Bynum might not return until January
The 76ers announced that Andrew Bynum might not be able to play basketball until January because of his knee injury.
Bynum might not return until January
Bob Cooney
The 76ers announced that Andrew Bynum might not be able to play basketball until January because of his knee injury.
In a statement, the Sixers said that Bynum had an MRI exam on Nov. 5. The diagnosis from Dr. David W. Altchek of New York's Hospital for Special Surgery, who also is Bynum's longtime personal doctor, moved the time back three weeks when the center could resume basketball activity.
If all goes well, Bynum would be able to return to basketball activity on about Dec. 10. The team said he will need an additional 1 to 4 weeks for "conditining, training and practice before before being able to resume game play with significant minutes."
Sixers GM Tony DiLeo said in a statement: "We know that Sixers fans are eager to see Andrew Bynum play and shine in a 76ers uniform. We also know that no one is more eager to see Andrew play for the Sixers than Andrew himself. He fully realizes the key contribution he can make to the team. Hopefully, that day is coming soon."
Comments (65)
Last I checked, the Sixers were 4-2 and Bynum -- by all accounts I've read -- is on target to be back in plenty of time for the playoffs. Would everybody be happier if Bynum, at less than 100 percent, was playing now and leading the team to a few more regular-season victories while putting his knee in jeopardy? You don't get points for finishing first in the regular season. Just ask last year's Bulls team.— iceman- I guess these latent millionaires will never play in pain huh huh? Howard is and the Lakers did not even hire Phil to push him. Yikes. And Brown being hurt is nothing new either. So they will play shorthanded till Jan.??? Then by that time, they could be so tired of losing.......why is it that Phil. teams always seem to bet hurt players??? Jinxed? LOL— Koons
- Bynum is collecting a nice check from the sixers for being LAZY. He will sign with another team next year after playing maybe the last 10 games of this season to show he is fine. The guy is a jerk. Sixers better off without him. Hawes is better suited for the sixers run game. Bynum can't even walk to take a pee!— mainstreet
- would that be Jan of 2013 or 2014?— Old German
- I knew this was going to go bad when Bynum checked into the Chase Utley School of Knee Injury Rehabilitation.— PhillyPhans10
- If January is what it takes to have him near 100% healthy, that is fine. The 76ers are good enough and deep enough to be in the divisional hunt at that point. Adding Bynum in January will be an incredible boost and give the 76ers a better idea of what they have going forward.— FetchDixon
- What bothers me is that there might be a missed diagnosis or treatment. Because it seems every time Bynum reaches a certain rehab level,there is a setback and he has to begin again at stage #1.10 weeks after the initial injury and diagnosis,back to stage#1— boogsbell
- Yea - and it's always according to his own doctor. Don't the Sixers have their own doc or specialist ??— 7mel11
- BUST!!!!!!!!!!!
— pokerface - Andrew Bynum = Danny Tartabull— rums623
- Bynum obviously wants this year to be done already so he can go sign elsewhere with a team with more potential to win a title. I bet if he was still on the Lakers, he'd be in the lineup.— echosmyron
- All we need Bynum for is the playoffs this will work out just fine..no need to panic trust me...— male
To recap:
Mid-August: Bynum states he was "not feeling any pain in his knees".
Early/mid-September: Bynum goes to Germany for Orthokine "non-invasive" procedure.
-- (a type of knee injection)
1 October: Bynum is discovered to have a bone bruise inside his right knee.
-- A three week recovery period is stated.
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Comment #1: The bruise, per the reports, occurred during the Orthokine procedure, in mid-September. Bone fractures take 6 weeks to heal. Any bone bruise will be less than that. Any bone bruise occurring in mid-September will be completely healed by November 1. No one has followed this up.
Comment #2: The unchallenged scenario (lie?) that this bone bruise occurred during a non-invasive injection procedure is ludicrous. Doctors run catheters from the hips into the brain, yet somehow a doctor injecting a knee "missed" and massively bruised the bone with a hypodermic needle? The explanation insults the intelligence of anyone reading it, and is a testimony to the utter stupidity of the beat writers that they have not rejected it out right and demanded another explanation.
Comment #3: if the patient is capable of walking (and Bynum was seen walking around practices in October), then there is NO REASON said patient can not be swimming 90 minutes a day, twice a day, seven days a week to keep his cardio endurance maintained. NONE. Why is Bynum not swimming? Why does he not have his Michael Phelps on?
Comment #4: Expect a Black Friday, post-Thanksgiving, slow news time announcement that Bynum's return has been pushed back to mid-January.
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- Let Bynum do what he has to do in his rehab. We do have a TEAM still playing good ball. Let's back the cats out there and worry about Bynum if and when he's ready. GO SIXERS!!!!!!!!!!— PHIILY YA DIG?
- Not sure which has annoyed me more: the mendacious Sixers front office obfuscating to sell season tickets and assuming that hardcord Sixers fans are idiots who will believe whatever baloney is being served, the local media buying that same baloney for far too long, or the fans who insist that as long as Bynum is back for the playoffs, all is well. Since when have Philadelphia fans only concerned themselves with the playoffs? This has been the case increasingly with the Eagles and Phillies as well. Might just as well turn off the TV, go to movies, and wait until the playoffs as nobody cares about the quality of ball until then. Fans anticipated seeing Bynum on the court in time for the opener and bought tickets accordingly and are not appeased upon learning that perhaps he MIGHT return early in 2013 or at least by March. Add to that the Kwame Brown soap opera and the Sixers are hurting big time in the middle against quality teams, not what fans were expecting after the big trade.— chuckw
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Bob Cooney has been at the Daily News for more than 20 years, working in the sports department for the past 15. This is his third season on the Sixers beat. He has covered just about everything, but mostly college basketball, where he was the La Salle beat writer for six seasons. E-mail Bob at cooneyb@phillynews.com and follow him on Twitter.
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