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Originally Posted by Eternal
If Kobe can't be close to top of his game though, it's just better to get the surgery and hope for the best as far as the team goes. It would be better to do it sooner rather then later, as the time he will be using to try and undergo treatments to make it feel better, he could be using this time to recover from the surgery.
It's not like we would likely win the title this year if Kobe's pinky isn't feeling better by playoff time anyways.
This way it will heal the proper way and he will be ready come Olympics time, and the team may still be playoff contenders. It's not like we have a very tough schedule left.
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Well its not like the Lakers are guaranteed a playoff spot without Kobe too.
Golden State, Utah and Houston are all catching fire. I expect them to maintain that pace after the AS break as well. Even Portland can make a run for the playoffs, they are only facing 7 teams with winning record in their next 22 games. So what good is a fully healed Kobe if the Lakers will not even participate in the playoffs to begin with?
It would be a different story if Bynum is playing, but he's not so the Lakers cannot afford a slide in a very tough and competitive Western Conference.