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Kobe Will Play in All Star Game
Kobe Will Play in All Star Game
The Kobe Bryant shredded finger storyline took another bizarre twist a little later Thursday evening, when the league (and Kobe of course) announced that he would play in the All Star Game on Sunday for the Western Conference. Yes, that's right. He will play. Despite having a torn ligament in his right pinky. And despite his doctor's concerns that he have a surgical procedure that would keep ...
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Kobe Bryant - mit 19 erstmals All-Star [4:56]
NBA-Blog — ... Und nun spielt er doch. Zumindest im ASG. Im Three-point Shootout ersetzt ihn Uns Dirk, der den Wettbewerb bereits einmal gewinnen konnte. Kobe trifft die Entscheidung zur Teilnahme gegen den Rat seiner Ärzte (insbesondere Steven Shin, einem Spezialisten für Handverletzungen). Zur Erinnerung: die Lakers sind mit ziemlicher Sicherheit mit dabei in den Playoffs, derzeit rangieren sie auf Platz 3 der Western Conference und das obwohl Andrew Bynum frühstens Mitte März wieder spielen wird (damit nicht genug, darf sich Bryant nach den Playoffs auf die Olympischen Spiele vorbereiten). ...

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