About a month removed from their respective thumb surgeries, Schröder and Bryant are expected to make their season debuts on Friday night against Detroit.
EL SEGUNDO — For Lakers guard Dennis Schröder, missing the first 13 games of the season with a thumb injury had quite a few bits of silver lining.
teammate Thomas Bryant, who had surgery on his left thumb the day after Schröder had it on his right. Coach Darvin Ham might be challenged to figure out how to squeeze each into the rotation, especially Schröder who joins an already stocked set of small, ball-dominant guards. But Ham said both are likely to see court time after a few good practices. Neither was even on Thursday’s injury report.
Schröder and Bryant faced a more tedious road to recovery since their Oct. 17 and 18 surgeries, respectively. Thumb injuries are common in the NBA – Bryant said he couldn’t even recall how he injured it – but they can be slow and somewhat frustrating to rehab.
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