Philadelphia 76ers center Andrew Bynum is out indefinitely. There is no timetable for his return. Sixers general manager Tony DiLeo provided the grim news before Saturday’s home game vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder. “There are no timelines,” DiLeo said. “We just have to wait and see how he reacts.” [Read more…]
As we do every Saturday afternoon, let’s examine the lessons from the Week That Was, review our Depth Chart Updates, the Upcoming Schedule and make our picks of Sits and Starts for the upcoming week. This week we welcome back some stars who returned ahead of schedule (Kevin Love, Nene Hilario and Kyle Lowry), update on some of the more intriguing injury situations (Andrew Bynum, Brandon Roy and Andrew Bogut) and give some pointers on how to evaluate your team’s disappointments. [Read more…]
On Sunday, the NBA started an hour before the NFL with the New York Knicks hosting the Indiana Pacers. The Knicks were coming off their first loss of the season Friday at the hands of the Memphis Grizzlies. They made sure that wasn’t going to happen again, outclassing the Pacers in an 88-76 victory. [Read more…]
Not only will you get some historical perspective in this podcast on the personal hell long-time Philadelphia 76ers fans have gone through coming out of blockbuster trades, but you’ll also hear a story about a baseball player — a well-known one– who used to carry a photograph in his wallet of his favorite gun. [Read more…]
Both knees? When Andrew Bynum used the word “setback” in describing his, ahem, recovery from a right knee injury, he understated the case with his choice of words. “I kind of have a mirror thing going on with my left knee,” Bynum said Friday night, disclosing the results of an MRI performed the previous day. [Read more…]
After weeks of silence, the 76ers finally revealed that Andrew Bynum got another MRI and will be sidelined until December 10 and will likely take up to 4 weeks to get him into game shape. I’ll bet that he is striving to return for the New Years Day game against the Lakers. MIL 105 @ PHI 96: The 76ers big men struggled without Bynum with Lavoy Allen disappearing again and Spencer Hawes only shooting 3 for 11 with 5 boards. The
The Los Angeles Lakers fans and everyone else along the way were absolutely shocked very early on Monday morning, when Mike Bresnahan of Los Angeles Times reported that Mike D’Antoni – not Phil Jackson – would become the next head coach of Kobe Bryant and company. So what exactly happened? It was reported over the weekend that the Zen master and the Lakers met to discuss the coach’s possible return to the team after the firing of Mike Brown. The fact that
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. [Read more…]