TWC SportsNet panel discusses Xavier Henry’s injury

As if the Lakers did not have enough injuries already.

They learned on Monday night that they would love Xavier Henry for the 2014-15 season after an MRI confirmed a ruptured left Achilles. Henry only averaged 2.2 points in 9.6 minutes through nine games, making his absence far less severe than season-injuries to veteran guard Steve Nash (back) or rookie forward Julius Randle (power forward). But it still diminishes the Lakers’ depth. It also denied Henry the chance to prove he could regain the explosiveness he has last year that enabled him to average a career-high 10 points per game. He had offseason surgeries on his left wrist and right knee. Henry also became limited in training camp with back spasms and needed to go to Germany to have Regenokine treatment on his right knee.

This all became a topic of discussion Monday night on Time Warner Cable’s Access SportsNet where host Kelli Tennant, analyst Dave Miller and I talked about Henry’s injury and his efforts this past offseason to become healthy.

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