I don't think that's the case Underage. The player has the right to say no to surgery and Bynum probably didn't want surgery, nobody does. But his knee didn't heal right so now they'll do this at this time because knees take a long long time. I'm sure this has nothing to do with Kobe.
guys dont get it twisted, getting your knee scoped is not a big deal, they just help the healing process along remove scar tissue and take a closer look at the area...I had friends that would get it done in the volleyball world and be ready to play sooner just miss a couple weeks, its not like major surgery that Amare and Kidd undergo, worry if you ever here about microfracture surgery or ACL work, this #### is really minor.