Sunday, September 26th, 2010 at 11:05 am  |  79 responses

Kobe Bryant’s Knee On The Mend

Yahoo! reports: “Kobe Bryant doesn’t know how much his surgically repaired right knee will allow him to play in the preseason, but he does plan to be on the court for the Los Angeles Lakers’ Oct. 26 season opener against the Houston Rockets. ‘If it’s ready to roll, I will play,’ Bryant said. ‘It’s tough because I don’t like talking timeline or timeframe because people get all antsy. When it’s ready, we’ll roll. I can’t see [missing the season opener]. That’s so far down the road. With where I’m at right now, strength-wise, it’s very, very good.’ Bryant, 32, underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee July 23 and was expected to be ready for the start of training camp, which began Saturday night. He was bothered by the injury last season and needed to have the knee drained during the first round of the playoffs. Bryant said his knee feels a lot stronger now, but it hasn’t been truly tested yet. While Bryant didn’t have a timetable for his return, Lakers coach Phil Jackson is hopeful Bryant will play some minutes in the preseason.”


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  • http://dsfjklf.com Jukai

    The Nerve: Whatever helps you sleep better at night “pawtna”

  • $am

    Another excuse for Kobe to sit out the preseason. If this guy was smart enough, he’d use the preseason as a vehicle to get into playing shape, even though he’s an arrogant veteran thinking he’s too good for it.

  • http://www.need4sheed.com Tarzan Cooper

    more dumb comments, shocker.

  • Sam

    cosign Jukai. the “nub” nerve is an idiot. Just stop posting. Or learn how to spell at least…

  • http://www.slamonline.com James the Balla

    I was on here, late at night reading comments and FTR, Sam’s comment is “comment of the day”, that takes the cake lol. Yeah, he better get into game shape, Kobe the slacker, always taking time off and not wanting to play.

  • http://www.kb24.com The Seed

    Kobe knee will be fine, even if it isn’t he still will play. Kobe is a rare breed and will play hurt, but he knows he has a chance to get another three peat and I believe he would play injured every game just for a chance at another ring.BOOK IT!!!

  • moneyandthepower

    yo nerve im surprised u didnt throw a tantrom and start cussing people out like u did yesterday. talkin bout u herbed sumbody when ur a$$ got servd yesyerday by me and the boy bc and today u got that a$$ collectvly kicked. Lil b!t(h frum the burbs talkin cash money ish from his bedroom in his parents house. if u aint the definition of a troll loser I dont know who is. im at ya hed agin pu$$ie…whut u gon do now beeyatch? go make ur bed or sumthin befor ya daddy woop that a$$. oh my bad I am ya daddie and I am woopin that a$$ u fkn lame tuff guy internet loser

  • moneyandthepower

    the nerve aka sensitive thug but bka the herb from the burbs…u b!t(h. got a lotta tuff talk but dont want it from nobody. u passd thag dude jtaylor as the fakest thug on slam and dont neether one of yall know a dam thing. just sum lebron nut swallowers. lebron got both of yall mouth lookin like dannon yogrt…beeyatches. I got gigs and wigs fa both of yall. but jtaylor can wear flats and get my bread but nerve u so b!t(h I make ya wear high heels when u out there hoin

  • JTaylor21

    ^It’s whatever bra. Just remember that with all your tough talking, you make Fonzworth Bentley look like Tookie Williams. Food for thought.

  • Klav

    @James have not seen u post in quite some time. Eh, with all the bandwagon fans it just takes away from just about everything, bound to happen. Seems the last few months these threads have been infested with some whack comments. I miss good debate and posts without irrelevant name drops.

  • moneyandthepower

    and jtaylor21 u make being one of the biggest b!t(hes slam has ever seen look ez. and ya boy nerve make eddie long look like a straight dude and we all no dat aint true on both endz. yall dudes is some lame with lebron come stains in the cornr of ya mouth. talkin tuff on here whn both of yall is some pu$$ie$ that ill eat any day of tha week. play wit it. fuk basketball im hre to make yall life miserble and clown yall lames like yall try to do evrybody else. wanna be tuff guys the homie tryd to mak piece and u practicly jumpd on his d!(k cuz u a pro lik dat lol. u get a lot of practce from ridin and sukn lebron off

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    Mind you: Kobe’s knee is feeling better? Mine would be too if I’m expecting the 2nd greatest threat (behind Durant) in the West, to stop me from getting back to the NBA Finals!? Kobe to others: Hey Steve Nash…you feel like going to Toronto after all right?? Brandon, Brandon Roy…Greg Oden called, he said you should think about calling Chris Paul, he’s getting an apartment in Brooklyn and was looking for a roomie!…”

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    * Sorry I left out the pertinant point that Kobe was expecting that Carmelo could be heading East… thus making his knee feel better.

