{"id":313830,"date":"2010-02-12T15:03:39","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T20:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/my.lakers.com\/blogs\/?p=15100"},"modified":"2010-02-12T15:03:39","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T20:03:39","slug":"kobe-bryant-media-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/313830","title":{"rendered":"Kobe Bryant Media Session"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KobeOver at All-Star Central<\/a> later today, we’ll have video of Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Shannon Brown’s media sessions from Friday afternoon in Dallas. <\/p>\n

To whet your appetite, here’s some Kobe:<\/p>\n

On his ankle:<\/b>
\nBryant: It’s doing OK. It’s still sore, obviously. Just gotta treat it and get it ready.<\/p>\n

On missing the All-Star Game:<\/b>
\nBryant: Weird. Especially here. This is a historical All-Star Game being played at Cowboy Stadium, so it’s a shame that I have to miss this one.<\/p>\n

On Shannon Brown keeping it “Old School” in the Dunk Contest:<\/b>
\nBryant: What I mean by that is to kind of take it back to the way the Dunk Contest used to be and just showcase your god-given ability, just go up there and fly. Like he can. Not get too fancy, just get up there and do what he does.<\/p>\n

On his rehabilitation:<\/B>
\nBryant: I’m doing therapy non-stop, around the clock until it’s ready to go. Hopefully that will be sooner rather than later … The back’s fine, the finger I can’t do anything about – it’s broken. It is what it is. The finger is going to have to be taped probably as long as I continue to play.<\/p>\n

On how he thinks he will feel after the All-Star break, with 10 days of rest:<\/b>
\nBryant: I’ll definitely be healthier than I was the last (month). That’s a plus. I won’t have to limp around, won’t have to take short cuts throughout the course of the game. I can play with a lot of energy in the that I was at the start of the season.<\/p>\n

On if the Lakers are the team to beat:<\/b>
\nBryant: We’re the champions. Absolutely. I said the same thing about Boston the year before. Until somebody knocks you off, you’re the team to beat. But I feel confident with who we have. I like our depth, I like our size, I like our chemistry.<\/p>\n

On if the Lakers need to do anything before the Feb. 18 trade deadline:<\/b>
\nBryant: I don’t think so. That’s (Lakers General Manager) Mitch’s (Kupchak) call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over at All-Star Central later today, we’ll have video of Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Shannon Brown’s media sessions from Friday afternoon in Dallas. To whet your appetite, here’s some Kobe: On his ankle: Bryant: It’s doing OK. It’s still sore, obviously. Just gotta treat it and get it ready. On missing the All-Star Game: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4162,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}