OT: Bynum has ANOTHER setback!

[THE HCP]

OUCH!

Andrew Bynum has another setback
Updated: March 1, 2013, 3:44 PM ET
By Brian Windhorst | ESPN.com

Andrew Bynum doesn't want to play in pain. After yet another setback in his recovery from knee injuries, there's dwindling hope that he will play at all for the Philadelphia 76ers this season.

Bynum took part in just a few minutes of practice last week, a five-on-zero drill that wasn't even a full scrimmage. It was the first time he'd been able to be involved in any practice since the 76ers traded for him last summer.


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Bynum experienced swelling and discomfort in his right knee after the practice, he told reporters in Philadelphia on Friday. Bynum had believed for months that rest and rehab on bone bruises in both knees would allow him to play this season. Just 10 days ago he declared he'd "definitely be back sometime" this season.

"It's getting late. I don't know [about playing this season]," Bynum said. "I don't want to play in pain. ... I'm 25, it's my life."

The 76ers, who are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them six games back from the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, have 26 games remaining.

After the brief and surprising appearance at practice last week, 76ers coach Doug Collins doused optimism by saying it looked as though Bynum was still far away from being able to play in games because of conditioning issues.

"I know it's tough on him, he wants to play," Collins said Thursday. "We traded for him to come in here and play, and he hasn't been able to and that's hard. Hard on him and hard on everyone, and so I feel badly."

Bynum played 72 of 78 games (including playoffs) for the Los Angeles Lakers last season before the 76ers traded for him in a blockbuster deal in August. After a procedure in Germany aimed at strengthening his knees, it was discovered that he had a bone bruise in his right knee in September. A similar bone bruise was discovered in his left knee in November following a night out bowling.

Bynum, who is earning $16.9 million this season, is scheduled to become a free agent in July.

 

[Natebishop3]

This really puts that Oden/Bynum debate in a whole other perspective..... neither one of those guys can stay healthy.

 

[HailBlazers]

A similar bone bruise was discovered in his left knee in November following a night out bowling.

It's your life, but the team is paying you $17 million to stay healthy. Feel badly for 76ers fans, the team was loooking so promising.

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

It was not skiing for crying out loud. Bowling is not a a sport that causes knees to go bad. The guy is just brittle.

 

[Natebishop3]

It's your life, but the team is paying you $17 million to stay healthy. Feel badly for 76ers fans, the team was loooking so promising.

If they are smart, they let him leave. I just pray the Blazers don't offer him any money.

 

[santeesioux]

If they are smart, they let him leave. I just pray the Blazers don't offer him any money.

Could the Blazers give him a large one year deal as a try out? I'd be willing to do that if they couldn't get any other good big man.

 

[magnifier661]

Could the Blazers give him a large one year deal as a try out? I'd be willing to do that if they couldn't get any other good big man.

It would be a disaster

 

[santeesioux]

It would be a disaster

It would already be a disaster if they missed out on all of the other good free agents.

 

[Pinwheel1]

It's your life, but the team is paying you $17 million to stay healthy. Feel badly for 76ers fans, the team was loooking so promising.

Yeah I feel bad for the fans, but not the team. As far as I am concerned if you dance with the devil you deserved to get burned. Maybe the Lakers are not kicking ass as expected with Dwight, but any team that helps them land a super star deserves whatever bad karma they get.

 

[Masbee]

It was not skiing for crying out loud. Bowling is not a a sport that causes knees to go bad. The guy is just brittle.

Not so. Bowling can cause knee injury.

http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/11791/1/Preventing-Knee-Injuries-While-Bowling.html

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

Not so. Bowling can cause knee injury.

http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/11791/1/Preventing-Knee-Injuries-While-Bowling.html

I stand corrected and should said it is not a high risk. These guys cannot live in bubbles.

 

[HailBlazers]

I stand corrected and should said it is not a high risk. These guys cannot live in bubbles.

for 17 mil it should be considered

 

[Natebishop3]

Anything can injure a knee.... walking down the stairs can injure a knee.

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

for 17 mil it should be considered

It was not one of the activities named in the CBA and is played by millions with no issue.

 

[drexlersdad]

what do yall think he gets next year? 3/30 ish maybe?

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

what do yall think he gets next year? 3/30 ish maybe?

Would not.be surprised if the.bidding starts at 48M/4. Hope the.Blazers go another direction.

 

[drexlersdad]

Would not.be surprised if the.bidding starts at 48M/4. Hope the.Blazers go another direction.

i think he has a hard time getting 4 years

he might want to take a scott boras style "pillow" contract to rebuild his worth, and go for a max the next year

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

i think he has a hard time getting 4 years

he might want to take a scott boras style "pillow" contract to rebuild his worth, and go for a max the next year

Rationally you would think that. However, there are not many blue chip free agents that are likely to change teams. Someone like Dallas or Houston may take a gamble. Minnesota could also do something ignorant.

 

[KingSpeed]

This is great. Means we can get him for cheap. 2 year $10 million?

 

[KingSpeed]

This really puts that Oden/Bynum debate in a whole other perspective..... neither one of those guys can stay healthy.

Bynum has played enough to win two championships,.

 

[BrianFromWA]

I don't think there's any way Bynum doesn't get a 4-year max.

If Amare can get it (uninsured, even!) after 2 MF's and a bad eye injury, I think Bynum will....and I'm kinda glad he'll be priced out of our range.

 

[magnifier661]

This is great. Means we can get him for cheap. 2 year $10 million?

Even with injury I doubt it. I mean kwame Brown got 8 million just for being big.

 

[drexlersdad]

I don't think there's any way Bynum doesn't get a 4-year max.

If Amare can get it (uninsured, even!) after 2 MF's and a bad eye injury, I think Bynum will....and I'm kinda glad he'll be priced out of our range.

i dont know if a team can justify the next 4 years of their cap on a coin flip, guess we will see

 

[Natebishop3]

Bynum has played enough to win two championships,.

He's stayed healthy more consistently than Oden, but that's not saying much.

 

[jlprk]

About the only thing the Laker front office has done right in recent years is to get something for Bynum before it was too late. Why couldn't we do this with Oden?

A GM has to be a seer--to anticipate the future and trade while he can.

 

[Natebishop3]

About the only thing the Laker front office has done right in recent years is to get something for Bynum before it was too late. Why couldn't we do this with Oden?

A GM has to be a seer--to anticipate the future and trade while he can.

To get anything for Oden, we would have had to trade him after he came back from the first microfracture.... but the front office was too invested at that point. KP was determined to let that cake bake.