Comments on: Preview and Chat: Portland Trailblazers

By: matt.

matt. — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:01:26 +0000

106 pw — you’re right. Bright Side of the Sun has a video of the Kobe jump slowed down so you can clearly see his shadow on the side of the car. Still a great video/ad, even though it’s camera trickery.

By: adb

adb — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:38:05 +0000

Horrible news on the Bynum front. I hope it is not as bad as the suggested rumor of him “missing 6 weeks”.

On a lighter note, the video of Kobe jumping over the car is really cool! Fake or not, that is some great viral marketing and it also shows a more natural side of Kobe. Great job!

By: pw

pw — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:02:20 +0000

About the “Kobe jumping over the Aston Martin” video. My belief is the car only goes by behind him making it an optical illusion that he is jumping over the car. Look at Kobe’s shadow. There is a faint hint of Kobe’s shadow on the car which implies that he is in front of the car and not exactly above it. It’s a great athletic feat still, not as dangerous though.

Henry abbott is right. No way the Lakers would let him do anything as dangerous as that.

By: The Dude Abides

The Dude Abides — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:46:57 +0000

The reports keep citing Andrew’s “dislocation” of the kneecap, when it was really a subluxation, i.e. the kneecap immediately popped back in spontaneously. IMO, the most severe aspect of the injury was the bone bruise to the kneecap. A kneecap subluxation with no other injury just doesn’t take more than three months recovery time. A severe bone bruise can take months and months to recover from.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:35:26 +0000

I hope this rumor isn’t true…
http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=8211

By: Craig W.

Craig W. — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:02:45 +0000

Hey people, Scoop has it right. The MVP award is as much about likability as it is about skill. It is a place for the haters to say, “We got you again!”. Since they cant’ stop Kobe on the court, they have to stop him off the court.

Yea! Jerry is the only player on a losing team ever to win the Finals MVP award and he never won the season MVP. Keep your eye on the prize – trophywise.

By: J.D. Hastings

J.D. Hastings — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:50:05 +0000

Per the LATimes Laker Blog, Bynum has been ruled unready to return to action by the NY specialist. I didn’t think it was a good sign that they sent him accross the country to get clearance from a doctor who hasn’t been involved in this injury (though he worked on Drew in HS)…

By: matt.

matt. — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:51:19 +0000

98 Frank X — LA Times writers don’t vote anymore.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-heisler9apr09,1,7696479.story

By: matt.

matt. — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:38:25 +0000

There’s a video on Kobe’s site of him jumping over a speeding Aston Martin.
https://www.kb24.com/news

Anyone think it’s real? TrueHoop makes some good points that there’s no way it could be real.
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-32-39/Excellent-Viral-Marketing.html

I tend to agree. What if he mistimed his jump? He could be killed!

By: KurkPeterman

KurkPeterman — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:07:06 +0000

93 – Great link. My favorite part is:
Elie: “Alright…I’ll give you..I saw that one go in.”
Kobe: “Huh.”
Elie: “I saw that one go in.”
Kobe: “I know you saw it! We all saw it!”