Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Andrew Bynum is still suffering from pain in his left knee that has kept him from making his debut this season.
"Worst case scenario, it's another month," he said Monday night. "Best case scenario, I can ramp it up."
Bynum feels pain when he walks or attempts light physical activity, except for swimming. He had been recovering from a bone bruise in his right knee and injured his left knee while bowling last month.
The big man has not practiced or played for the Sixers since he was acquired in the offseason from the Los Angeles Lakers. He says his right knee has improved to the point where he might have been able to play but remains to be listed as inactive.
"There's nothing I can do about it," he said. "It's arthritis in the knees. Cartilage is missing. That's not going to regrow itself. Maybe in the future, next three to five years, there may be something out there that really does help. Right now, it's kind of a waiting game."
The bone bruise in his right knee caused the Sixers to push the return date from training camp to the regular season and now possibly to midseason.
But the Sixers are still looking long term with Bynum, who's in the last year of his contract.
Bynum said the Sixers haven't really put pressure on him to return.
"I think initially," he said, "but then I realized more of the pressure was coming from myself. I just had to kind of relax a little bit and let this time pass."
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