Once again, Kobe Bryant plays a lot like Michael Jordan. We have video proof.
According to a press release from Nike posted on Fibre 2 Fashion , Nike Greater China hosted Kobe Bryant on his eight local tour that included stops in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, XiAn, and finally Shanghai on August eighth. The release continues on to say that a key part of his tour will be Bryant surprising fan by dropping in at various basketball courts in each city to watch players who have heeded the call to come out and play basketball at night. He is also to the Nike Summer Nights events in Hong Kong, XiAn and Shanghai, as well as the cross-category sports activations as part of Nike Chinas Ignite Shanghai program. Of course he will also take some time to visit some of the local sights like any good tourist! While Kobe Bryant makes his way around on his tour, he draws wildly huge crowds where ever he goes. Just check out some of these twitter pics! Kobe Bryant in China pic.twitter.com/ArZYcgdjjc Lakers Nation (@LakersNation) August 4, 2013 Fans completely surrounded Bryant everywhere he went, and one fan just couldnt take apparent awesomeness that is Kobe Bryant, considering he completely broke down in tears. The Nanfang translated some of what the overwhelmed man said after he saw Bryant for the first time: After seeing Kobe I was overcome with excitement. I couldnt stop crying. I kept crying. This poor guy was so excited that he just kept crying and crying and, well.
So, Steve, that really hit home for him.” With Howard out of the picture, Bryant is working his way back to the place that’s felt like home for the past 17 seasons — on the court, playing in a Lakers uniform. “It’s progressing faster than everybody expected,” Bryant said of his recovery from the Achilles tendon surgery he underwent in April. “I should be able to be more active with conditioning in the middle of August, which is like four months after the surgery. More on the Lakers For more news, notes and analysis of the Lakers, check out the Lakers Index. Blog “It’s crazy, but I’ve been very, very fortunate to be able to have [Lakers head physical therapist] Judy [Seto] travel with me absolutely everywhere, be with me all the time, and I was fortunate to be able to go in and have the procedure done the next day [after rupturing the tendon]. I think all that’s helped.” While Bryant is normally a very active participant in his basketball academy, his Achilles rehab is forcing him to slow down this summer. “I’m limited,” Bryant said. “I’m not going to be able to get out there and do too much without the Lakers having a heart attack.
Kobe Bryant says he has ‘shattered’ expected recovery time
Because of that the recovery has been different, the timetable has been different, the normal timetable for recovering from an Achilles, weve shattered that. Three-and-a-half months, I can already walk just fine, I am lifting weight just fine. So we dont know what that timetable is going to be, this is new territory for us all. Lakers star Kobe Bryant says he is shattering the recovery timetable for his torn Achilles tendon. (AP Photo) The normal rehab period for a player coming off Achilles tendon surgery is 9-to-12 months, and even then, there are frequently obstacles in making a complete comeback. Chauncey Billups, for example, had Achilles surgery in February of last year and attempted to come back in late November. He suffered other leg injuries, though, and played only 22 games. When Bryant originally suffered the injury, he predicted a return in six monthsin time for training camp. In June, he tempered those expectations, saying a more realistic goal would be November or December. But Lakers Vice President Jim Buss reignited the hope that Bryant would be back ahead of schedule, telling NBA TV, I would bet a lot of money that this guy comes back probably in preseason. All in all, it is still too early to pin down a date for Bryants return. On Friday, Lakers assistant coach Kurt Rambis told Sporting News that Bryant will need to be examined in the next few weeks before anyone can begin to focus on a return date.
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“The normal timetable for recovery from an Achilles, we’ve shattered that. Three-and-a-half months I can already walk just fine, I’m lifting weights with the Achilles just fine and that’s different. So we don’t know what that timetable is going to be. It’s kind of new territory for us all.” Now that Dwight Howard has fled the L.A. spotlight for the comfier confines of Houston, a return to form by Bryant as quickly as possible could keep the Lakers relevant in a brutal Western Conference. While L.A. has lost arguably the NBA’s best center, their competitors have gotten better. The Clippers re-signed Chris Paul and added veterans Jared Dudley and J.J. Redick to the mix. The Memphis Grizzlies signed sharpshooting forward Mike Miller.
