Seems more likely he's sitting out home games so he can make all his road appearances. Then he'll try to close out the season at home later on.
I know we keep giving Gary Vitti a hard time, but he's not worried at all about Kobe's shoulder and has told Byron it's nothing but shoulder soreness. So, I trust that Kobe's shoulder isn't anything serious. Vitti loves Kobe too much and if he was concerned he would bring it up somehow or get Kobe looked at again (2nd opinion). When we played OKC I even remember hearing that the OKC doctors looked at it and they said nothing was wrong with it.
The funny thing is, @JSM had you not posted this article, I'd never have heard of this story. But, had it been LeBron who did it, it would have been on SportsCenter once an hour.
Well deserved trophy for the old bean. When Sacre retires we can give him a piece of pine from our bench. Fingers crossed he isn't a lifer for us, but I do hope Sacre has a long career as the Clippers starting center. I heard there is talk of retiring Kobe's 8 and 24. If this happens, you know Cleveland will have to retire two 23 jerseys for Lebron, a burnt and unburnt one.
I hope he does for you . Hands down for doing so much effort to attend a game in this poor Lakers era . As of now he's questionable for the game
I feel you. Planned a 3 day stopover in April coming from Costa Rica going back to Germany just to see Kobe's last game. Hope he makes it through the season for that. And hopefully for you he suits up.
Really sucks for escobar8, he's been an intentional fan here and from CL for a long time. That shoulder must really be sore if he keeps sitting like this. I'm starting to wonder if he's saving his game for the away crowds, or if it's actually a serious injury and they aren't saying anything so the fans don't flock down for refunds. Not announcing he won't be playing until right before each game is a little odd.
It's nothing different than before. First it was the leg, now it's the shoulder. And beating urself up in a guaranteed 30 point loss is just not a smart thing at all.
Sure looks it.. definitely playing tonight against the Kings. I'd love to see another video game Kobe performance... just one.