Kobe Bryant to Forgoe Finger Surgery

Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has decided to pass on pinkie surgery in favor of joining his teammates in training camp on Sept. 27. Bryant announced this update on his Web site, kb24.com, Tuesday after hearing from his doctors that the recovery time could take up to 12 weeks. Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak is behind Bryant’s decision to postpone surgery on his right pinkie finger to repair ligament damage caused Feb. 5, when he jammed the finger against former New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd. Although Bryant did not miss a game in the remainder of the season, and was awarded with his first MVP award, he paid the price of further aggravating his finger as he led the Lakers to the NBA Finals.

Bryant initially postponed surgery until the conclusion of the Beijing Olympics, where he helped lead Team USA to the gold medal, but after visiting numerous specialists the Lakers guard decided to skip surgery all together. Bryant remains confident that his court time will not suffer from the injury and is just excited for the beginning of training camp and subsequently the Lakers first regular season game against Greg Oden and the Portland Trail Blazers.

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