Brandon Roy's knee surgery

Here is the history of Brandon's knee surgeries so far: 2001 - While a Jr. at Garfield High School he had a tear in his left meniscus, was told it would be 'about a month' to come back. He was close to 100% 2 1/2 weeks later. 2004 - Junior at UW, tore his right meniscus in a pre-conference play tourney game. It was announced he'd have a 4-6 week recovery period but he surprised the home crowd by coming into a game against NC State less than 3 weeks after the surgery with a few minutes left in the first half (one of the most fun games I've been to at Hec Ed.) 2008 - Ended his season after having surgery to repair the left meniscus again. Recovery time was again 4-6 weeks. Since it was in the off-season we're not sure how long it took to feel 100% again. 2010 - Right lateral meniscus tear again. Might try to play through the injury which he hasn't done before. If this injury were a month ago there's no doubt he'd be ready to go for the playoffs but I'm not sure if he'll be effective playing through pain. The bigger concern is his on-going health, both to help the team and his personal well-being. My brief research does suggest that the lateral meniscus tears (what Brandon has been suffering from) are easier to deal with than medial tears. Also, meniscus replacements are done more frequently now but probably wouldn't allow a professional athlete to continue his career.