<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Kwame Brown is expected to miss at least a week with a severely sprained left ankle. "He said he was out over a week the last time he had a severely sprained ankle in Washington," Lakers Coach Phil Jackson said. "We don't know a timetable for this, but I would expect it to be at least that. I think there's going to be some time involved in this." It's unknown whether Ronny Turiaf or Andrew Bynum will start, but it sounds like Jackson may be leaning toward Turiaf at this point.</div> Link This is not good. We've got a hard schedule of games coming up, so we will most definetly miss Kwame's presence on the floor. Guys like Andrew Bynum, Brian Cook, and Ronny Turiaf must step up. This will also lead the way for more minutes to Vladmir Radmanovic, so hopefully he can regain his confidence with more playing time on the court
I remember that injury in Washington. He's going to be closer to three weeks, if you ask me. He's had some horrible foot injuries, this is no different.
The more you have ankle injury, the better you recover faster the next time I think. I have so many ankle injuries that now whenever I get one, it only takes me at max 3 days to fully recover. As for Kwame, I give him 10 days because of his body mass and his "so so" work ethic when come to rehabilitation.
With the way he fell on that ankle with all his weight, I'd be VERY happy if it's 3 week or less. 1-2 Weeks would be amazing. Let's not forget how unfortunate Chris Mihm was with his ankle injury. Get well soon Kwame. This will, however, be a great oppurtunity for my man Ronny Turiaf to get some playing time as well as Andrew Bynum. Hopefully they both step it up and we actually benefit from Kwame being out.
<div class="quote_poster">kobe4life Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">The more you have ankle injury, the better you recover faster the next time I think. I have so many ankle injuries that now whenever I get one, it only takes me at max 3 days to fully recover. As for Kwame, I give him 10 days because of his body mass and his "so so" work ethic when come to rehabilitation.</div> It's "severe", please read. As for Kwame, i would be very happy if the man made it back during the third week. No way he'll return in a week.
<div class="quote_poster">kobe4life Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">The more you have ankle injury, the better you recover faster the next time I think. I have so many ankle injuries that now whenever I get one, it only takes me at max 3 days to fully recover. As for Kwame, I give him 10 days because of his body mass and his "so so" work ethic when come to rehabilitation.</div> Well, as I was younger (13-17) I hadn't sprained my ankle too much, and usually the sprains were very minor and would take from 1 min to a day for them to go away. Then I got one that took 1 1/2 months, another for 2 months. It just seems to be how severe the sprain is. If lots of tendons are severely damaged it takes longer for everything to heal properly and to regain the range of movement in the ankle and to absorb the impact of landing. It really depends on how much damage there is, sprains can vary so much.
Can the Lakers catch a break with injuries this year? My god. This is really the last thing we needed at this point in time. Hopefully he's back within the next week or so, cause we don't need him out for an extende period of time with Odom already out. This just thins our already thin frontcourt (center specifically) even more.
<div class="quote_poster">authentiq Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">It's "severe", please read. As for Kwame, i would be very happy if the man made it back during the third week. No way he'll return in a week.</div> Who give a crap if it's severe/minor? you get pay millions of dollar to play ball, so you better do whatever you can to get back on the court the quickest possible. It's severe doesn't mean he has the right to take 3 weeks/month off. He should do the best of his ability to get back, Lakers need a big body. Anyway not saying that it would takes him 10 days to recover, but that is a reasonable time period. If he has the work ethic like Kobe, he probably recover them in a week. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Well, as I was younger (13-17) I hadn't sprained my ankle too much, and usually the sprains were very minor and would take from 1 min to a day for them to go away. Then I got one that took 1 1/2 months, another for 2 months. It just seems to be how severe the sprain is. If lots of tendons are severely damaged it takes longer for everything to heal properly and to regain the range of movement in the ankle and to absorb the impact of landing. It really depends on how much damage there is, sprains can vary so much.</div> Last time I had a "SEVERE" ankle injury, I landed on someone foot pretty bad, heard a crack, guess what? I got up, ran a little, and continued to play. Then the next day, the dwelling was so bad that I couldn't walk. However within 4 days, I got back to playing basketball at 90%. Sprained ankle isn't as bad as having spraining a knee injury, something like what Odom is having now.
<div class="quote_poster">kobe4life Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Who give a crap if it's severe/minor? you get pay millions of dollar to play ball, so you better do whatever you can to get back on the court the quickest possible. It's severe doesn't mean he has the right to take 3 weeks/month off. He should do the best of his ability to get back, Lakers need a big body. Anyway not saying that it would takes him 10 days to recover, but that is a reasonable time period. If he has the work ethic like Kobe, he probably recover them in a week. Last time I had a "SEVERE" ankle injury, I landed on someone foot pretty bad, heard a crack, guess what? I got up, ran a little, and continued to play. Then the next day, the dwelling was so bad that I couldn't walk. However within 4 days, I got back to playing basketball at 90%. Sprained ankle isn't as bad as having spraining a knee injury, something like what Odom is having now.</div> Wow....I really don't know where to start. I won't even try....I'll just say that Chris Mihm has been doing an amazing job of faking one of the worst Ankle injuries in Lakers franchise history.......
