Lakers center Andrew Bynum hasn’t played very well since returning from his knee injury and admitted yesterday that he’s not 100%.
“It’s just not ready,” he said. “I’m probably about 85-90 percent.”
Bynum said his knee doesn’t hurt or swell up, but he doesn’t feel the same explosion and strength as he did before the injury.
And the way to address that?
“I just think it’s a timing thing; I just need more time to get it stronger,” he said.
Which is a bit problematic, since the Lakers are in a dogfight with the Rockets in the Western Conference semifinals and don’t have all that much room to let Bynum work his way back into things.
I don’t think I’m going out on a limb when I say that the Rockets have a good chance to upset the Lakers if Bynum isn’t 100%. They need his size and energy to combat Yao Ming, who is just too big for Pau Gasol to handle on the block.