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    @Klav – I’m thinking half of these trolling comments are just other users/commentors under another guise…thats right Ben Osborne and Russ Bengston, I know you got some ‘nerve’.
    hyuck.

  • Mike from Spain

    What was the diagnosis of Kobe’s injured knee? He might miss some games at the beginning of the season if getting in shape after the surgery takes longer than expected… maybe those perimeter defenders Lakers got this summer will let Kobe play less minutes until he’s better. The good thing for the Lakers is that Gasol is in much better shape now than in the beginning of last season. What happened to Bynum? I haven’t heard from him in a while

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENT IS FOR THE TROLL, ‘The Nerve’:
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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Hobbled throughout his comeback by a painful right knee injury, Michael Jordan is taking a break to have arthroscopic surgery.

    Jordan was placed on the injured list Tuesday for only the second time in his career. He will have to miss at least five games, starting Wednesday night at home against Portland.

    The prognosis won’t be known until the team physician, Dr. Stephen Haas, performs the surgery. Jordan committed to play two seasons when he returned to the court last fall.

    “He’s got to go in there and just find out what’s causing the irritation and why his knee is continuing to swell,” Collins said. “And depending on how much work he has to do, that will be the deciding factor in how long Michael will be out.

  • http://www.triplejunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    I believe your words were…
    _____________________________________________________
    the nerve Posted: Sep.26 at 11:10 am
    mike never had all those issues.
    _____________________________________________________
    Mike did have those issue in his career – he played hard always he pushed himself always. Kobe Bryant follows that mantra I’m sure. There those the school bell goldielocks.

  • moneyandthepower

    this why people shouldnt talk bout basketball eras they not old enough to remember or wasnt born in. then they wanna talk about somebody getting read and showin they hand and theres folded already. lames

  • the nerve

    @money: u still gay da way u jockin me. AND u talk worse dan me.
    jukai: yeah, u know what it is son.
    dacre: u kool and u rock it. u can say whatever u want n i’ll respect dat . in da meantime, kobe jus been under da knife more, therefore makin him more brittle. dats what i meant when i was soundin off. sam: i dont know u so i’ll wait 4 u 2 say some relevant sh..
    Tarzan/tsi… nuff said. u irrelevant
    NEXT!!

  • http://www.acb.com Alan

    oh man, how much time do I lose reading the coment section, much better than the original article…

    Kobe has already proved he will play even with only one leg and one arm, I think there’s no doubt about it. And MJ played 1072 (+ 178 in PO) regular games entering the NBA at 21 AND retiring twice AND playing till 40 yo, while Kobe has already played 1021 (+ 198 in PO)entering the NBA at 17 and still being 32… and non-stop, so…

    Kobe is top 8 all time any day now, we’ll see when it’s said and done. And 2nd best at 2 all time behind you-know-who

  • http://stapledesign.com Spaceship Jay

    Even though I can’t understand HALF of what you guys are typing (how do you type in Ebonics?) Kobe’s been in the for about half of his life on earth. Pretty amazing. ^^And I said that already; when I found out I was arguing with people about things they weren’t alive to see. So I stopped arguing.

  • M5

    I guess one single pest can affect the entire crop.

  • http://double-technical.blogspot.com zee!

    Heavy is the head that wears the crown…..

  • moneyandthepower

    yeah nerve, just like u jock the homie bc and the way u be slurpin on jtaylor21. u just a stan and I c u PATNAH! it aint hard to c what u on. u loser in life so u come here for attention. thats how u no u a lame and a nobody herb from the burbs.

  • Hurricane

    F__K THE 504, F__K JGAYLOR21, F__K EBOY, F__K THE NERVE, F__K LEBRON, GET A LIFE YOU F_____S!!!!

  • Blackphantom

    @the Nerve……we can’t tell if you go to school or not, because of your messed up grammar

  • Blackphantom

    C’mon Clement, MJ played through that flu, but more importantly, this aint his article

  • http://www.lowpostnews.com/ Renee

    I think nerve was being facetious.

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