Do you think this is a smart move by Bryant?

He says he wants to skip out on it for "team bonding" purposes...
I seen that and i thought "Team, and Kobe... WHOA whats going on here?!?!?"

Hey i like Kobe. I think he tries to bring out the best in a team, but there isnt anybody as good as him so..........

Kobe is a great player... but he could be risking more of an injury without taking the surgery

yes i do agree, he could be hurting himself more by not having the surgery. But it is just his pinky right?

Yea... but its his pinky on his shooting hand, and the Laker's athletic director has to tape it to his right hand ring finger... and I just dont see why he doesnt go ahead and take the surgery, The surgery would delay him for 3 months, and If he was to take it, I'm sure with the new addition of Pau Gasol, and Bynum being 100%, the Lakers would be able to hold their own until Kobe was fully recovered

i didnt realize that it was his shooting hand.. that could be a problem. But do you realy think that they are going to be any good without the great kobe

Well.. again
Kobe is a great player, probably one of the better ones in the NBA
but to take the chance to further injure his finger to play in the first 20-30 games, thats his doing, but I truly believe that the Lakers could stay within the top half of the West for the duration that "The Great Kobe" ( ) was absent from play, he is a good player, but since the Lakers added Pau Gasol, and they have Andrew Bynum returning, if the Lakers could just mesh their front line together they would have the best frontline in the NBA by far.. I mean with Andrew Bynum playing the C
Pau Gasol at PF and Lamar Odom at SF... Bynum may be young, but his game has really evolved that last few years, Gasol.. probably one of the quickest big men to be in the league at the moment, and the "Long armed' Odom.. who has the height and speed to guard a "true" NBA center...
So yes doubleduece I do believe that the Lakers could survive without Kobe... but since he is skipping out on surgery, he will get to have that special "team bonding time" as he would like to say

Yeah thats probably true. kobe is great

I dont wanna have to tell you again.. i already said that Kobe was a great player.... dont repeat the process..... oh yea... Chris Paul > Kobe Bryant

well im glad that you can finally admit that mickerallen. .. Doubleduce>mickerallen100

Well.... Seeing as how this is a thread about Kobe and his surgery.. I think if we post.. it should stick to the TOPIC im guilty of posting off topic a little as well.. so yea.. i just think we should stick to the topic

Ok then .... Kobe should probably have the surgery but he wont so yeah thats it

I know he should... but he isnt.. he said so himself... but the reason i started this was to get people's opinions on if he should or not...

well since its on his shooting hand.. i guess he probably should..

But since it is Kobe and he is arogant.. and thinks he must play... he is skipping it...