Andrew Bynum Surgery – Microfracture?

Stephen Kersey — Mon, 19 May 2008 01:08:43 +0000

After his knee was slow to heal, Andrew Bynum is headed for arthroscopic surgery on his troublesome knee. Bynum, the 20-year-old center on the Los Angeles Lakers with untapped potential, missed most of the 2007-08 campaign after suffering a knee injury. Originally, it was believed he could return for the end of the regular season – however, that didn’t materialize.

While arthroscopic surgery is often minor, there’s also a chance that something much worse could be needed – microfracture surgery. Amare Stoudemire underwent a similar arthroscopic procedure, only to find that his knee required microfracture surgery. During Bynum’s surgery, if the doctors see a need for a microfracture procedure, they’ll like do it during the same surgery.

If Bynum does have microfracture surgery, he’ll all but certainly miss the entire 2008-09 season. Microfracture surgery usually requires at least one full year to heal – sometimes even longer.

However, if it’s just regular arthroscopic surgery, Bynum should be recovered in plenty of time for next season. No matter the outcome of the surgery, Bynum has been ruled out for the rest of these playoffs.

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Andrew Bynum Surgery – Fantasy Impact

Stephen Kersey — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:12:36 +0000

Andrew Bynum was originally expected to return to the Los Angeles Lakers this season. However, now not only is Bynum not going to return, it is sounding like he’ll need arthroscopic surgery in three or four weeks.

Bynum has been able to regain most of the movement in his troublesome knee, however he isn’t close to returning to the basketball court. Arthroscopic surgery may be done to go into his knee and see if there could be another problem.

Heading into the 2008-09 fantasy basketball season, it’ll be difficult to figure out Bynum’s value. He could go anywhere from the second round in a fantasy basketball draft, to perhaps the eighth or ninth round. He’ll definitely be high-risk, high-reward next season.

Injury will be the big concern. Not only does he have this injury to worry about, he also suffered a torn ACL while in high school. Mounting injury troubles for a 21-year-old center isn’t what you want on the resume of a high fantasy basketball pick.

In dynasty fantasy basketball leagues, Bynum is still a great player to have on your team. This season, he showed amazing potential before he got hurt. He’s a guy who could be a franchise level bigman in the NBA – and not too far down the road.

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