Kobe to forgo surgery

[2Cleva]

After seeking numerous opinions from hand specialists, Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has decided to forgo surgery on his right pinkie. Fresh off his Olympic Gold Medal performance in Beijing, Bryant expressed that he did not want to miss any time on the court when Lakers training camp opens later this month.

"I have always felt that I can still focus and play at a high level even through various injuries. That's really just part of the game. When the doctors told me recovery from a procedure could be 12 weeks, I just decided now was not the time to have surgery. What it really came down to for me is that I just didn't want to miss any time 'punching the clock' for the Lakers, given all we are trying to accomplish as a team this NBA season. I am just really excited and looking forward to being there with the guys when camp opens in a few weeks. That is a real bonding process and if I can avoid being on the sidelines for that, God willing, I will," said Bryant.

https://www.kb24.com/news/article/715.html

[TheMACHINE]

what a self centered selfish asshole.

[tlongII]

what a self centered selfish asshole.

I agree. There really is no reason for him to play first week or two of the season.

[LakeShow]

Wow! I thought I read somewhere that he already had surgery. I guess not!

[sribb43]

wow..the injury must have not been as serious as intially reported during the all-star game. The media played him out to be more of a hero than he was as he carried to the lakers to the finals with a pinkie that required surgery. Only to find out he doesnt need surgery

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

To be followed by an interview on ESPN in which he announces that he'll have no surgery. And an interview on L.A. sports radio tomorrow saying that he's getting the surgery. And then Phil will say that he spoke with Kobe and he's not getting any surgery. And then Kobe will make a press release saying that he's already received a local anesthetic. And then Stephen A.'s sources will tell him that he's already had the surgery. Only to be trumped by Peter Vescey's sources saying that Kobe needs a kidney and the pinkie story is just a front. At which point it will be revealed that Kobe had it amputated Ronnie Lott style just to prove what a warrior he is. Reached for a comment Shaq will say that its simply an attempt to make his hands look less empty because of all the rings that he won't be winning with Shaq out of LA.

It starts...

[Spurs Brazil]

It starts...

When I saw this news I remembered yor post :lol

[2Cleva]

Kobe pre-injury:
46 games, 45.9% FG, 83.6% FT, 35.6% 3P, 8.8 FTA/gm, 5.1 3PA/gm

Kobe post-injury (including playoffs):
57 games: 46.5% FG, 83.1% FT, 34.4% 3P, 9.4 FTA/gm, 5.0 3PA/gm

[JamStone]

What an idiot. Get your surgery done like you're supposed to so it won't hurt you later on in the season, especially for a playoff run. You jackass. By trying to play the "warrior hero," you're actually presenting possible future problems for your health and your team.

Ego check yourself, Kobe.

[mytespurs]

what a self centered selfish asshole.

are you being sarcastic? :king

[Medvedenko]

What an idiot. Get your surgery done like you're supposed to so it won't hurt you later on in the season, especially for a playoff run. You jackass. By trying to play the "warrior hero," you're actually presenting possible future problems for your health and your team.

Ego check yourself, Kobe.

I'm sure he has had guidance from the Laker brass regarding this. From what I can glean from these posts on KB24 is that the injury is pretty much a non-issue. They always say...well if he hits it again he'll need to take time off...well any player that gets his finger wacked with any sort of pressure and jolt will be sitting.

[mytespurs]

Right now, there's a kobe lovefest going on with his performance in the Olympics, being a "team" playe....I think many people or rather Laker fans will applaud his decision to think about the team first.....they will admire his noble deed until....they struggle, either don't make the playoffs or are eliminated in early rounds....then the hating will begin...again.....:hat

[stretch]

Wow! I thought I read somewhere that he already had surgery. I guess not!

maybe he did, but is hiding it and acting like he didnt so that he can get more attention.

[Medvedenko]

maybe he did, but is hiding it and acting like he didnt so that he can get more attention.

I wouldn't doubt it. :)

[IronMexican]

maybe he did, but is hiding it and acting like he didnt so that he can get more attention.

:lol

[JamStone]

..well any player that gets his finger wacked with any sort of pressure and jolt will be sitting.

