Not an injury yet!— verve
- If he hurt his knee bowling.... he would have hurt his knee gardening, taking out the trash, or brushing a golden retriever. Cracks me up...some comments are longer than the article.— road515
- ...I mean, fat, drunk, old people bowl and don't get hurt. It's not like he was playing a pick up game of basketball. Oh, wait.....— road515
- Ha! The Sixers may have to limit Bynum's activity to old lady card games like bridge and canasta
- maybe that voided his contract...can only hope..I think Greg Oden is available.— mlwmlw
A example of a guaranteed contract.— HappyBob- thank god he dont have a contract yet maybe these things will drive the contract numbers down— stayoutofphilly
- hurt his knees bowling???????........are you serious????......this is a bad joke right?— dave13
- Would not surprise me if they signed this guy and he never played this year. typical nba move— mkmholla
- I have no clue how one can bruise a bone in the knee by bowling. But he did, all the while supposedly rehabbing his other bone-bruised knee. With that out of the way there are issues here besides this bone bruised player. One is that the team did not or could not have properly medically evaluated this player before joining that trade dance. Could be they saw visions of an elite center in their uniform and lost all control and common sense of their own history going back to the Ruland fiasco. The second thing is that this team does a poor job developing players. Here, they spend time in some kind of figurative coaches doghouse. It's only when they are traded for the next big thing do we learn how that traded player is blossoming into a fine, young NBA player on the rise. Only here can we take the 2nd highest rated college basketball player in the draft and watch the player become an enigma before our eyes.
Under Pat Williams, Jack McMahon and Billy Cunningham, this team drafted real players with polish and skill. They traded for need; look what the great Bobby Jones brought to that team. Williams was shrewd enough to steal a first round draft picks using his little used bench guys (Terry Catledge). Now, flash forward to 2012 and we have a team that spends more time determining who the next mascot is going to roam the seating areas rather then in proper player development. This team has a sorry history of spending big on washed up NBA players and it's deja vu and Ground Hog Day all over again! I kind of wonder if the ownership and front office all have a collective brain bruise!— DelawareRiverRat - Gee Bynum's hurt AGAIN! Is it the curse of Philadelphia sports teams that they can't draft, can't evaluate talent and make bad free agent signings or is it that we just have BAD MANAGEMENT? It seems to be true for the 76ers and the Eagles as we know.— walt1
Keith Pompey has been an Inquirer reporter since September 2004. He takes over the Sixers beat after covering the Temple men’s basketball team for the past three years and Temple football the past two seasons. Pompey also previously covered the Penn and Drexel men’s basketball team and Villanova football team after initially focusing on high school sports.
Pompey is a native Philadelphian and a University of Pittsburgh. Follow him on Twitter @PompeyOnSixers or reach Keith at kpompey@phillynews.com.
ABOUT MARC NARDUCCI
Marc Narducci has served in a variety of roles with the Inquirer since beginning in 1983. He has covered the 76ers as a backup and a beat writer. In addition, Narducci has covered everything from the Super Bowl to the World Series and a lot in between. Narducci also has a true passion for South Jersey scholastic sports, which he has covered for many years.
