Getting your player ready...
Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum, who leads the NBA in field-goal percentage (.636), will be out at least eight weeks because of an injured left knee.
• Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown received a two-year contract extension that will keep him with the club through the 2010-11 season.
• New York Knicks guard Stephon Marbury will miss at least two more games and could require surgery on his left ankle.
