Koolaid_Man
01-01-2014, 02:30 PM
:toast My guy!!!
“Obviously it’s not something I wanted to have happen, but there’s nothing you can do about it. From that standpoint, you have to look at an injury for exactly what it is, which is something that’s going to heal, and be as strong as it ever was.
“Obviously, you have the negative side of the injury, but aside from that, I felt like I had some really good questions answered in terms of what I can do on a basketball floor,” he said. “It was kind of like you’re experimenting from game to game and measuring things and trying to figure things out. I felt pretty good about that, which was the biggest question mark.
“The biggest part of my game in the last two or three years has always been getting to a space on the floor, being able to elevate and shoot pull-up jump shots, and getting into the paint. It was a great test going up against Tony Allen, who in my opinion has been the guy who’s defended me the best individually since I got into the league. [It was my] fourth game in five nights and to be able to go up against him, and respond to that challenge, I feel really good about it.”
“The knee is not really a concern to me. The fracture will heal, but the biggest question mark was how would my Achilles’ respond to my game, and I felt pretty good about that.”
“I felt like I learned that I pretty much could do everything I could before, particularly in the last game [against Memphis],” he said.
“The Achilles’ felt fine. It was strong. From getting out on the court from that, it was a matter of the rest of the body catching up,” Bryant said. “Also, like I said before, there was some natural tentativeness, and what you can and what you can’t do, so you kind of just go down the list and try to improve from game to game.
“My spirits are fine. I feel more locked in now than I have been my entire career because of it. The spirit is fine, the focus is great, and we’re just going to have to see what happens when I come back.”
“Obviously it’s not something I wanted to have happen, but there’s nothing you can do about it. From that standpoint, you have to look at an injury for exactly what it is, which is something that’s going to heal, and be as strong as it ever was.
“Obviously, you have the negative side of the injury, but aside from that, I felt like I had some really good questions answered in terms of what I can do on a basketball floor,” he said. “It was kind of like you’re experimenting from game to game and measuring things and trying to figure things out. I felt pretty good about that, which was the biggest question mark.
“The biggest part of my game in the last two or three years has always been getting to a space on the floor, being able to elevate and shoot pull-up jump shots, and getting into the paint. It was a great test going up against Tony Allen, who in my opinion has been the guy who’s defended me the best individually since I got into the league. [It was my] fourth game in five nights and to be able to go up against him, and respond to that challenge, I feel really good about it.”
“The knee is not really a concern to me. The fracture will heal, but the biggest question mark was how would my Achilles’ respond to my game, and I felt pretty good about that.”
“I felt like I learned that I pretty much could do everything I could before, particularly in the last game [against Memphis],” he said.
“The Achilles’ felt fine. It was strong. From getting out on the court from that, it was a matter of the rest of the body catching up,” Bryant said. “Also, like I said before, there was some natural tentativeness, and what you can and what you can’t do, so you kind of just go down the list and try to improve from game to game.
“My spirits are fine. I feel more locked in now than I have been my entire career because of it. The spirit is fine, the focus is great, and we’re just going to have to see what happens when I come back.”