Andrew Bynum is still feeling the effects of offseason arthroscopic surgery on his right knee.

The surgery forced the Lakers to play without their starting center for the first 24 games of the season.

Over the past four years, Bynum has missed 121 of a possible 303 games.

"It's getting better, but I don't feel the same [as before the surgery]. It is what it is," he said.

He expects the condition of his knee to improve, and pre-surgery explosiveness to return, but understands the need to be patient.

"It will come back," Bynum said. "I just need time. I need work and time. That's it."