INJURY: Kobe Bryant tears his Achilles!

Could be a blessing in disguise for the Lakers. Dwight and Gasol are now getting a lot more touches and you can see from last night game how much more engaged they were into the game on both offense and defense. In addition, the ball movements were a lot better which help keep the other role players remained focus in the entire game.

 

The whole Lakers team played better last night -- but that's common after a major injury to a star. Everyone gets all psyched up and the adrenalin is pumping, plus the other team doesn't quite know how to defend the new lineup, etc. That lasts for a couple of games. Then they come back down to earth.

The Lakers won't be a complete pushover without Kobe, but they're definitely NOT a better team without him.

 

Lakers gonna show the world they are better without Kobe.

 

Oh yes, the are a better team without Kobe....definitely....

 

Damn some of you are so disrespectful. Kobe's done alot for the game of basketball and is one of the best players to ever lace them up. I'm really sad we won't be seeing Kobe play basketball for a while if ever. He's been doing it so long it's just weird with him not being on the court.

 

I miss Hakeem too, life goes on.

DD

 

GRAPHIC Surgery photo: http://instagram.com/p/ZTUNSZxNhf/

 

I saw this yesterday he posted it on his twitter

 

Kobe for pierce and kg.

Rondo and Kobe come back around the same time.
Boston gets huge cap room for 2014
Lakerss contend with a hometown pierce, gasol kg and Nash.

 

WOW!!

 

Anybody else craving Pho with tendons and all?

 

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That work ethic.

He's a machine.

 

Ive never liked Kobe but the man has my respect. What he's doing is unbelievable.

 

He is probably on something. When guys are jacking up 70 hr you know something is up. Now you have a guy coming back so fast at his age it doesn't seem realistic.

 

DeVier Posey is not impressed.

 

Not sure whats to be impressed about?

He's doing rehab. People are now impressed with rehab.. I guess so

 

alter-g treadmill.. hes not putting much, if any, weight on his injured achilles..

 

I give him props but I will wait it out. I don't think he can do his 40+ minutes job a game. He is old and he is going to be injury prone until he can find a way to log in 25 minutes a game or sit out more games than Tim Duncan.

 

he injected baby juice into his injury, but doubt that will help that much.

+ He's doing rehab after an injury, every body does that. Its the agility when turning corners and first steps off the dribble that translate to basketball.