#achillesTHAT

[rayjayjohnson]

:lmao rapist

[jeebus]

:cry karma will get back at you spurfan! :cry

:cry kirby didn't deserve this! :cry

[D12]

Non-Laker fan jizzing in his pants.

Get it together.

[Clipper Nation]

:cry karma will get back at you spurfan! :cry

:cry kirby didn't deserve this! :cry
:cry The Clipper Curse is SOOOO FUCKING HILARIOUS but don't you dare joke about our Kirby :cry

[Mugen]

:lol #achillesThat

[Splits]

Booo. I rarely am in favor of censorship on this place but I would have no problem with Kori stepping in here, get it together fools.

[midnightpulp]

:cry The Clipper Curse is SOOOO FUCKING HILARIOUS but don't you dare joke about our Kirby :cry

Seriously. Remember the jokes Lakers fans used to have about Len Bias and Reggie Lewis?

But oh no, you don't dare joke about Kirby's Achilles or Magic's HIV!

[rayjayjohnson]

Booo. I rarely am in favor of censorship on this place but I would have no problem with Kori stepping in here, get it together fools.
Boo fucking hoo. Clean out your sandy vagina, this is the Internet.

[jeebus]

Seriously. Remember the jokes Lakers fans used to have about Len Bias and Reggie Lewis?

But oh no, you don't dare joke about Kirby's Achilles or Magic's HIV!
:lol I know and it's so hypocritical of them. pile it on imo

[rayjayjohnson]

Does he need surgery? I wonder if he'll hit up Eagle, CO again?

[midnightpulp]

:lol I know and it's so hypocritical of them. pile it on imo

I remember a Laker fan saying: "Reggie Lewis was the kind of player who left his heart on the floor."

[Splits]

Not to put Kobe in Tim's league, but if I just saw that happen to my boy and I was a reg on this board I'd expect better. Whatever, troll away. I can't even bring myself to get CJ up.

[Mugen]

Booo. I rarely am in favor of censorship on this place but I would have no problem with Kori stepping in here, get it together fools.

:lol Fuck det shit.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvBCl3CBMXA

[whitemamba]

the class is p:loluring :lolut :lolf midnights ears

[Clipper Nation]

Seriously. Remember the jokes Lakers fans used to have about Len Bias and Reggie Lewis?

Never mind that, my Lakerfan friends were giving me shit just last season when Chauncey tore his Achilles.... karma, bitches :lol

[Mugen]

Tim never rapedPERIOD.

[whitemamba]

rayjay is kate faber ur sister or something?

[rayjayjohnson]

rayjay is kate faber ur sister or something?

nah, the voiceless just need a voice.

kinda like how kobe needs crutches

:lol kobe

[whitemamba]

nah, the voiceless just need a voice.

kinda like how kobe needs crutches

:lol nuggets

[rayjayjohnson]

weak reply

:cry warrior injured :cry

[Clipper Nation]

whitemamba dropping shitbombs all night, tbh...

[rayjayjohnson]

what's kobe's least favorite song?

walk this way.

[whitemamba]

whitemamba (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=26808) dropping shitbombs all night, tbh...

open it up wide... enjoy the soft smooth flow

[Budkin]

It's an awful injury, but Karma will always win in the end. Always.

[Fergie The Florists]

Now we wait for the next LA basketball meltdown..... the Clippers getting bounced in round 1. What a great year.

[Thread]

Now we wait for the next LA basketball meltdown..... the Clippers getting bounced in round 1. What a great year.

Not like Pierce telling a whopper about returning to Los Angeles, eh?

tee, hee.

[chunticakes]

don't worry, rapist will probably just fly up to germany and buy a new bionic achilles or something as per the par...

[Thread]

don't worry, rapist will probably just fly up to germany and buy a new bionic achilles or something as per the par...

You've nary room. Your Neal raped as well.

