Kobe is incredible

[Neurotic Guy]

He's in the starting lineup tonight.

Then again, that injury may have been a little overblown seeing as he was able to walk it off. But then again, that picture was nasty and it took my friend 8 weeks to recover from a lesser injury. Then again, Kobe is a god.

Severly sprained.  Out indefinitely.  BS from the start.  It was not severely sprained or he couldn't have walked with minimal limp as he did shortly after the injury (many of us know first hand the differnece between a mild and badly sprained ankle).  Glad he's OK, but the making of 'Hero Kobe' is vomitous.  Hope they lose tonight.

Not sure dude...

Ankle shot

I do hope people understand that I don't know Kobe or his ankle personally.  Obviously, I could be wrong.  But the pic you provided doesn't do it for me.  Unsure what is bone v. swelling and equally unsure what level of swelling equals severe.  I just know that I've had mild, moderate and severe ankle sprains.  I am not Kobe Bryant, but I would have had to be somethign other than human to have played 2 days after my severe sprain. So, maybe Kobe is not really human.  Rondo gutted out in unreal fashion a hideous elbow injury but was significantly impaired by it. We'll see tonight if Kobe is hampered..

Curious what your take on pierce getting wheeled off in a wheelchair and coming back the same game is and ultimately winning finals MVP

Idk if you think Kobe plays these things up then pierce is the all time worst

Myself, I think they're both all time competitors.

I didn't call Kobe a faker.  I think he got seriously injured. I don't think he said (if he did, I don't know about it) that he had a severely sprained ankle.  The LA/national press called it severe and is playing him into a hero.  That annoys me.  He couldn't, and as we see tonight can't, play on a severely sprained ankle.

Clearly I don't like him because he is a Laker.  Never said he isn't great. Just don't need grattuitous Kobe worship. And I thought the Pierce thing was an over-reaction and glad it turned out to be nothing. There certainly was nothing heroic/incredible about it. He thought he was done and he wasn't.

[Roy H.]

Kobe is a tough player, but he wouldn't be playing on the ankle if there was any severe structural damage.  It turned out to be a relatively minor setback.

So, kudos for playing through pain, but it's not like he had to get his ankle stapled together before he went out there.

[CelticConcourse]

Kobe is just as tough as Rondo, for sure.

[jdz101]

Kobe is just as tough as Rondo, for sure.

Rondo played through a dislocated elbow and a torn ACL. Both injuries that humans with any threshold for pain should not play through.

Please do not compare Kobe and his fake ankle sprain to rondo.

[LarBrd33]

He played 12 minutes and was 0-4... possibly the worst game of his career?

Seems kinda stupid for him to play at all.  Clearly trying to prove a point.

[lightspeed5]

he played 12 minutes tonight and didnt play after 1st quarter....

the coaches and trainers who let him play are really clueless.

[CelticConcourse]

he played 12 minutes tonight and didnt play after 1st quarter....

the coaches and trainers who let him play are really clueless.

It's really Kobe's choice on that team.

[ManUp]

Yes, Kobe is one of the NBA G.O.A.T.

[Redz]

he played 12 minutes tonight and didnt play after 1st quarter....

the coaches and trainers who let him play are really clueless.

and they beat Indy

[timobusa]

Kobe is just as tough as Rondo, for sure.

Rondo played through a dislocated elbow and a torn ACL. Both injuries that humans with any threshold for pain should not play through.

Please do not compare Kobe and his fake ankle sprain to rondo.

I still have a theory that Rondo is an alien.
lol

[CelticConcourse]

Kobe is just as tough as Rondo, for sure.

Rondo played through a dislocated elbow and a torn ACL. Both injuries that humans with any threshold for pain should not play through.

Please do not compare Kobe and his fake ankle sprain to rondo.

Why not? He's played seventeen years and hasn't even suffered major injuries. That just shows how truly tough he is, for sure. Maybe Rondo shouldn't have torn his ACL or something, but you can't blame Kobe for not having enough major injuries. That doesn't even make sense. Kobe's played through countless minor injuries without missing games and I think he deserves respect for that.

[manl_lui]

Kobe is just as tough as Rondo, for sure.

Rondo played through a dislocated elbow and a torn ACL. Both injuries that humans with any threshold for pain should not play through.

Please do not compare Kobe and his fake ankle sprain to rondo.

Why not? He's played seventeen years and hasn't even suffered major injuries. That just shows how truly tough he is, for sure. Maybe Rondo shouldn't have torn his ACL or something, but you can't blame Kobe for not having enough major injuries. That doesn't even make sense. Kobe's played through countless minor injuries without missing games and I think he deserves respect for that.

exactly, like Pierce and even KG who played in the Jordan era, all of them are real competitors and plays through pain. If it isn't broken, or really so painful they cannot move, you can bet your money on it that they will be playing.

[Boris Badenov]

No one knows how his ankle feels except him, so I don't understand why everyone is speculating.

He has done nothing in his career except indicate that he is one of the greatest competitors to ever lace them up. I don't like him as a person, and I don't like how he plays the game, but I'm not going to sit here and accuse him of something pointless and trivial without any evidence.

[Celtics18]

I certainly think Kobe is tough, but I also think that his reputation as the ultimate warrior is astronomically bolstered by the media firestorm that surrounds his every ache and pain. 

There are a lot of very tough guys in this league who play through all kinds of ailments and have done so for a very long time.  I submit our very own Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce as a couple of examples.  They just don't all get the attention that Kobe Bryant does.

[hpantazo]

I certainly think Kobe is tough, but I also think that his reputation as the ultimate warrior is astronomically bolstered by the media firestorm that surrounds his every ache and pain. 

There are a lot of very tough guys in this league who play through all kinds of ailments and have done so for a very long time.  I submit our very own Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce as a couple of examples.  They just don't all get the attention that Kobe Bryant does.