Uh what? Not necessarily true. And, with Kobe's finger in its present condition, it will take less to aggravate it or make it worse. That's bad logic.

He should be getting surgery. His ego won't let him. If he's able to play a full season, no harm, no foul. But if he re-aggravates it and it makes him miss more games than he would have had he just gotten surgery, he's a jackass.

[timvp]

Kobe was never injured to begin with. He hyped up this minor injury so that the media will play up the "he's such a warrior playing through an injury that may debilitate him at any time!" talk.

Typical Kobe move.

[TheMadHatter]

I knew something was fishy when I kept hearing reports about Kobe waiting to announce his pinky surgery. If the recovery time was around 6 weeks he would have had the surgery immediately after the Olympics.

I don't know what to think about his decision. Clearly he can still play at a high level, but I think he needs to do what's best for himself in this case and get the surgery that he needs. I don't trust that he will hold up for the entire season without doing further damage to it.

[Biernutz]

Was there really anything wrong with his booger picker or was this a ready made excuse for losing?

[angelbelow]

he should get the surgery. it could get worst couldnt it?

[Sissiborgo]

He's just a looser talks shit about everyone and he's selfish....

[Lp26]

He's supposedly forgoing it b/c the recovery time is not 6 weeks, but 12 weeks, and that's assuming the rehab goes perfectly. He probably sees title this year and doesn't want to do anything to jeopardize it. I don't think he pulled a Paul Pierce, but who knows.

[Showtime24 LAKERS]

Well I think Kobe knows what he's doing..he's got several doctors opinions and they said not to have surgery, because the fracture has healed, theres still a completely torn ligament in there but he got used to playing with it. So he probably will get it fixed after we win the championship next season and then work on it all summer.

[monosylab1k]

I'm sure this decision is because he discovered that a hurt pinky in no way hinders his ability to rape.

[TheMadHatter]

I'm sure this decision is because he discovered that a hurt pinky in no way hinders his ability to rape.

Wow only 24 posts before a rape joke. That must be a some sort of record.

[baseline bum]

Kobe was never injured to begin with. He hyped up this minor injury so that the media will play up the "he's such a warrior playing through an injury that may debilitate him at any time!" talk.

Typical Kobe move.

:lol

[monosylab1k]

Wow only 24 posts before a rape joke. That must be a some sort of record.

Wow did I write rape? I meant to write "shoot the ball" but I must have gotten the two mixed up because he does them both so well.

[TheMadHatter]

How about them Pats?

:lmao

[DPG21920]

How about them Pats?

:lmao

Doing better than the Chargers and Raiders.

[TheMadHatter]

Doing better than the Chargers and Raiders.

And? I could care less about either of those teams moron.

Chargers = San Diego
Raiders = Oakland

San Diego & Oakland != Los Angeles

Thanks for playing!

[IronMexican]

And? I could care less about either of those teams moron.

Chargers = San Diego
Raiders = Oakland

San Diego & Oakland != Los Angeles

Thanks for playing!

what's you're team?

[TheMadHatter]

As far as football goes, I don't really have one. I refuse to root for the 49ers, Raiders, or Chargers.

[duncan228]

The Orange County Register chimes in.

Kobe’s surgery postponed (http://lakers.freedomblogging.com/2008/09/09/kobes-surgery-postponed/)
Bryant to skip surgery
by ART THOMPSON III, OCREGISTER.COM

Although Lakers star Kobe Bryant announced this afternoon on his website kb24.com that he is bypassing surgery on his injured right pinky finger, The Orange County Register has learned that it is all but certain that he will have the surgery at the conclusion of the 2008-2009 season.

By opting not to have surgery at this time, Bryant is expected to participate in drills, when the Lakers open training camp Sept. 27, at their El Segundo practice site. However, it has not been determined what limitations will be placed on him and how extensive Bryant would be used in the exhibition games.

Although Bryant said he made the decision not to have surgery, as planned prior to the opening of training camp, after consulting with numerous hand specialists, the root of his decision is linked to the return of Andrew Bynum.

