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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:21 am Post subject: ***LAKERS @ CLIPPERS Game Thread 01/21***
For those that wanted Kobe to sit this one out...
"EL SEGUNDO - Kobe Bryant plans to play tonight against the Clippers.
His dislocated right ring finger is no longer dislocated, but it still pains him greatly.
He plans to tape the injured digit when he goes through the shootaround this morning. Then, and only then, will he determine how best to play it against the Clippers.
"I'll probably have to test it out and see how it goes and see how it loosens up and see how my hand responds to it and just kind of feel my way through things," Bryant said after sitting out of Tuesday's practice.
"I'll know a lot more after the shootaround. I'll get here early and get my shots up and handle the ball and see what I can do and what I can't do, and go from there."
[TITLE EDITED; TIP OFF 7:30 PM PST - LS] _________________ Quote from 12/15/15 vs Bucks:
At least this is the last time we'll have to witness it. have at it Kobe.
We SHOULD be able to win without him. _________________ "I wish I could draw a picture of the look on their faces..... For a time, it was like he was on the court by himself. It's like God put Kobe here for us to watch him play basketball." - LO On KB8's Performance Against the Clips 07/01/06
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:12 am Post subject:
It's the Clippers, we can beat them without him, Kobe should give the finger as must rest as possible. LeBron sat out 5-6 games with a sprain, this is a dislocation!! If the Lakers get a substantial lead I hope Phil sits him. We don't need him in this game we need him in the finals. He shouldn't chance being hurt in a game we can win without him. _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
KB24 shows again no matter what he respects ALL opponents and will lace it up even against the Clips. Im assuming he is in the "it cant get any worse" category like his pinkie, so he will go with it.
I would prefer he rest, but he is not like most people. I think he would pull a Ronnie Lott and cut the finger off if he needed to! _________________ "Break for what?" he said. "People spend their hard-earned money to come watch us play, I'm going to play." -KB24 on if he wanted to take a few games off for some rest.
Its the Clips and Wiz back to back for god sake! Sit these ones out Kob. _________________ Eighth grade key phrases are crucial tools for this type of subterfuge: "team player", "make teammates better", "ballhog", "selfish", "court vision": all dripping with sanctimony and defamation.
Kobe will play. he's just that type of man. _________________ "Now, if life is coffee, then the jobs, money & position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold & contain life, but the quality of life doesn't change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it."
Joined: 15 Apr 2008 Posts: 310 Location: Los Angeles
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:36 am Post subject:
admit it, the clippers should forfeit this game.
it wouldn't be much worse than losing by 30 on their home floor, which is exactly what is going to happen tonight!!!! _________________ Final moments 2010 NBA Finals Game 7:
"I don't know if we'd won this game without these fans. Thank you!" - Phil Jackson after Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals, 6/17/10
Go Kobe! _________________ “It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.”
― James Baldwin, Collected Essays
I'm not sure why anyone would expect anything else from him.
If it makes anyone feel better, the Clips are as banged up as you can get - no Baron, no Camby, no Randolph, no Kaman - so in theory he should play pretty short minutes.
Joined: 10 Nov 2002 Posts: 3100 Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:12 pm Post subject:
I'm glad he's dressing. Weird things happen sometimes, and the Lakers play inexplicably bad against really bad teams. Having Kobe on the bench will make everyone more comfortable, even if he's not called on to play big minutes. _________________ Nerd rock in progress.
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