Kobe Bryant injury update: Lakers star ‘shattered’ Achilles recovery timetable
Sign up now! Kobe Bryant ‘shattering’ timetable for recovering from Achilles injury Travel Deals Kevin Zimmerman, SBNation Posted: Monday, August 5, 2013, 2:39 PM Kobe Bryant has been caught between calling himself ahead of schedule while also tempering expectations regarding the recovery timetable for his torn Achilles. The Los Angeles Lakers guard was more bold this weekend and told a group of reporters during a visit to China that he’s “shattering” the timetable, Sporting News reports. Bryant underwent surgery for the injury on April 13, and all along Website he’s pinned a return somewhere in November or December. He divulged that the recovery that usually puts players out of action for nine to 12 months might be cut down thanks to a new procedure. “We don’t know,” Bryant told the gathered reporters. “That’s the thing about this injury is that the surgical procedure was different, how we did it, was different. Because of that the recovery has been different, the timetable has been different, the normal timetable for recovering from an Achilles, we’ve shattered that. Three-and-a-half months, I can already walk just fine, I am lifting weight just fine.
Kobe Bryant ‘shattering’ timetable for recovering from Achilles injury
(USATSI) On a recent Nike-sponsored trip to China , Kobe Bryant says his recovery from the Achilles tear he suffered last spring is way ahead of schedule. From NBA.com: The surgical procedure was different [] and because of that the recovery has been different, Bryant said in the southern city of Shenzhen. The normal timetable for recovery from an Achilles, we’ve shattered that. Three-and-a-half months I can already walk just fine, I’m lifting weights with the Achilles just fine and that’s different. So we don’t know what that timetable is going to be. It’s kind of new territory for us all.’ via Bryant Shatters’ Recovery Timetable Hang Time Blog | NBA.com . Look, I’m just going to say it. I think he’s back for opening night. I understand an Achilles tear is different from every other injury he’s suffered. I understand he’s well past the point when players recover from injuries like this.
Kobe Bryant says he ‘shattered’ Achilles recovery timetable
Sports for the gif). Just a few hand slaps, a side fist-bump, a regular fist-bump and then the snake motions. We’ve got some slithering here, and then a crude attempt at forming what is presumably a snake with the hands. To this I say, “C’mon, Kobe, step your game up. I learned how to make a better snake shadow puppet when I was in the fourth grade.” Actually, I’m pretty sure most people in my generation managed to learn that. All kidding aside, though, it’s always great to see just how excited crowds get when Kobe is in the building. You could tell just how happy that young man was, especially after he gave the Mamba a big hug before disappearing out of the video. Here’s hoping Kobe continues doing the handshake in warm-up lines. I can’t wait to see Robert Sacre do it. Nike Greater China is hosting Kobe Bryant for a week as he spreads messages of motivation to the youth. His next stop is Shanghai on August 8. ‘mon,Kobe,step your game up. I learned how to make a better snake shadow puppet when I was in fourth grade.
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(NBA) By Eric Pincus August 5, 2013, 11:52 a.m. Kobe Bryant said he and his doctors have “shattered” the timetable for recovery after his Achilles’ surgery. “The surgical procedure was different … and because of that the recovery has been different,” Bryant said while traveling in Shenzhen, China, according to NBA.com . “The normal timetable for recovery from an Achilles, weve shattered that. Three-and-a-half months [and] I can already walk just fine. Im lifting weights with the Achilles just fine and thats different. So we dont know what that timetable is going to be. Its kind of new territory for us all.” Bryant was injured April 12 in a victory over the Golden State Warriors .
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I still inadvertently give off the MJ-styled inner-cheek chew and squinted-eye look while attempting to concentrate on what someone is saying. Im not trying to be Michael Jordan, its just something I picked up after watching hours and hours of SportsChannel as a kid. The on court aspects, though, dont have to be just because Kobe Bryant watched a ton of Michael Jordan while growing up. Again, Kobe is supposed to be doing this. Both players are around the NBAs average height and weight 6-6 and 220 pounds and both have similar skill sets. And when you pair those two factors with the athleticism and smarts that both boast, you get a similar game. And for that size, with those skills, jab-step jumpers and turnaround daggers off of a post-up are the most efficient way to go. For Bryant, our only longtime complaint is that he relies too heavily on that jab-step from 19 or 20 feet out, when Jordan would usually attempt to get to 15 feet. The shooting guard position is the NBAs least influential, and it speaks to Jordan and Bryants smarts and competitiveness that theyve managed to dominate eras while playing a position that really doesnt matter all that much in comparison to the other four spots. And this sort of play again, those jab-steps, and those turnarounds and fadeaways is how you get things down at the shooting guard position.
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