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There has been plenty of negative press for Kobe Bryant as of late.
He doesn't have a history of being the world's greatest teammate. He definitively isn't Michael Jordan. He led his team to first in the Western Conference but could do no better than second against the allegedly inferior Boston Celtics in the 2008 NBA Finals. He did plenty of scowling and yelling at his 'mates during that last series.
There's no desire here to contest any of that at this point, though it bears noting that Kobe certainly wasn't the sole cause of the demise of this year's Lakers team.
But the latest Kobe tidbit doesn't leave much room for frowning on him.
The OC Register's Art Thompson III reports that Bryant will forgo a necessary surgery on his hand in order to play for Team USA this summer (http://www.ocregister.com/articles/team-wade-olympic-2074827-play-players). Bryant has a torn ligament in his right pinky, which he played with throughout this past regular season.
Doctors have made it clear that surgery absolutely has to happen for Bryant. But he wouldn't let it happen during the season -- when he played in each of the Lakers' 82 games --...
There has been plenty of negative press for Kobe Bryant as of late.
He doesn't have a history of being the world's greatest teammate. He definitively isn't Michael Jordan. He led his team to first in the Western Conference but could do no better than second against the allegedly inferior Boston Celtics in the 2008 NBA Finals. He did plenty of scowling and yelling at his 'mates during that last series.
There's no desire here to contest any of that at this point, though it bears noting that Kobe certainly wasn't the sole cause of the demise of this year's Lakers team.
But the latest Kobe tidbit doesn't leave much room for frowning on him.
The OC Register's Art Thompson III reports that Bryant will forgo a necessary surgery on his hand in order to play for Team USA this summer (http://www.ocregister.com/articles/team-wade-olympic-2074827-play-players). Bryant has a torn ligament in his right pinky, which he played with throughout this past regular season.
Doctors have made it clear that surgery absolutely has to happen for Bryant. But he wouldn't let it happen during the season -- when he played in each of the Lakers' 82 games --...
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