[MarioSpeedwagon]

Lol

[Koolaid_Man]

I know everyone is keenly and anxiously waiting to hear from Kool this AM. I get it that as the most notable Spurstalk poster in history and decorated Laker Nation leader my opinion matters and my thoughts want to be explored as a weekend past time that all of you consider greater and more exciting than pussy. So here it is for Laker Luva and Hater alike:

Don’t ever let emotion dictate your reaction.
I generally try and follow this principle in my life. It makes things simpler. But on a grander scale, it usually will keep you from doing things you later regret. When emotion gets the best of us we do strange things. We say things we wouldn’t normally say. We confront people we wouldn’t normally confront. The momentary lapse of reason that follows some kind of emotional stigma is rarely what you would do when you’re composed and thinking clearly.


—- Test your black mamba knowledge by taking this Kobe Bryant quiz (http://www.lakersnation.com/kobe-quiz)! —-


That’s the approach I attempted to take. Wait a little while. Give it some time and let it sink in. Immediately rushing to the keyboard, as people do far too often in today’s world of Twitter and Facebook, wasn’t going to allow me to correctly express myself in this particular situation. And for the most part, the reality of what transpired on the Staples Center floor hadn’t fully sunk in. You can read something without fully comprehending it. Even though the meaning is able to leak into your brain, often times it takes longer to permeate your heart.


Now, in the middle of a darker-than-usual night in downtown LA, the word that I can’t escape is surreal.

Surreal.


That’s how it feels. Not devastating or depressing. Not disheartening or disillusioned.

Surreal.


Kobe Bryant means something different to everyone. I can’t tell you how to feel about a certain player, or what he should or should not mean in your life. Ultimately it’s your decision. And that’s how it should be. All I can do is tell you what he has meant to me, and try to somehow express that through 17 years of highs and lows, ups and downs, praise and criticisms, there hasn’t been a more reliable or consistent force in the sporting world. And the sudden realization at how quickly it can all change is far too sobering.


Kobe Bryant isn’t dead. Hell, he isn’t even retired. He’s hurt. He’s hurt badly, but still only hurt. And there isn’t a person out there that thinks we’ve seen the last of him on the court. In the end he’ll miss the end of a season that is more comparable to a runaway train than a basketball team. His presence on the court wasn’t going to carry the Lakers to the championship this year. It might not have even gotten them into the playoffs. The more you think about it, it almost seems like Kobe got the easy way out.


But it always felt like as long as he was out there, there was a chance. There was hope. Maybe nothing more than a fool’s hope, but nevertheless still hope.

And that hope was contagious. Especially to his teammates. Nobody would ever try and deny that Kobe can be brutal to deal with at times, especially with how much he expects from the guys on his team. But they know that with that comes the assurance that he’s going to be out there trying as hard as he can to help his team win. Well, as long as that doesn’t mean closing out on open shooters. He gave that up years ago.
So maybe the reflection here is not that we’re losing Kobe, but we’re losing that variable that’s impossible to define or replace. You’re losing the one wild card in an otherwise face-up deck where everybody can see your hand. You’re losing that final ounce of hope.

—-Want to know more about Kobe Bryant? Check out his bio here! (http://www.lakersnation.com/kobe-bryant/)—-

Whether we reach the postseason or not, the season will end soon. And when it does the attention will remain focused on Bryant. How’s he recovering? When will he return? Will he still be the same guy when he does? These are questions that we don’t have answers to yet. And some will take much longer to answer than others. But we’ll keep asking. We’ll keep waiting. And we’ll keep expecting nothing but the best. Because that’s what Kobe’s taught us. That’s the precedent he has set during his time in LA.


The cold-blooded persona and the games with the media are fun, but ultimately that’s not what made Laker fans fall in love with him in the first place. Because even at his core, beneath the layers that have intertwined over the course of 17 years living the life of a superstar, Kobe’s still that young kid out there trying to prove the other kids wrong. And in the end that’s what I’m able to take solace in. That’s what I can connect with. Because no matter how much the daily grind of life beats you down or glosses you over, the occasional realization that your passion isn’t gone, only dormant, is what’s most encouraging.


