[Stardust]

^ Kobe has made a career of playing through injuries - a severe sprain isn't something to mess with, though.

You guys will get your chance to see what Kobe means to the Lakers.

Well of course Kobe will play. He can't score points if he doesn't play. And the only thing that Kobe can be is a "Wanna-Be" Jordan. And he thinks if he scores more points than MJ and takes credit for the 3 titles that Shaq won for him, he thinks he can go down as a contemporary of MJ. But as said by Hoot, Kobe will NEVER be in MJ's class! But, Kobe will play and throw up senseless shot after senseless shot just for the hope of scoring points and get closer to MJ's numbers, so he can think he is is comparable to MJ! So, it's not the TOUGHNESS of Kobe that he will play, it will be the continued selfishness of himself over his teammates that will push him to play!!!!!