PHILADELPHIA — The news keeps getting worse for Andrew Bynum and his bum knee, no matter how optimistic the Sixers are trying to make it sound.
The Sixers issued only of the more upside down news releases in the history of public relations today, burying the news that Bynum had another medical checkup a week ago, at which time it was decided he would be put on the shelf until mid-December at the very, very earliest.
Here is the beef from the news release:
“If the current prognosis holds unchanged, Bynum would be cleared to resume normal basketball activity by approximately Dec. 10. In addition, the team estimates that Bynum in turn will need an additional 1-4 weeks thereafter for conditioning and practice before being able to resume game play with significant minutes.”
In other words, January is a likely possibility.