[SoCalMike]

Lakers coach Phil Jackson, who on Tuesday said Bynum would not be ready to play until the playoffs begin, said Wednesday that the center could return as early as two weeks before the start of the first round, the Los Angeles Times reported.


"I threw that out there [Tuesday] to kind of take everything off the table," Jackson said, according to the Times. "We're [now] saying it was three weeks as of [last] Sunday. It would give him a week -- four games, three games."

Of course... why not toy with our minds even more!!!