LAKERS NOTEBOOK: BROWN STRUGGLING WITH SHOULDER INJURY.Byline: ROSS SILER Staff Writer EL SEGUNDO El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and -- All Lakers center Kwame Brown wanted to do entering this season was pick up where he left off in the spring, when he averaged 12.4 points and 8.6rebounds in 18 games after Chris Mihm Christopher (Chris) Steven Mihm (born July 16, 1979 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA. He stands 7 feet tall (213 cm) and weighs 265 pounds (120 kg). was lost to a severe ankle sprain ankle sprain Orthopedics A stretching of the ankle ligaments and/or muscles with swelling . Those hopes ended when Brown suffered a shoulder injury in training camp. Just when he was hoping to establish himself as a starting center, Brown instead learned all the medical jargon associated with a bruised rotator cuff rotator cuff n. A set of muscles and tendons that secures the arm to the shoulder joint and permits rotation of the arm. Also called musculotendinous cuff. and bursitis bursitis (bərsī`təs), acute or chronic inflammation of a bursa, or fluid sac, located close to a joint. In response to irritation or injury the bursa may become inflamed, causing pain, restricting motion, and producing more fluid than can . He returned for Sunday's game against Memphis but will back up Andrew Bynum Andrew Bynum (born October 27 1987, in Plainsboro, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Bynum is listed as 7'0" and 285 lbs and plays center. for the time being in what coach Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17, 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, an American professional basketball team. envisions as a 20- to 24-minute nightly role. After seeing the doctor Tuesday, Brown learned that he won't need surgery and can take anti-inflammatories to treat the pain in his trapezius tra·pe·zi·us n. A muscle with origin from the superior nuchal line, the external occipital protuberance, the nuchal ligament, the spinous processes of the seventh cervical and thoracic vertebrae, with insertion into the lateral third of the posterior muscle. But Brown offered a frank assessment Wednesday about the state of his shoulder going forward. ``I just think I'll have some good days and some bad days,'' Brown said. ``You get a guy like (Shaquille O'Neal) and Yao (Ming) and the big guys in there, I'll probably struggle a little bit. ``I think I'm just going to have to focus on playing defense. I think at the offensive end, I'm going to struggle because it's painful to raise my arm sometimes when I'm going against guys. But I can still give them something.'' Brown spent Wednesday's practice trying to get his timing down in shooting free throws and jump hooks. He was encouraged to some degree by what he heard from the doctor. Bryant sued: Kobe Bryant is being sued by an Arkansas man, who claims the Lakers star deliberately elbowed him during a Memphis Grizzlies' game last year. Bill Geeslin sat in the stands when the Lakers played in Memphis last Nov. 14. His three-page federal lawsuit filed Tuesday claims that Bryant came off the court during play, landed on Geeslin and ``without provocation'' committed assault and battery when he struck Geeslin with his elbow. Geeslin claims seeks more than $75,000 in damages for unspecified injuries that required medical attention. Zoned in: Jackson put the emphasis Wednesday on breaking down a zone defense out of a halfcourt set. The Lakers stalled out in Friday's loss to the Detroit Pistons, who played zone for what Jackson estimated was 40 percent of the game. ``We haven't had a chance to practice against it to the level we wanted to,'' Jackson said. ``We did some halfcourt work on that, and I tried to get the guys thinking and reading defenses.'' Jackson also said he expected Kobe Bryant to continue playing in the backcourt, a switch he made for Sunday's game. The Lakers are better organized with Bryant initiating the offense, although it does move him from more of a scoring position on the wing. Associated Press contributed ross.siler@dailynews.com (818) 713-3610 |
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