Freshman Brendan Lane will undergo surgery on his left ankle next week and is expected to miss approximately five months. The surgery, which will be performed by UCLA team physicians, is to repair damage he sustained from multiple injuries this season.
Lane initially suffered a sprain on Oct. 19, 2009 during the first week of practice that sidelined him for three weeks.
During the season, he had two more sprains, the latter on Feb. 23, 2010 that caused him to miss a total of five games.
The 6-foot-9-inch forward out of Rocklin, Calif., (Rocklin HS) averaged 2.4 points and 1.5 rebounds per game while making three starts on the year. He shot 57.4 percent (27-for-47) from the floor.
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This explains Drago's minutes
So if Lane played the entire season on a damaged ankle it might have been Drago by default. The other option being reward slow and fat Bobo with minutes or un-red shirt Stover.
This makes BL more impressive
BL was arguable the best “hustler” on the team. He made mistakes, but he never showed anything but a 100% effort. To do this all year on a bad ankle. . . wow.
5 months is a long time, this is major surgery. Best wishes to BL and we all hope for a complete recovery.
may have helped him for the future
if you haven’t got full use of your athleticism, you learn to rely on fundamental technique – so hopefully once he’s fully healthy he’ll be able to have the best of all worlds.
Not good
All of the players really need the offseason to work on their physical development as well as their basketball skills. I don’t see Lane becoming an instant contributor to the team next season. He’ll have to work his way back into the rotation.
agreed
He needed this off-season to bulk up some and develop into a solid 4. I know Lane, when he was in high school, envisioned playing the 3. But this year demonstrated that he will be needed more as a low post guy (at least for next year). 5 months without proper training will unfortunately set him back some. Here’s hoping he has a speedy and full recovery. We’re going to need his contributions at the 4, especially considering that it is highly unlikely Josh Smith will be able to dominate at the 5 right away, forcing RN into that role.
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