Hopefully this is not the end for Kobe. The man is a fucking warrior. Like Jordan, this (a major injury) is the only way you can keep him off the court.

Doesn't Kobe do the Germany thing? He'll be back.

It's a year recovery and he'll be 35 in August but I still would not bet against him.

Kobe, Kyrie and Lebron in Cleveland after next season.

I can't see Kobe in Cleveland. How about here?

Kobe accepted Dwight Howard and a coach he doesn't like in LA...Cleveland won't be a thing, as long as he gets another ring.

He will never get another ring, he'll be back next season tho.

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I agree that he'll never get a ring - too bad he won't achieve his career long goal of eclipsing Jordan. If he didn't push Shaq out, they could have won even more. I will never get Kobe thinking it was a good idea for him and Shaq to separate in order for each to chase individual glory without the help of the other. He acknowledged this in some documentary I saw and I found it so unappealing for a team sport athlete utter self selfish words.

A true narcissist if there ever was one

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Kyrie Irving will never win anything as a team's alpha: check
T.rubisky is a bust: check
Ben Simmons is a liability: check
The Fields Cult is dumb: double check

2013 CSFMB ROY

This is a devistating injury to a younger man. I can't imagine that Kobe comes back from this quickly or well...
He might play more but that's the end of "Kobe" as we know him.

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http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

I never want to bet against guys like Kobe and MJ. I believe Kobe will come back and the rest may be good for him. We will see.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

This injury might be a blessing in disguise. It can add 10 more years to his career. He could be the Jamie Moyer of basketball. He might top every record on the books, including Wilt's infamous record. Hell, he'll be off his feet for most of the year, so he might get some "extra work" in.

Come on! It's Derrick Martell Rose who will be back before Kobe Bryant. If Rose doesn't play 1 minute for the Bulls in the final 2 games of the regular season and doesn't play 1 minute of the Bulls' NBA Playoffs, I think Rose will be good to go when the Bulls report for Training Camp in October. As for Bryant, the Achilles he tore is a 6-9 month recovery period and he hinted to NBA.com that he might retire after next season, coinciding with the end of his contract with the Lakers. By my math, Bryant's return should be around January of next year.

Aren't you concerned that Dr. James Andrews didn't perform the surgery?

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If you committed violence on that day, obviously, you shouldn’t be pardoned.- JD Vance on the J-6 insurrectionists

SHARK Coppock is back...

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Rose isn't made like Kobe. If I performed the surgery Kobe would try to be back by the first game.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

And Chet's one of SHARK's idols...

But without that, he wouldnt be Kobe. It probably played a role in making him great.

It wasn't a compliment.

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Kid Cairo's Boers & Bernstein YouTube Channel

Kid Cairo: 2013 March Madness Tournament Winner!

"Cowabunga? Cowa fucking piece of dog shit! This game is diarrhea coming out of my dick!"

To me it was. Thanks.

Aw that's it, you just can't insult this guy. You call him a moron and he just sits there, grinning moronily.

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Me too, SHARK.

Me too.

Don't do that.

Don't encourage the idolatry of a smug, self-important asshole.

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I really believe Derrick Rose will be back by the time Training Camp opens. Whether Luol Deng is still with them is another story.

Peeps, you're straying away from the bit.

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Kid Cairo's Boers & Bernstein YouTube Channel

Kid Cairo: 2013 March Madness Tournament Winner!

"Cowabunga? Cowa fucking piece of dog shit! This game is diarrhea coming out of my dick!"

I love Chet.

Always have.

Always will.

It was a perfect time for that classic Simpsons line.

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Hmmmmm, who is that gentleman on the right? Is that Phil Cocktoasten? He is also in a picture with a younger Terry Boers.

Someone solve this mystery.

Interesting.

Thanks, KS.

looks like Jay Leno's retarded brother