We watch them come and go. We revel in their high times and we mourn the times they have to leave the game, and I certainly will when he does. More changes for the Lakers as Dwight Howard signs with Houston. I'm happy for him.
It's important for free agents to make decisions that they feel is best for them. It's crazy, but I've been very, very fortunate to be able to have [Lakers head physical therapist] Judy [Seto] travel with me absolutely everywhere, be with me all the time, and I was fortunate to be able to go in and have the procedure done the next day [after rupturing the tendon].
I think all that's helped. In addition to diligent rehab, he also takes time to celebrate his 35th birthday on Aug. This is a guy who likes to push the envelope, a guy who likes to take risks.
Maybe Bryant is feeling like a little extra celebration is in order when he posts this vine on Twitter, less than a week later. Mike Bresnahan for the L. He says he wants to play three more years, but nobody knows how he'll look coming back from the injury sustained in mid-April. Will he lose an inch off his vertical?
Training camp opens Saturday for the Lakers. Bryant won't be ready physically. His presence at next year's camp depends almost entirely on something markedly different — money. The working press meets new members of the Lakers before the mad rush for some face-time with Bryant.
He has been working with the AlterG machine for months now, gradually allowing for increased weight and pressure on his feet. Bryant heads to Germany at the beginning of the month for platelet-rich plasma therapy on his arthritic right knee.
The Regenokine procedure is a repeat of the one Bryant had during the summer of It isn't directly connected to his left ankle recovery, except in the general sense of body connectivity. Bryant also shows off his healing Achilles per Mark Medina of the L. Daily News , shooting and running the sidelines before a preseason game against the Golden State Warriors.
Sometimes it can seem like one step forward and one step back. But it feels good just to run and break a sweat by running.
Finally, some truly positive news. Per NBA. It is the first time since his injury in April. Then, even better news. After so many recent days of running but no sprinting or sprinting but no cutting or this but not that, Bryant has been freed even for five-on-five contact scrimmaging whenever he so chooses. Special Projects Highline. HuffPost Personal Video Horoscopes. Follow Us. Terms Privacy Policy. Tremendous ocregister graphic.
As the graphic points out, Bryant has missed games due to injury during the course of his year career. The five-time champion is second in all-time playoff minutes to only the great Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Thanks to an ankle sprain in the middle of the season, Kobe Bryant missed his first game since the end of the season. Over the summer, Kobe Bryant went to Germany to have an experimental procedure done on his right knee, which had previously been operated on three different times. Bryant had the knee drained several times during the postseason en route to the Lakers capturing their second consecutive championship.
But it was all for naught, as the team was swept in the next round by the eventual champions, the Dallas Mavericks.
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