Bynum needs major knee cartilage replacement surgery

Breaking news from story in Wilmington News Journal according to 97.5

Like I said, if it looks too good to be true (Bynum for Iggy) it usually is.

This (& the Eagles) has me grinning ear to ear when thinking of all the ignorant Philly fans I know around my way. Too funny.

Wilmington News Journal, eh?

No one else has confirmed this story.

They reported it's Osteochondritis Dissecans

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/osteochondritis-dissecans/DS00741

If he never plays for us, there should be primal rage from the crowd next time his team comes to the Wachovia Center.

That's the condition a random doctor suggested he might have having not seen Bynum nor the MRIs. It was reported a couple of days ago and Bynum at one point denied it. I'm guessingcrappy reporting by the Wilmington whatever.

I think it's legit. One of the giveaways to me was they said with this condition your knee just gives out at a random time. You could be walking in your kitchen and it gives out. Would explain why bowling caused his other knee to give out.

We only had him for this year, right?

Say what you want about that trade, but it was NOT Kwame for Pau. It was a cost cutting move to try to sell the team, and they got Marc Gasol in the deal. I don't think that move worked out too poorly for Memphis. Drafting Thabeet #2 or trading Kevin Love for OJ Mayo on the other hand...

Technically, they traded the picks not the players. had they not agreed upon the trade they may have drafted Love and kept him. It is not really the same thing.

Wellllllllllllllll

Worst.trade.ever!

Sixers are back in the Stone Age.

Man, Orlando kind of ended up pretty good on this one. I liked the JJ trade too.

I wouldn't say he's that bad, but I've always thought part of his problem is that he never wanted to be in Philly and now that the season is almost over, he has no motivation to play. He's always been lazy and immature, this just proves that.

Teams really need to lowball him next year and make him earn that money. But this is the NBA where the Kwame Browns of the league can make $6 million a year.

2 years, $3 million per.

Not even talking about this year, I meant in past years when everyone already knew how bad he was. He made almost $7 mill with Golden State just last year and he didn't even play 10 games.

Moe Harkless has started to come on as of late. The more and more time that passes from the trade the more and more i like it. Nik Vucevic and Harkless are two good bricks on the rebuilding job. Harkless averaged 11.5 and 6.5 during the month of feb. Vuc is averaging 12 and 11 for the year. With those two guys plus the addition of Tobias Harris I think our future is bright, a lot brighter had we just traded for Bynum

I am interested to see how his free agency goes and who gives this clown a contract. I have been warning Laker fans for years about his knees (and attitude) and I also warned Sixer fans right after the trade. If he gets a Max or near Max contract, the GM should be fired immediately.

Well a few days ago the Sixers responded to a report that Bynum's knee condition is degenerative by saying they can't discuss that due to HIPPA laws, so I'm guessing they're probably in really bad shape. Also, Bynum mentioned that they're growing cartilage in Petri dishes now (which isn't really relevant) which kind of lends credence to speculation he needs cartilage transplant surgery. Kinda makes you wonder though - if cartilage replacement surgery would help him & the recovery time is 6-8 months then why hasn't he had the surgery? I heard if you have no cartilage or too little that cartilage replacement surgery is no longer an option. You have to have some cartilage to perform the surgery. Maybe that's the case & that's why he mentioned that they're growing cartilage in Petri dishes.

Bynum's upcoming season ending surgery is apparently to remove loose cartilage in his knees. This is not cartilage replacement that some people in the media speculate that he needs - this is just cleaning out the knees. So there's the possibility he's just cleaning things out to reduce pain & then he can workout for teams interested in signing him this offseason.

Bynum had zero motivation to get on the court this season. The risk he had getting out there and causing a serious injury was far too great for him in his contract season. Like it was said about him by players in LA, he just doesn't really like the game of basketball. To him it's a job and $$ which is unfortunate for Philly fans if he ends up leaving. He can really play.

I don't want him... Let him go. I don't want to be on the hook for 5 years with a center who has deteriorating knees.