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02-14-2008, 06:47 PM
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Kobe's pinkie requires surgery; Would be out 6 weeks?
If he decides to do the surgery, which everybody is reporting he won't until after the olympics, he will be out 6 weeks.
It might be better to fix the finger and then get Bynum and Kobe back before the playoffs, if we make them without him.
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02-14-2008, 07:28 PM
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Re: Kobe's pinkie requires surgery; Would be out 6 weeks?
He's skipping 3-point shootout. Might as well skipped ASG, too
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02-14-2008, 07:32 PM
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Re: Kobe's pinkie requires surgery; Would be out 6 weeks?
Great...just great. Another possible major injury. Seems almost everyone has been hit this season...everyone but our towel boy.
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02-14-2008, 07:42 PM
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Re: Kobe's pinkie requires surgery; Would be out 6 weeks?
yeah this sucks, but what can you say..
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02-14-2008, 07:54 PM
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Re: Kobe's pinkie requires surgery; Would be out 6 weeks?
Kobe missing six weeks would be disastrous, but I don't see him opting for surgery during the season. He'll do whatever he has to do to get through it.
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02-14-2008, 08:40 PM
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Re: Kobe's pinkie requires surgery; Would be out 6 weeks?
He's decided not to get surgery, and I think he'll be fine. If he sits out 6 weeks, we could very well miss the playoffs, and he's not going to let that happen.
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02-14-2008, 09:02 PM
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Re: Kobe's pinkie requires surgery; Would be out 6 weeks?
I don't think he's going to be fine if he doesn't get the surgery. His shot will be way off, and most likely will have to mostly be the facilitator.
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02-14-2008, 09:05 PM
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Re: Kobe's pinkie requires surgery; Would be out 6 weeks?
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I don't think he's going to be fine if he doesn't get the surgery. His shot will be way off, and most likely will have to mostly be the facilitator.
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Ack.
I fear I agree with you... I know this wont happen.. But I'd almost rather let him miss the games we have a chance of winning without him.. (Bobcats, etc). And have him play only in the games were it's deemed 100 percent needed to win. His shot has been pretty horrific since the injury. But he has been taking it to the hole stronger.
Honestly, he's going to have to make sure he takes it to the rack most times he decides to score.
And we need to hope Bynums close to getting back, so he can take up some of the scoring slack.
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02-14-2008, 09:08 PM
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Re: Kobe's pinkie requires surgery; Would be out 6 weeks?
isn't this the same injury that radmanovic had last year? and his shooting was pretty off..
then again, he's no kobe.
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02-14-2008, 09:12 PM
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Re: Kobe's pinkie requires surgery; Would be out 6 weeks?
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Ack.
I fear I agree with you... I know this wont happen.. But I'd almost rather let him miss the games we have a chance of winning without him.. (Bobcats, etc). And have him play only in the games were it's deemed 100 percent needed to win. His shot has been pretty horrific since the injury. But he has been taking it to the hole stronger.
Honestly, he's going to have to make sure he takes it to the rack most times he decides to score.
And we need to hope Bynums close to getting back, so he can take up some of the scoring slack.
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The problem with him though taking it to the rack more, is he's more vulnerable to getting that pinky injured even more. I mean it can't feel good dunking with it.
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02-14-2008, 09:34 PM
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Re: Kobe's pinkie requires surgery; Would be out 6 weeks?
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Ack.
I fear I agree with you... I know this wont happen.. But I'd almost rather let him miss the games we have a chance of winning without him.. (Bobcats, etc). And have him play only in the games were it's deemed 100 percent needed to win.
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It would be nice if the situation was just Kobe's efficiency. We have to remember that the Lakers will be playing without bynum for 3 of those six week and all it will take is a four game losing streak and they will be out of the playoffs!. The lakers will not be a bad team without Kobe but they will have to be more than a decent team to stay in the playoff hunt. Kobe knows that and that's we he wants to beat it out.
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02-14-2008, 09:42 PM
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Re: Kobe's pinkie requires surgery; Would be out 6 weeks?
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NBA officials are still planning for Kobe Bryant to play in Sunday’s All-Star game after the Los Angeles Lakers announced that their star has decided to forgo surgery on his injured right pinkie.
While Bryant has pulled out of the three-point contest, league officials said Thursday evening they expect the Western Conference’s leading vote-getter to play on Sunday in New Orleans.
Even if Bryant would prefer to skip the All-Star game to rest, he would have a difficult time convincing the league to give him a pass because he played Wednesday against Minnesota and, for now, hopes to also play in the Lakers’ game against Atlanta on Tuesday. One league official described it as "standard procedure" for a player to have to participate in the All-Star game if he played in his team’s games leading up to the break and isn’t definitely sidelined for subsequent games.
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02-14-2008, 11:07 PM
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Re: Kobe's pinkie requires surgery; Would be out 6 weeks?
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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02-14-2008, 11:55 PM
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