Kobe Going Under the Knife?

Lakers guard Kobe Bryant will likely make the decision on whether to have surgery on his finger after injuring it way back on February 5th.  The surgery would repair ligament damage the superstar sustained on his right pinky in a game against the New Jersey Nets.  Bryant has stated that he wants to be ready for the beginning training camp. The recovery time from the surgery is more than a month and training camp begins September 30th for the Lake Show, cutting it pretty close.

This blogger is baffled by the lack of credit Kobe Bryant gets.  This guy sustained a painful injury that affected his performance and decided to forego surgery to make a run at the NBA title, which he narrowly missed out on, and a gold medal, which Team USA secured greatly in part because of Bryant’s stellar play in the fourth quarter of the gold medal game against Spain.  We’re constantly hearing about how Kobe didn’t step up in the finals against the Celtics, but we haven’t heard much about this injury (on his shooting hand, mind you) since it happened.  Just because some people don’t like aspects of Bryant’s personality or game, doesn’t mean it’s fair to shortchange him.

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Posted in General on August 27, 2008

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