Courtesy Mike Wilbon:
had the Lakers winning the Pacific Division and I'm not about to change that now. I still think they'll win it, putting them no worse than 3rd seed, behind Oklahoma City and maybe Portland in the overall West standings. Thing is, I just hope Kobe Bryant can play with this wrist injury. People say NBA players don't care, don't have passion, blah, blah, blah. Kobe Bryant is taking a cortizone shot every night just to play. Guy has 5 rings and he's shooting up to play. how the can people not admire that effort? People in Lakerland ought to shower Kobe with standing ovations every time they see him, just for that if not the million other contributions to that franchise over the last 15 years.
Dont always agree with Wilbon but some NBA fans (including Laker ones) take Kobe for granted ...