He's (almost) baaaaaaack.
Kobe Bryant has been steadily moving forward in his rehab of a torn Achilles suffered last April, and on Saturday, he leaped a significant hurdle.
According to Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski, the 35-year-old superstar took part in Saturday's practice with the Los Angeles Lakers, the first time he has done so in over seven months:
And while rust is sure to be a factor for Mamba, who hasn't played an NBA game in 219 days (that's over 18 million seconds, if you were wondering), Pau Gasol had some optimistic words following practice, via ESPN's Ramona Shelburne:
Couple this news with the fact that Bryant told Rick Fox in an NBA TV interview, via ESPN's Dave McMenamin, that he could have played on Friday if it was a playoff game, and it's only a matter of time until the future Hall of Famer is back in Mike D'Antoni's lineup.
It might be tough for Kobe to make it back for yesterday's game against Memphis, which is the contest many predicted for his return when he sent out a mysterious "#BearHunt" tweet, but somewhere righ ...
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