Lifestyle > Sports & Entertainment
The Official Los Angeles Lakers thread
Styles1:
--- Quote from: GangstaBoogy on February 14, 2008, 06:30:24 PM ---Fuck!
http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/080214kobeinjury.html
--- End quote ---
I hear that... when I heard this on the news, I was like that big Viking throwing a trash can in that Snickers commercial: Noooooooooo!!
Now_Im_Not_Banned:
I'm not worried...If anyone in the league can play though something like this, it's Kobe. I just think he's pushing it by claiming that he wants to play through the Olympic games with it and all. And worst case, he gets the surgery and rejoins the team with some fresh legs, ready to fuck shit up in the playoffs. Don't trip, Laker fans.
Hatesrats™:
--- Quote from: Now_I_Know on February 14, 2008, 07:24:51 PM ---I'm not worried...If anyone in the league can play though something like this, it's Kobe. I just think he's pushing it by claiming that he wants to play through the Olympic games with it and all. And worst case, he gets the surgery and rejoins the team with some fresh legs, ready to fuck shit up in the playoffs. Don't trip, Laker fans.
--- End quote ---
The Fucked up part about it is, last night when they said Kobe re-injured his finger I was like. ;D
look's like Kobe trying to get out of the All-star Game 'n shit...lol (I Was Hoping he would Miss the All-Start Game to rest Up)
Worse case Scenerio Tho, Farmar gonna have to step up and become the player we all Think he is/can be.
Gasol & Odom, Gonna have To Hold it Down.
(IF Kobe decides to Fix His prob with surgery)
Black_Smoke:
Lakers trying to convince NBA to let Kobe skip All-Star Game
The Los Angeles Lakers are hoping that Kobe Bryant gets clearance from the league to miss Sunday's All-Star Game in New Orleans after announcing Thursday that Bryant has a torn ligament in his right pinkie.
But Bryant doesn't yet have that clearance -- and may not get it.
A league official confirmed Thursday night that the NBA is not looking for potential replacements to fill Bryant's spot on the Western Conference squad. That's because the league office still expects Bryant to start and play for the West, even if it's only for a brief cameo, after he played for the Lakers all the way through to their final game before the All-Star break Wednesday in Minnesota.
Bryant scored 29 points in 35 minutes in Wednesday's 117-92 win at Minnesota. Bryant sat out the fourth quarter and had the finger X-rayed after the game.
The Lakers, according to team sources, are trying to convince the league that Bryant should be excused after a visit Thursday to hand specialist Dr. Steven Shin revealed a ligament tear. Bryant is expected to make that plea personally once he arrives in New Orleans on Friday after Shin recommend that Bryant undergo surgery that would likely sideline him for six weeks.
Bryant also announced in a statement Thursday that he will bypass the surgery recommendation to try to play through the injury, as he did for much of a nine-game, 15-day road trip that the Lakers -- already missing injured center Andrew Bynum -- just completed with a sparkling 7-2 record.
He has been replaced in Saturday's Long Distance Shootout by Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki, but the NBA's longstanding policy on these matters would require Bryant to take some part Sunday because he did play Wednesday and since he's planning to play Tuesday against Atlanta in the Lakers' first game after the break. Boston's Kevin Garnett and Washington's Caron Butler have already pulled out of the East lineup with injuries.
Bryant suffered the injury -- initially described as a dislocated pinkie -- on Feb. 5 against New Jersey. The Lakers disclosed Thursday that the damage was more extensive than first thought, with Shin's examination revealing a complete tear of the radial collateral ligament and an avulsion fracture, in which a small bone fragment had been pulled off by a tendon.
Said Bryant: "My current thinking is to give my finger some treatment and rest for a few days and hope I can still continue to compete at a high level after that rest. I would prefer to delay any surgical procedure until after our Lakers season, and this summer's Olympic Games. But this is an injury that myself and the Lakers' medical staff will just have to continue to monitor on a day-to-day basis."
The injury was caused when Bryant's pinkie got bent back against the arm of New Jersey's Jason Kidd when Bryant tried to steal a pass. He aggravated the injury in Wednesday's victory over Minnesota when Bryant went for a rebound and took a hit from Wolves guard Rashad McCants.
Lakers coach Phil Jackson said he'd prefer Bryant not play in the All-Star Game.
"We'll do everything we can to get him the rest he needs," Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak told the Los Angeles Times.
"We support [Bryant] in his decision. But a week or two down the road, if it gets hit again or if it just doesn't work, it doesn't mean he won't have surgery."
-espn.com
would they actually force kobe to play in the allstar game?
SGV:
^I guess their thought process is if he was able to play Thursday and is planning on playing on Tuesday, then he should be fine to play on Sunday. The NBA probably feels they would be short changing fans who want to see Kobe play. To say that he's injured and had to be replaced, only for Kobe to play 2 days later, would not be a good look.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version