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[MThanded]

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant suffered what the team called a probable torn Achilles tendon during Friday night's 118-116 win over the Golden State Warriors.

He will undergo an MRI in the morning to confirm the injury, according to the Lakers.

Bryant checked out of the Lakers' game against the Warriors with 3:06 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Bryant had 34 points on 9-for-21 shooting, playing every minute of the game up to that point.

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/...geles-lakers-probably-tore-achilles-team-says

Deserves its own thread.

 

[Ken Masters]

Out for one year with this injury


Also to note: LOL @ the NBA/Stern giving the lakers 50 fucking FTs to insure they win the game and make the playoffs, warriors got 16.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Could be the end. Very sad.

 

[CountBlack]

His will to win pushed him to far

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Oh shit. I feel sorry for him.

 

[Niraj]

Nobody could have foreseen something like this happening with all those extended minutes he was playing.

 

[youngplaya21]

They might as well give the 8 seed to Utah. They aren't going anywhere now

 

[smurfx]

well not like they were gonna do shit in the playoffs if they got in.

 

[Booshka]

I'm dead.

Fuckin D'Antoni

 

[DominoKid]

;_;

its over.

 

[sfedai0]

He might as well retire.

 

[Joel Was Right]

I imagine that will see him out at least for a few months

 

[Grover Cleveland]

RIP Black Mamba.

My condolences to LaLa land.

 

[Buckethead]

Kobe is a bad motherfucker.

Too bad he plays for the Lakers.

 

[MThanded]

https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/322944544045932547

 

[BigJonsson]

Whoa, a sports thread in the OT


Jose Reyes also cried tonight when he injured his ankle, hope it's not as bad as Kobe's

 

[DMczaf]

1996-2013

RIP

 

[Tashi]

RIP in Peace Kobe Bryant. In other news, Lakers have a better chance of making it out of the first round without him now

 

[Jopie]

As soon as I saw him fall I turned to my dad and said "torn Achilles, season over." Just like in football, the non contact injuries are always the worst.

It will be interesting to see if the team can rally and win their next two games. This instantly becomes Pau's team and he is going to have to carry them. I also wonder if this forces Nash back into action.

 

[JLG-]

 

[Nabs]

Damn. I'm guessing D'antoni has been overplaying Kobe again?

 

[Greg]

Damn, that's rough - bad timing in his career. I was really looking forward to seeing them try to make some noise in the playoffs.

 

[Cake Boss]

Erik Karlsson

;(

 

[BankaiZaraki]

I don't like the Lakers but I wish Kobe well.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

"Dwight, here's the keys."

 

[Radec]

13-16
38-50

Jesus..

That's like Thunder territory.

 

[Good Job Bob]

Solid career.

 

[diggler41]

Geez. He was having a remarkable year too. The guy on the Pringles can ran him into the ground.

 

[Eric Hall]

Yeesh. What a shitty way for his season to end.

Lakers are done if he can't play, right?

 

[nib95]

Damn man, I hope it doesn't take too long to heal.

 

[Fantomex]

Time to visit the NBA thread, poor Laker nation. They had to move on after his inevitable retiring.

 

[ZeroRay]

"Dwight, here's the keys."

"But I don't know how to drive."

 

[Slayer-33]

God damn

 

[Maddocks]

Really was the worst season I can remember.

buss dying, pringles getting hired over phil, lakers fighting for 8th place with a all-star lineup, and now kobe pretty much ending his career to carry bums into the playoffs.

crying time.

 

[Ken Masters]

"Dwight, here's the keys."

To a shitty team?

He's not resigning with la

 

[enzo_gt]

For the uninformed, how serious is this injury? Is it just hyperbole or does this spell the end of his career because he won't recover fully from it?

 

[Randolph Freelander]

He's not resigning with la

He loves leading a bunch of guys that nobody wants.

 

[PBY]

For the uninformed, how serious is this injury? Is it just hyperbole or does this spell the end of his career because he won't recover fully from it?

Long tough recovery for a player his age

 

[SummitAve]

watching the replay...and if I have it right he hurt himself on multiple plays, and kept playing until finally tearing the heal. Should have sat after the first time he went up and came down awkwardly.

 

[Fantomex]

For the uninformed, how serious is this injury? Is it just hyperbole or does this spell the end of his career because he won't recover fully from it?

His age is the problem with the injury. A 25 year old can come back in a year or less. A basketball player, over 33 who uses his torque so much, he will probably never be the same, and if he ever is, the lakers are hella old.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

For the uninformed, how serious is this injury? Is it just hyperbole or does this spell the end of his career because he won't recover fully from it?

Reading some of the ESPN guys' twitter comments, it seems Kobe plans to return.

‏@ESPNSteinLine
Remember yesterday's numbers? Kobe's played equivalent of three extra SEASONS w/playoffs & Team USA. Can't just pin it on last five games

‏@ESPNSteinLine
Here's @kobebryant on media fears this shuts him down for good: "I can hear it already. It's pissing me off right now thinkin about it."

‏@ESPNSteinLine
"It's fueling me. It's fueling me already. I can feel it." Doesn't sound to me like @kobebryant sees this as a career-ending injury

‏@ESPNSteinLine
Dominique Wilkins tore Achilles at 31 and made it all the way back. I'm with @MarkHeisler: Even with Kobe at 34, we haven't seen last of him

‏@ESPNSteinLine
Kobe Bryant can do a lot of things, but playing on torn Achilles ain't one of 'em. If that's the diagnosis, industry standard is a year out

 

[cjcool804]

Just watched his interview and yea he was crying..... Damn. Really hope this isn't the end of his career.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

For the uninformed, how serious is this injury? Is it just hyperbole or does this spell the end of his career because he won't recover fully from it?

There's only been one NBA player who came back at the same level as before, most retired pretty soon afterward.

 

[diggler41]

He will be back. How good? Ehhhhhhh... Science will help. Get on that HGH and join the Dwade giant skull club. (even though they are going to start testing for it next year )

 

[Wickerman]

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/...geles-lakers-probably-tore-achilles-team-says

Deserves its own thread.

It really doesn't.

At least now we don't have to see a Lakers "will they get the 8th seed" update every 15 minutes on Sportscenter.

Sucks for Kobe but that's what happens when you have 'antoni as your head coach. He runs your star players into the ground.

 

[Jopie]

"Dwight, here's the keys."

Moving past this year, if he r-signs, sure. For whatever remains of this season (possibly only 2 games), this is Pau's car to drive and no one else's.

Kobe will be back. I don't see this as career ending, If for no other reason than Kobe wanting to prove to everyone that he can come back.

Sucks to see as a basketball fan, love him or hate him, the games are better because of him.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Really was the worst season I can remember.

buss dying, pringles getting hired over phil, lakers fighting for 8th place with a all-star lineup, and now kobe pretty much ending his career to carry bums into the playoffs.

crying time.

If he was crying, I guarantee you it was this line of thought:

"I'm out a year minimum, and maybe for the rest of my life - to get THIS fucking team an 8th seed. And I don't even get to play. I fell on my sword for a first-round exit. Fuck me."

 

[Ken Masters]

For the uninformed, how serious is this injury? Is it just hyperbole or does this spell the end of his career because he won't recover fully from it?

Billups missed 1 year, can be a career ender

 

[Forceatowulf]

 

[BankaiZaraki]

He'll be back next year..remember when people were saying Mariano Rivera was done after tearing his ACL last season? Yeah I do too.