Kobe Bryant Injury Should Be Rested For The Whole Season, Critics Suggest; What Does The Black Mamba Think About It?

Los Angeles Lakers' current season has been marred by injuries to key players. The team is struggling that it made guard Nick Young say it is 'hard to be a Laker fan' right now.

 It seems that there's no chance for the Hollywood basketball franchise to make it to the playoffs and with that, some critics are suggesting that Kobe Bryant should just sit out 2014 to get healthier for the next season. People also say that there's no sense for Kobe to come back early, especially if his injured knee is not that intact yet. What does the Black Mamba think about this?

During Lakers game against Boston on Friday, the two-time Finals MVP talked to reporters about his recovery. He said that he is planning to come back this season and he will have his knees reevaluated next month:

ESPN Los Angeles wrote:

Kobe Bryant plans to have his injured left knee re-evaluated sometime in early February and has no intention of sitting out the rest of the season, no matter how bad things get for the Los Angeles Lakers in the standings.

 

"The only thing I can afford to consider is getting better, getting stronger," Bryant said before the Lakers' 107-104 win over the Boston Celtics on Friday. "I can't allow myself to think any other way. I can only think about the next step. To do anything else becomes distracting if you allow yourself, if you give yourself wiggle room to not push yourself as hard as you possibly can. To think about sitting out and this, that and the other, your motivation is all wrong. I refuse to think that way."

 

"We'll see where it's at in February and see if it's good to go," Bryant said, pushing back his return timeline ever so slightly, with D'Antoni having recently said Bryant would be re-evaluated Jan. 27, at the conclusion of the team's current seven-game trip while the Grammy Awards take over Staples Center.

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