mingoguaya
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Almost the same thing that happened last year (and around the same time?) with Kobe and Ricky Rubio.... karma too much?
Kobe Bryant likely has a torn achilles tendon
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karma for what?
Dastardly Jerks
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This needs it's own topic in OT?
lol, thinking the same thing. Fucking pussies. It's a shame he doesn't have an upset tummy or a sore pinkie. Otherwise everyone would know for sure that he'd be out for exactly 6 weeks.
For those not in the know...
OH GOD CAREER ENDING INJUR- oh wait...
And this isn't some scrub either. This is a guy who won the Norris trophy last year for best defenceman.
lol, thinking the same thing. Fucking pussies. It's a shame he doesn't have an upset tummy or a sore pinkie. Otherwise everyone would know for sure that he'd be out for exactly 6 weeks.
For those not in the know...
OH GOD CAREER ENDING INJUR- oh wait...
And this isn't some scrub either. This is a guy who won the Norris trophy last year for best defenceman.
Uh. Kobe rarely misses games for injuries. He always plays through his ailments. We're not talking about Dwyane Wade here.
mingoguaya
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Im not saying that it was karma per-se, but I seem to recall that Wolves were fighting for playoffs position and Rubio kinda collapsed with Kobe and had the injury. Maybe the whole situation just looks kind of the same to me.... still , it sucks that it end this way for Kobe (I might not like the guy but he is one of the all time greatest IMHO).
Barack Lesnar
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Are you serious? Kobe's the ultimate warrior. He's played through more injuries than anyone in the league. He's the toughest guy in the league and one of the toughest athletes overall. What kind of shit post was that... you couldn't have possibly picked a worse candidate to call a pussy than Kobe Bryant.
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
Great player. One of the the greatest top 10 for me at least. Sad to see him go out like this. I think he still has the competitive drive to work as hard as he can to come back next year.
I don't think this is the end for him. However, if it is he had one hell of a career.
You know, I got banned for a month for a post like this..
I don't think this is the end for him. However, if it is he had one hell of a career.
You know, I got banned for a month for a post like this..
tycoonheart
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Doubt Karlsson is coming back any time soon. It has barely been two months since that injury. Ottawa would be foolish to rush their superstar defeseman back early too. Shut him down for the season.
Ken Masters
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could be career ending but is Tsizzle55 from #BSHU can come back Kobe can
god speed
The Twist is he'll likely never be the Kobe we all knoq ever again hes not coming back this year or mid-season next year its a 2 year injury and he may never get his explosiveness back
god speed
The Twist is he'll likely never be the Kobe we all knoq ever again hes not coming back this year or mid-season next year its a 2 year injury and he may never get his explosiveness back
Dastardly Jerks
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Saying you're the "toughest guy in the league" in NBA is like saying you're the strongest weightlifter in the chemotherapy clinic.
What did he play through, a sore wrist and a booboo on his knee?
You know there's an NBA thread, yeah? Or should every sports league start making a new topic every time a player gets an unexceptional injury?
TheKaeptain
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Two very different games. Also, Kobe is the last dude you can call a pussy in the NBA.
Barack Lesnar
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Holy fuck...most obnoxious and ignorant post ever.
He's always had a busted knee and fingers. Both are pretty crucial for a shooting guard in the league. Regardless, the point was that he doesn't take excessive time off for his injuries, like you implied.
And now it seems like you don't even care for basketball, so I'm not sure why you're in this thread. Move on.
Benjamin1981
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I dislike the Lakers and their fans but i have nothing but respect for Kobe Bryant. One of the very last old school competitors and one of the greatest of all time. Hopefully he comes back at full strength. He really deserves to end the career on his own terms. Would be sad if this is the last we saw of him.
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
Dastardly Jerks
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If this was the NBA-gaf thread I surely would move on. But this is a thread in OT about an NBA superstar with an injury that could hardly be classified as exceptional. I'm going to call a spade a spade in such a domain, and you're just going to have to either ignore me or see it for what it is.
Unexceptional.
I'll come back here with a plate of crow if his career is finished because of it, but when I see gentlemen being completely leveled and concussed, make limbs move in directions a body is not intended to move, lacerated and having pucks shot in their face and body every single day then something like a torn Achilles comes off as completely vanilla in comparison.
If he seriously retires straight away because of it? Then feel free to take any claims of 'toughest guy in the league' and subtly put them in a locked box in your attic.
