Bynum Out 8-12 Weeks With Torn MCL

Ouch. We're going to take a hit in the post position. "Bynumite" was establishing himself as one of the top centers in the league, then goes down in the month of January. I feel like I'm in last season all over again.

Andrew Bynum’s right knee showed a tear of the medial collateral ligament in an MRI, it was announced Monday. The MRI was performed Sunday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York and Bynum was examined this afternoon by Dr. David Altchek.

Bynum, who suffered the injury early in the first quarter of Saturday’s victory over Memphis after having scored seven of the Lakers’ first 13 points, will be out approximately 8-12 weeks.

The regular season ends in just over 10 weeks so it is not clear if Bynum will get back on the court again this season. However, the timetable that has Bynum missing up to three months of action may be a conservative medical prognosis and a worst-case scenario for the Lakers' young center.

Via Los Angeles Times