Just a thought...if it requires surgery, it's bad. I had an ankle injury my senior year in high school that kept me from doing any actual active things for nearly two months. I landed on it awkardly, heard a loud pop, my ankle swelled up to twice it's regular size, got swelling halfway up my shin, and a huge bruise formed on the bottom of my foot. I could hardly walk for two days at least, and it was even longer before I could walk without pain. I probably should have gotten surgery but never did, but regardless, it took nearly two months to recover from it, and my body usually heals fast. So, to those who's saying Mihm is faking it, I highly doubt. If it requires surgery, it's never good, and I'd rather see him sit out a season than risk his career by playing on it. I'd do the same thing, and I guarantee it's what the doctors told him. As for Kwame, if it's serious enough, I wouldn't doubt he could be out for a while, as I said earlier. And K4L, I realize he gets paid a lot, but again, I'd rather see him fully recover than rush it back only to injure it again. I'd rather have him down now that later in the season when we're going to be in the middle of a playoff race.
<div class="quote_poster">kobe4life Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Who give a crap if it's severe/minor? you get pay millions of dollar to play ball, so you better do whatever you can to get back on the court the quickest possible. It's severe doesn't mean he has the right to take 3 weeks/month off. He should do the best of his ability to get back, Lakers need a big body. Anyway not saying that it would takes him 10 days to recover, but that is a reasonable time period. If he has the work ethic like Kobe, he probably recover them in a week. Last time I had a "SEVERE" ankle injury, I landed on someone foot pretty bad, heard a crack, guess what? I got up, ran a little, and continued to play. Then the next day, the dwelling was so bad that I couldn't walk. However within 4 days, I got back to playing basketball at 90%. Sprained ankle isn't as bad as having spraining a knee injury, something like what Odom is having now.</div> You know very little about sprained ankles, my friend. They're often more painful and severe than broken legs and feet. A third degree sprained ankle (which Mihm has) requires surgery and about a year to recover from. A second degree sprained ankle could require surgery and up to 6 months to recover from. Take your macho attitude out of here, you aren't impressing us.
<div class="quote_poster">kobe4life Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Who give a crap if it's severe/minor? you get pay millions of dollar to play ball, so you better do whatever you can to get back on the court the quickest possible. It's severe doesn't mean he has the right to take 3 weeks/month off. He should do the best of his ability to get back, Lakers need a big body. Anyway not saying that it would takes him 10 days to recover, but that is a reasonable time period. If he has the work ethic like Kobe, he probably recover them in a week. Last time I had a "SEVERE" ankle injury, I landed on someone foot pretty bad, heard a crack, guess what? I got up, ran a little, and continued to play. Then the next day, the dwelling was so bad that I couldn't walk. However within 4 days, I got back to playing basketball at 90%. Sprained ankle isn't as bad as having spraining a knee injury, something like what Odom is having now.</div> You have to take into account how much Kwame Brown weighs, he's 275lbs, it's a lot more painful when you have to support his weight. The team is going to re-evaluate him after two weeks, so let's not jump to any conclusions about Kwame being a slow healer or milking his injury. And you're right these athletes do get paid a lot of money, so would you rather not pay them for 2 weeks, or rush them back and risk having them re-injure the ankle and then miss an entire season?
No timetable given for Brown's return <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Lakers declined to establish a timetable for how long Kwame Brown would be sidelined because of a severe sprain in his left ankle, saying he would be reevaluated in about two weeks. A CT scan and an MRI exam were negative for fractures a day after the Lakers center landed awkwardly after blocking the shot of Philadelphia 76ers guard Andre Miller in the Lakers' 104-94 victory Sunday. "We don't want to give a target date simply because everybody's body heals different, and there's no way to know at this time how long Kwame will take to heal from the injury," Lakers spokesman John Black said Monday. A severely sprained ankle typically takes four to six weeks to heal, which would leave the Lakers perilously thin in the frontcourt in the short term. They are without center Chris Mihm the rest of the season because of ankle surgery and without forward Lamar Odom until at least mid-January because of a sprained knee ligament. Either Andrew Bynum or Ronny Turiaf will start in Brown's place Thursday at Sacramento, with forward Brian Cook also likely to log time at center. The Lakers will see how they fare without Brown in the middle before considering a trade for a big man or possibly choosing from a limited pool of free agents, a team source said. Bynum started the first 14 games at center and had 18 points and nine rebounds in the season opener Oct. 31 against Phoenix. He began to wilt after getting 12 points and 13 rebounds Nov. 19 against Chicago, collecting only 16 points and 18 rebounds over the next four games. He was then late to a pre-game warmup and lost his starting job before a Nov. 30 game against Utah. Bynum said he would accept re-insertion into the starting five. "I think I can start in the NBA and play big minutes for my team," Bynum said. "When you start, you're actually in the game, you get those extra minutes out there." Turiaf has been in and out of the rotation, his minutes curbed whenever Bynum plays well and also sometimes because of chronic pain in his hips, a condition he has battled for years. Coach Phil Jackson said Turiaf's condition would not affect his playing status: "We hope not to have to play him 40-minute games, but I think we can play him." Turiaf was one of the Lakers' best players in a Dec. 25 loss at Miami, scoring 13 points and taking seven rebounds in only 20 minutes. "It's a big void losing Kwame," Turiaf said. "In my opinion, he's probably the best center in the league as far as putting guys right in front of him, and making guys score over him because he's so strong. I think we're just going to have to step up, me and [Bynum] and Cookie also."</div> Source
Phil Jackson Says Kwame Out About 4 Weeks <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Brown is officially listed as being out indefinitely, but Coach Phil Jackson tipped off what the franchise was thinking. "We're kind of talking about a four-week period of time, in our mind's eye," he said. That would be 12 games. In the meantime, the Lakers will see how they fare with Andrew Bynum, Ronny Turiaf and Brian Cook at center before making any moves. "You'd like to have another big man, there's no doubt about it," Jackson said. "But we think that we can see our way through for a short period of time and patch it up. I know that Brian Cook was anxious to play some more minutes and if he can get some more minutes at the center spot, that's fine." </div> Link
