Eternal

Luckily we face the Spurs once more this year and its not til the second to last game of the season, which hopefully we have everything wrapped up by then, and Kobe can sit that game out.

Basel57

Kobe will dunk left-handed.

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Rentaponcho

i dont think it is the #3 seed that will motivate kobe its the # 1 seed. its in reach, no its in our grasps if we play well.

Eternal

Image with Kobe's brace on pinky:

afobisme

damn kobe looks like freddie kruger.

CDRacingZX6R

You know.. This is really far fetched and reaching. But I was just thinking about this earlier today... Say the Lakers do make a run with Kobe leading even with his fracture.. And say Kobe and the Lakers actually did well in the playoffs, not even a title (although that would be a be a bonus), but just a run in general..

Could you imagine how epic that would be? I mean people still talk about Jordans flu in the playoffs performance (which was amazing), imagine if Kobe could lead the Lakers in the west right now with his pinky all screwed up?

Literally, the stage is setup for what could be one of the most epic runs in NBA history.

Of course, this isn't exactly the most realistic hope. But it's some hope.

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Bartholomew Hunt

No doubt about it.

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Purple and Gold forever..

afobisme

more epic is isiah playing in the finals with a broken arm... and i think he dominated in that game too.

kobe's problem is just a finger.... i don't think it would be that impressive, given that we expect so much of kobe.

Bartholomew Hunt

You have the weirdest recollection of facts.

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Purple and Gold forever..

CDRacingZX6R

Truer words have never been spoken.

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Eternal

Just to help you clear things up better, Isiah never played in the Finals with a broken arm... that would be almost impossible to do in the NBA, lol.

I went ahead and looked up the exact quote for you, so you can see what he really said:

''The sorest part is my lower back and tailbone area,'' Thomas said. ''I tried to block Thompson's shot and when he released it, my arm caught his arm and I was off balance and got thrown to the floor. I knew I was hurt but I just tried to stay loose.

''I'm going to play. This is the N.B.A. final and I'll play with a broken arm if I have to.'' 'Not One to Miss Practice'

CDRacingZX6R

Next thing your going to tell us is that Jordan didn't really have have Ebola in the Utah playoff matchup...

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Eternal

Found this quote from MJ about the flu:

"I never had the flu, just made it up for all the media exposure that I knew it would get", MJ said while smoking a cigar.

Source

Sean

Do you know that MJ would smoke a cigar before home games? The following is an excerpt form an interview in Cigar Aficionado magazine in 2005.