Last night’s game with the Hawks actually provided two losses — one from the game itself and one in the form of the Lakers’ superstar shooting guard to injury. Kobe’s ankle looks like it’s about nine months pregnant and the team says he’s out indefinitely with a severe ankle sprain. So, with plenty to discuss […]
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Injury Update: Pau Gasol Out Indefinitely with Torn Plantar Fascia
Pau Gasol’s MRI results are in and the results are not good. Per Mike Trudell from Lakers.com, Pau is out indefinitely with a partially torn plantar fascia: From Lakers PR on Pau Gasol: “Results of the MRI showed that Gasol has a tear of the plantar fascia.” — Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) February 6, 2013 Before […]
Injury Bug Bites Lakers’ Big Men
The Lakers lost more than a game against the Nuggets last night. Apparently, they’ve also lost their best three big men to injury as well. Mike Trudell has the news via his @LakersReporter twitter account: Dwight Howard is out at least 1 week with a torn labrum in his right shoulder. Re-evaluated next week. — […]
Injury Update: Steve Nash has non-displaced fibula fracture
Sigh. For a team that will need to be as healthy as possible to achieve what they want to this season, things aren’t off to that great a start on that front: More bad news for Lakers: MRI revealed Steve Nash has small non-displaced fracture in head of fibula in left leg. He's out at […]
A Reminder Of How Much Injuries Matter
The other day I wrote about the quest for parity, using a comparison between franchise quarterbacks in the NFL and the super elite basketball players in the NBA. It’s a comparison that doesn’t come without caveats as the difference between the sports and roles players take on for their teams can sometimes be major. You’ll […]
Matt Barnes Needs Surgery, Who Fills In?
After Matt Barnes injured his knee in Friday’s game vs the Suns Hornets, Phil Jackson stated that he wasn’t optimistic about the injury. Turns out that Phil was right. It’s now been confirmed that Matt Barnes is going to need surgery on his injured right knee after an MRI revealed a torn lateral meniscus. So what […]
Injury Bug Strikes 2010 Pre-Season
[picappgallerysingle id=”8593504″] It’s October 11, somehow still 90 degrees in L.A. and we’re almost two weeks away from banner night. While LeBron, Wade, Bosh and Co. continue to set fire to the league’s media landscape, there’s another story that is quietly dominating the NBA this fall, one sprained ankle and tender hammy at a time. […]
Two “Big” Lakers Stories Not That Big
Welcome to the off-season, when little things become big things because there is nothing else to talk about. To me, that’s the case with the two current “hot topics” around the Lakers this week. First there is the finger injury to Pau Gasol, which according to the best report I’ve read a ruptured interphalangeal ligament […]
Odom Diagnosed With Bone Bruise
Here is the official medical statement from the Lakers: Lakers forward Lamar Odom was examined today by team physician Dr. Steve Lombardo and MRI results show that Odom has a bone bruise in his right knee. Odom will not play in tonight’s game in Oakland against the Golden State Warriors, and his status beyond that […]
Kobe Out With Back From Knee Injury
UPDATE #3: Kobe was back at the Lakers practice facility today, walking around fine, and even expects to play tomorrow night in the rematch against the Bobcats. According to Lakers.com, he did not practice today and Phil Jackson described the knee as “a little sore.” If this were the regular season, he’d play. Preseason, Phil […]