Gary Vitti confirms ruptured achilles, Kobe out 6-9 months

[QUOTE=Nevaeh]Good points. Whenever there were debates, or "trolling" from peeps like me, Knoe, Kuniva, Pauk, Gino, etc., it was always within the context of the game itself, and what was happening on those terms. I can't recall any of these guys wishing injury on Kobe, because hey, talking smack about a player while he's playing and playing[I] well[/I] is what keeps the board lively.

[B]However, a part of me can't help but think that "Somebody" out there in the Universe got fed up with the " Godbe" bullsh!t and decided to do something about it. Maybe a lesson for the youngsters perhaps? Dude, it's grown men getting paid to play a kid's games to keep themselves in shape, at the end of the day. [/B]

Meybe we should keep that in perspective.[/QUOTE]

Yes that's a perfectly reasonable and unbiased perspective :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=Nevaeh]

Kobe's now learning the painful lesson that your body doesn't give a **** about "pride, heart, courage" and all of those other cliches, when you start abusing the hell out of it just to prove a point. Eventually it says"I can't take this sh!t anymore" and does the inevitable; break down.[/QUOTE]

Even though it was a freak injury, nobody can cheat father time.

[QUOTE=Nevaeh]There's a fine between playing your heart out, and playing beyond your age, and any player stupid enough to play 40 plus minutes in game after game like that is just being careless. There's a reason coaches start resting up aging players toward the end of the season, and this is one of the reasons why.

The human body takes longer to recover from wear and tear as it ages, and that's not even taking into consideration the already existing wear and tear that players have already racked up during the course of their careers. It's a dangerous combination to have in a sport that's so predicated on constant motion, speed and agility like basketball is.

Even when playing "rec ball" I know my limitations when I find myself on a team opposite guys almost, and sometimes literally, half my age, and there's no way in hell I'm gonna be able to play "balls out" like I did in my 20s.

But I can still be effective in the post, and as a passer, pretty much like every great player in the history of the game has. What does every top 10 player have in common above anything else? They all by and large had great post games to cut down on wear and to prevent injuries, and played limited minutes when necessary.

Kobe's now learning the painful lesson that your body doesn't give a **** about "pride, heart, courage" and all of those other cliches, when you start abusing the hell out of it just to prove a point. Eventually it says"I can't take this sh!t anymore" and does the inevitable; break down.[/QUOTE]

You have no ****ing balls

Cliche's are cliches...many talk that talk. Few walk it.

Pushing beyond your limits is not stupidity, it's literally the single most important ideal that has advanced the human race over the centuries.

They said it wasn't that - I don't know if to believe them - but to me you doing something out of absolute necessity trying to carry your team through, is not a valid criteria upon which you can blame a player for an injury.

[QUOTE=Ronaldinho]You have no ****ing balls[/QUOTE]

And you obviously haven't even hit age 25 yet, son. Get at me in another 20 years, and then tell me how your body's reacting day to day.

[QUOTE=Ancient Legend]Even though it was a freak injury, nobody can cheat father time.[/QUOTE]

Thanks. That's the only point that I was making.

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[QUOTE=Nevaeh]Thanks. That's the only point that I was making.

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What Kobe did wasn't the smart thing to do, but it was the right thing to do. He is a player, not a coach or a GM. You have the coach and the GM to the the smart things, i.e.: pull him the fu(k out of the game. As a plyer, he has to do the right thing, which is to play until the wheels fall off.

You are playing armchair GM here and you are right. You are talking about the smart thing. He was on the court though and not as a GM but as a player. And he did the right thing. The thing you want a player to do. You want a much better coach though.

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:applause: :cry:

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Just wanted to put a stop to all this "kobe's a warrior for walking out there and shooting 2 ft's" talk.

Lebron stans rushing to WebMD because a meme pissed them off :lol

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Just wanted to put a stop to all this "kobe's a warrior for walking out there and shooting 2 ft's" talk.[/QUOTE]

How insecure are you? Oh my god, does kobe being the ultimate warrior bothers you :oldlol:

stay mad

#mambawarrior

Cramps > Crappy Achilles injury, get mad.

[QUOTE=Nevaeh]

However, a part of me can't help but think that "Somebody" out there in the Universe got fed up with the " Godbe" bullsh!t and decided to do something about it. Maybe a lesson for the youngsters perhaps? Dude, it's grown men getting paid to play a kid's games to keep themselves in shape, at the end of the day.

Meybe we should keep that in perspective.[/QUOTE]

so is this the same somebody that thought I should get laid off from my job? if so then f him and Kobe will come back to win another championship and I will go visit his statue at Staples in the future every Sunday.






see how stupid that is? the gawdbe thing is just fun and games, its the internet