Barack Lesnar
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You're incredibly ignorant to how serious and devastating an injury a completely torn achilles tendon is. What an awful post.
Dastardly Jerks
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Is this the first achilles tendon injury you've ever witnessed in sports or something?
crazy monkey
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he was never my favorite player but i wish him speedy recovery.
A torn achilles means more in some sports and body types than it does in others maybe?
I dunno lolz
Its not like the guy was pretty much a walking injury list in the first place.
LiquidMetal14
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Sad. Can't help to think he wouldn't be hurt if he was playing in another system and not under Dantoni's.
1. Thread whining (You saying "This needs it's own topic in OT?") is banned: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=502586&highlight=
2. It's about Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest NBA players, possibly suffering a career ending injury. The guy is 34, comparatively old for an active NBA player, and still playing at an elite level. That's why it's exceptional. People recover from these injuries, but at Kobe's age, it may potentially end his career or severely hamper him if/when he returns. The needs of a shooting guard in the NBA are completely different from hockey players.
Barack Lesnar
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You can't even walk with a torn achilles, it's completely debilitating.
A decade of some of the most hilarious foul calls in the history of sports? Last year vs. the Thunder in the playoffs was a constant joke.
Sefolosha 18 inches from forearm on a jumper? Foul.
Harden clean strip? Foul
Westbrook looks at Kobe? Foul X2
HarryDemeanor
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This is terrible. I wouldn't like to see him go out like this. I can see him giving it another shot when he's healed but I don't think he would be the same anymore. D'Antoni should've taken him out earlier but Kobe probably insisted not to until it was too late.
So you're comparing an AT injury in a sport where you ice skate, to one where you have to run, make cuts, stop on a dime, change direction etc?
I mean, for somebody who is so above this thread and sport, you made damn sure you kept it bumped by gracing us all with your presence and thumping your chest about how tough other grown men who know shit all about you are.
Dastardly Jerks
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Not the sole reason of the post. And completely justified since there's a place for NBA discussion already.
His status makes the situation exception but the injury itself is overcome every single season by various different players of various other leagues. Your golden boy is coming back to Staples Center after 4-6 months of rehab.
If he retires, a cup of cement is required.
If he comes back, and is hampered in his production, THEN it becomes a story. A fall from grace of a once glorious NBA superstar. Until then, it just sounds like complete melodrama.
You've never skated before, have you? You skate hard, "make cuts" and "stop on a dime" and "change direction" on the ice too. Except you've got this lovely thing called velocity working against you. We're done before you even started.
Not everyone can be men like hockey players, who need close to a full year to recover from a concussion that football guys get once a game and come back right away.
This is why comparing injuries and recovery time is retarded
No it's not. An OT doesn't mean no other threads can't be created. Considering the discussion this thread has already had, you're in the wrong here.
And maybe some people are being melodramatic, but that's because no one is sure if he will return or be able to play like he was.
Grimm Fandango
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Likely a complete tear.
How did it affect the players vertical jump? I don't think any guard has recovered effectively from a torn Achilles. Look what happened to Isiah Thomas and Chauncey Billups. Let alone big men like Barkley and Shaq.
TheKaeptain
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Really the Thunder? A team with a guy that had a rule named after him? Oh and that Harden foul was in no way clean.
I Ice skate. It's not the same. Believe me.
Dastardly Jerks
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Perhaps it's the system he's playing under, but I was led to believe that Kobe was more of a playmaker/"Pass first" player nowadays? I never took his jump into consideration because of this, but that's a good point.
100% ? Daaaaaaaaaammmnnnnnn
If Kobe was 10 years younger he would have definitly been able to come back from it.
Fenderputty
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The worst part about it is that if one had pipe dreams of Phil coming back this summer to replace mike D'antoni, the chances just went from bad to worse. I hope I didn't watch Kobe's final game last night. Goog luck with that recovery Mamba.
Red Blaster
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that's because kobe bryant by himself is more culturally significant than the nhl has ever been in its entire history
I'm not even a basketball fan, but goddamn you're annoying in this thread.
I don't know if you remember, but there was a time when not every single discussion was relegated to a single, often (unintentionally) insular megathread.
Some topics have a more general appeal. I'm sorry that more people care about Kobe than about the NHL.
Pass first? LOL
This was this year:
http://youtu.be/Cnx2mV9VH4I
He also had 4 blocks the other night.
http://youtu.be/7oTUXlTaixE
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