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Kobe is going to come back----his initial tweets expressed frustration and disappointment.
This is a man who has generated a wide range of reactions from people------that being said, one thing he is not, is a quitter.
The man plays the game hard and aggressively. I think he can still play at a high level for a few more years, and I just do not see this being the end of his career-----he is coming back.
This is likely the season for him and the Lakers. Even with my disdain for Dwight Howard's game, I was hoping they would make the playoffs.
No surprise that they beat the Warriors tonight. Great run for the Lakers though. It will be interesting to see what happens.
Orlando went from a playoff team with Dwight....to bottom 3-4 teams in the league.
If Dwight leaves the Lakers, their rebuild is SCREWED.
Lakers may still make the playoffs, Utah has been really sloppy the 2nd half of the season and already let the Lakers close what should have been an insurmountable gap by losing 8 of 10 games at one point.
It is not in Kobe's DNA to fake an injury. The guy is one of the fiercest competitors in the league. Very sad to see him get hurt like that, but I think he will come back and leave on his own terms.
It's not an opinion, its fact that when one part of the structures are weak, others surrounding it will work harder to compensate thus making the whole ankle weaker. Either that or his Achilles was partially injured to begin with, which is worse than compensating. (my field of work)
Yes it's always D'Antoni's (or any coach) decision when to rest his players. But heck, its Kobe Bryant, you know he's not gonna agree with D'antoni if he was benched. Kobe is one of the few players in NBA history that plays when he wants to, not at the coach's discretion. If medical images are negative (no full tears shown), and no other visual signs are present, what can you do when Kobe tells the team doctor and D'Antoni "No, it's perfect, i'm not hurting at all" <----- he's been doing that for 17 years as well as alot of pro athletes (Kevin ware). Heck I did it when I played HS bball. I wanted minutes. Any athlete knows, if it ain't broken, i'm playing no matter what.
Now, if they Lakers were locked in 2nd, or 1st place, it'd be a different story. But they were fighting for their playoff lives. If OKC didn't beat Utah the other day, Lakers would currently be in 9th.
Regarding the bold above, he had earlier injuries to BOTH legs (injury timeouts were required) on separate occaions earlier in the game and kept going. So when he went down before i even knew what it was - I figured he was overcompensating from the earlier injuries.
They beat the Spurs tonight. Maybe now that the security blanket is gone, everyone else will pull their weight.
See the Lakers won tonight over the Spurs and have no idea why they are fighting to go to the playoffs so they can get swept by OKC
So you think they should tank their remaining games to avoid the playoffs? Even without Kobe the Lakers aren't a team I'd want to face as an 8th seed. And you have to figure that the players are going to be extra motivated to prove they can be competitive without him, especially Howard and Gasol.
So you think they should tank their remaining games to avoid the playoffs? Even without Kobe the Lakers aren't a team I'd want to face as an 8th seed. And you have to figure that the players are going to be extra motivated to prove they can be competitive without him, especially Howard and Gasol.
theres always this.
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1. The Ewing Theory
A theory hashed by ESPN.com writer Bill Simmons and his friend Dave Cirilli. It that explains the reason why teams inexplicably become better after their star player leaves the team for any reason (trade, injury, etc.). Two elements must be present for a situation to be explained by the Ewing Theory: 1) The team has a star player who receives a lot of attention but never wins anything, and 2) The star player leaves the team and everybody writes the team off.
The Knicks lose Patrick Ewing to an injury in a 1999 NBA playoff series with the Indiana Pacers. Everyone writes them off. The Knicks then win three of the next four games and win the series to advance to the NBA finals.
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