We’ll see you soon, Kobe. You’ve taught us to count on that. - DB

[Latarian Milton]

dude had played quite a few 48min games with an injured ankle and his team should've known the risk imho

[rayjayjohnson]

I know everyone is keenly and anxiously waiting to hear from Kool this AM. I get it that as the most notable Spurstalk poster in history and decorated Laker Nation leader my opinion matters and my thoughts want to be explored as a weekend past time that all of you consider greater and more exciting than pussy. So here it is for Laker Luva and Hater alike:

Don’t ever let emotion dictate your reaction.
I generally try and follow this principle in my life. It makes things simpler. But on a grander scale, it usually will keep you from doing things you later regret. When emotion gets the best of us we do strange things. We say things we wouldn’t normally say. We confront people we wouldn’t normally confront. The momentary lapse of reason that follows some kind of emotional stigma is rarely what you would do when you’re composed and thinking clearly.


—- Test your black mamba knowledge by taking this Kobe Bryant quiz (http://www.lakersnation.com/kobe-quiz)! —-


That’s the approach I attempted to take. Wait a little while. Give it some time and let it sink in. Immediately rushing to the keyboard, as people do far too often in today’s world of Twitter and Facebook, wasn’t going to allow me to correctly express myself in this particular situation. And for the most part, the reality of what transpired on the Staples Center floor hadn’t fully sunk in. You can read something without fully comprehending it. Even though the meaning is able to leak into your brain, often times it takes longer to permeate your heart.


Now, in the middle of a darker-than-usual night in downtown LA, the word that I can’t escape is surreal.

Surreal.


That’s how it feels. Not devastating or depressing. Not disheartening or disillusioned.

Surreal.


Kobe Bryant means something different to everyone. I can’t tell you how to feel about a certain player, or what he should or should not mean in your life. Ultimately it’s your decision. And that’s how it should be. All I can do is tell you what he has meant to me, and try to somehow express that through 17 years of highs and lows, ups and downs, praise and criticisms, there hasn’t been a more reliable or consistent force in the sporting world. And the sudden realization at how quickly it can all change is far too sobering.


Kobe Bryant isn’t dead. Hell, he isn’t even retired. He’s hurt. He’s hurt badly, but still only hurt. And there isn’t a person out there that thinks we’ve seen the last of him on the court. In the end he’ll miss the end of a season that is more comparable to a runaway train than a basketball team. His presence on the court wasn’t going to carry the Lakers to the championship this year. It might not have even gotten them into the playoffs. The more you think about it, it almost seems like Kobe got the easy way out.


But it always felt like as long as he was out there, there was a chance. There was hope. Maybe nothing more than a fool’s hope, but nevertheless still hope.

And that hope was contagious. Especially to his teammates. Nobody would ever try and deny that Kobe can be brutal to deal with at times, especially with how much he expects from the guys on his team. But they know that with that comes the assurance that he’s going to be out there trying as hard as he can to help his team win. Well, as long as that doesn’t mean closing out on open shooters. He gave that up years ago.
So maybe the reflection here is not that we’re losing Kobe, but we’re losing that variable that’s impossible to define or replace. You’re losing the one wild card in an otherwise face-up deck where everybody can see your hand. You’re losing that final ounce of hope.

—-Want to know more about Kobe Bryant? Check out his bio here! (http://www.lakersnation.com/kobe-bryant/)—-

Whether we reach the postseason or not, the season will end soon. And when it does the attention will remain focused on Bryant. How’s he recovering? When will he return? Will he still be the same guy when he does? These are questions that we don’t have answers to yet. And some will take much longer to answer than others. But we’ll keep asking. We’ll keep waiting. And we’ll keep expecting nothing but the best. Because that’s what Kobe’s taught us. That’s the precedent he has set during his time in LA.


The cold-blooded persona and the games with the media are fun, but ultimately that’s not what made Laker fans fall in love with him in the first place. Because even at his core, beneath the layers that have intertwined over the course of 17 years living the life of a superstar, Kobe’s still that young kid out there trying to prove the other kids wrong. And in the end that’s what I’m able to take solace in. That’s what I can connect with. Because no matter how much the daily grind of life beats you down or glosses you over, the occasional realization that your passion isn’t gone, only dormant, is what’s most encouraging.


We’ll see you soon, Kobe. You’ve taught us to count on that. - DB
tl;dr