Bryant believes that the Lakers need to establish early team chemistry and cohesiveness when the regular season starts, with Bynum in the lineup, because the Lakers played much of the second half of the 2007-2008 season and the entire playoffs without their injured 21-year old center.

One of the teams expected to challenge the defending Western Conference champion Lakers for the conference crown this coming season are the San Antonio Spurs.

However, the Spurs will be without one of their top players, Manu Ginobili, when the regular season begins. Ginobili injured his ankle during the 2008 NBA playoffs against Phoenix and aggrevated the injury while playing in the Olympics for defending gold medalist Argentina against Team USA. Ginobili had surgery last month.

Bynum suffered a dislocated left knee cap Jan. 13, against Memphis, and missed the remainder of this past season. Meanwhile, Bryant suffered a torn ligament and avulsion fracture of the right pinky Feb. 5, against New Jersey.

Due to the timing of the injury and the Lakers’ position in the playoff race, Bryant put off surgery at that time and shortly thereafter announced that he would postpone getting his finger repaired until after the Beijing Olympics in August.

Bryant helped lead Team USA to a gold medal, the Americans beating Spain and the Lakers’ Pau Gasol in the gold-medal game.

Bryant was able to get through the NBA season and the Olympic competition by taping his finger and receiving theraputic treatment on it, a procedure that he likely will continue this season.

[Trainwreck2100]

As far as football goes, I don't really have one. I refuse to root for the 49ers, Raiders, or Chargers.

So you don't have a team and you knock on the guy that does?

[IronMexican]

As far as football goes, I don't really have one. I refuse to root for the 49ers, Raiders, or Chargers.

Damn cock gobbler. ripping teams but you don't have one. you sound like those Kobe haters who root for no one, but like to talk shit about the Lakers.

[DPG21920]

As far as football goes, I don't really have one. I refuse to root for the 49ers, Raiders, or Chargers.

So me assuming that someone who roots for LA and dogs other peoples teams would like a football team from California makes me a moron? You sir are a:

http://www.tbase.com/images/largeredtoolbo.jpg

[DPG21920]

As far as football goes, I don't really have one. I refuse to root for the 49ers, Raiders, or Chargers.

People refuse to take you seriously.

[TheMadHatter]

Yea I'm really sorry I'm not some bandwagon faggot who just picks teams that are successful because he doesn't have one.

The bottomline is LA doesn't have a football team. Therefore, I don't have a favorite team. I have favorite players in the NFL, but don't have a favorite team since THERE IS NO FUCKING TEAM NEAR MY HOME CITY. What the fuck is so hard to understand about mexican?

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

:lol @ Kobe. He is just as big of a douche as Paul Pierce.

People are going to target his bad pinkie and see if it really is injured.

[DPG21920]

Yea I'm really sorry I'm not some bandwagon faggot who just picks teams that are successful because he doesn't have one.

The bottomline is LA doesn't have a football team. Therefore, I don't have a favorite team. I have favorite players in the NFL, but don't have a favorite team since THERE IS NO FUCKING TEAM NEAR MY HOME CITY. What the fuck is so hard to understand about mexican?

There is no team near your city?

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/images/usa/california.jpg

[TheMadHatter]

San Diego - 120 miles away
SF - about 400 miles away
Oakland - about 420 miles away

Nice try.

[DPG21920]

120 miles, oh noooooooooooooooo. That is a two hour drive to go see a game. That is besides the point. Just because you do not have a team IN YOUR CITY does not mean you cannot root for the 3 teams in your state. So all the cities that do not have teams cannot root for anyone?

Nice try. If you are going to dog someone for liking a team, at least have your own. That is like bashing a guy for his ugly girlfriend while you sit at home jerking it every single weekend.

[IronMexican]

Yea I'm really sorry I'm not some bandwagon faggot who just picks teams that are successful because he doesn't have one.

The bottomline is LA doesn't have a football team. Therefore, I don't have a favorite team. I have favorite players in the NFL, but don't have a favorite team since THERE IS NO FUCKING TEAM NEAR MY HOME CITY. What the fuck is so hard to understand about mexican?

