The closer we get to the start of the 2013-14 season, the more it seems like a realistic possibility that Kobe Bryant won't be able to suit up for the Los Angeles Lakers' season opener against the Los Angeles Clippers.
Ever since he ruptured his Achilles at the end of the last season, Kobe has been aggressively rehabbing, and there seems to be a tacit assumption that the Black Mamba is too inhuman to actually miss time.
But not so fast, as Mark Medina of the Los Angeles Daily News makes abundantly clear:
Kobe Bryant continued rehabbing on his surgically repaired left Achilles tendon, the latest involving running at 75 percent of his body weight on a treadmill. Lakers athletic trainer Gary Vitti expects Bryant remains a “few weeks away” before advancing to full-weight bearing running, though he added “there’s no projected date” on whether Bryant could play in the Lakers’ season opener Oct. 29 against the Clippers.
It all fits the Lakers’ conservative approach in ensuring Bryant doesn’t return from an injury he suffered April 12 before it fully hea ...
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