Raiders were in LA when I was born, so that's my team. We got the Trojans though:downspin:

[TheMadHatter]

I just flat out don't like the Chargers or 49ers. I'm sorry I just can't root for those teams. I've always had a soft spot for the Raiders, but they are such an embarrassment these days I try to keep that a secret from outsiders :).

And yes, USC football is where it's at for me.

[tlongII]

I wonder if Kobe realizes that there is a 300 pounder named Greg Oden that will slapping at that finger in game 1?

[monosylab1k]

Yea I'm really sorry I'm not some bandwagon faggot who just picks teams that are successful because he doesn't have one.

Yeah it's almost as pathetic as Kobe knobslobbers who post under multiple Lakerfan aliases on a Spurs message board.

I grew up near Boston, moved to Texas, and adopted the Thunder. I'm a diehard Rangers, Patriots, and Thunder fan. Does that make me a bandwagoner? Sue me. At least I'm not a douchebag Laker fan.

I's pretty much a scientific fact: bandwagoner who shows up to sporting events on time > douchey Laker fan getting to his seats with 4:13 left in the second quarter.

[TheMadHatter]

Yeah it's almost as pathetic as Kobe knobslobbers who post under multiple Lakerfan aliases on a Spurs message board.

I grew up near Boston, moved to Texas, and adopted the Thunder. I'm a diehard Rangers, Patriots, and Thunder fan. Does that make me a bandwagoner? Sue me. At least I'm not a douchebag Laker fan.

I's pretty much a scientific fact: bandwagoner who shows up to sporting events on time > douchey Laker fan getting to his seats with 4:13 left in the second quarter.

Wow what a ridiculous stereotype. LAL has the largest fanbase of any NBA team, the only people that can afford the "good" seats are the rich ones that don't really give a shit about basketball. You're an idiot if you think they are representative of the Laker fan base. Shit son, you've probably never even been to CA by the looks of it.

[monosylab1k]

Shit son, you've probably never even been to CA by the looks of it.

Lived in Hacienda Heights for a year, got family all over SoCal and San Fran.

Here's the Lakerfan breakdown.

Mexican - diehard fan

White - blowhard douchebag fan

Black - jumped on the bandwagon in the 80's

Asian - Kobe fan

pick your category.

[TheMadHatter]

Lived in Hacienda Heights for a year, got family all over SoCal and San Fran.

Here's the Lakerfan breakdown.

Mexican - diehard fan

White - blowhard douchebag fan

Black - jumped on the bandwagon in the 80's

Asian - Kobe fan

pick your category.

Again, typical stereotypical BS.

I know tons of white people that are die hard fans since before you were born. The Laker fanbase is the biggest fanbase of any basketball team in the world, of course we're going to have a larger amount of douchebag fans than anyone else. It comes with the territory.

[angelbelow]

"Asian - Kobe fan"

asian girls maybe.

[Condemned 2 HelLA]

Here's the Lakerfan breakdown.

Mexican - blowhard douchebag fan

White - blowhard douchebag fan

Black- blowhard douchebag fan

Asian - fan once Lamers reach playoffs



FTFY.

[monosylab1k]

I know tons of white people that are die hard fans since before you were born.

Yeah they all live in Minneapolis.

[TheMadHatter]

You're an idiot. Stop talking.

[1Parker1]

Kobe was never injured to begin with. He hyped up this minor injury so that the media will play up the "he's such a warrior playing through an injury that may debilitate him at any time!" talk.

Typical Kobe move.

:lmao My thoughts exactly...how did they make such a big deal out of this injury all last season after it happened, when it doesn't even really require surgery?

[hater]

just cut off the pinky. it's the most useless pathetic finger anyway

[IronMexican]

just cut off the pinky. it's the most useless pathetic finger anyway

That's a pretty important finger to coke heads.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

:lol

[Biernutz]

Kobe was going to use the finger as get out of playing excuse if the Fakers tanked it at the end of last season.

[ducks]

I wonder if Kobe realizes that there is a 300 pounder named Greg Oden that will slapping at that finger in game 1?

if he hits it is a foul

[JamStone]

Greg Oden will be injured before that first game.