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Kobe Arrives in Hawaii, Practices
10.04.03
After missing the first day of training camp, Kobe Bryant arrived early Saturday morning, and attended a light practice with the his teammates.
Bryant admitted he was out of game shape, and said he even considered not playing until his legal troubles were settled. “Basketball just took a back seat, man,” he said.
The All-Star guard said he decided only last month to play, with the blessing of his wife Vanessa. “You know, I have a job to do. This is my job, coming back to work. My family and I, we’ve been dealing with this for a while now and we’re going to continue to deal with it. I’m coming back to work and do what I do,” he added.
When asked if he was scared about his case, he replied, “Terrified. Not so much for myself, but just for what my family is going through. They had nothing to do with this, but just because their names have been dragged through the mud. I’m scared for them.”
During the offseason, Bryant underwent surgery on his right shoulder and also had minor knee surgery the day after he is charged with committing the sexual assault. He said stress affected him to the point where he couldn’t train.
“I’ve got work to do,” Bryant said. He also spent part of Saturday riding a stationary bike.
Bryant is due back in court next Thursday in Eagle, Colorado, for the premilinary hearing to determine if he will stand trial on rape charges.
New Message Forums at LakerStats.com
09.30.03
With the NBA regular season just around the corner, we figured now would be a good time to unveil our brand new message forums here at LakerStats.com.
Yes we know there are already a lot of good Laker message boards out there, but we think you’ll enjoy our board’s format and ease of use. We will be offering video downloads very soon on the board, so you will be able to save some great Laker moments to your hard drive. Of course, this is a new endeavor and will take some time to build up, but we’ve got the content to do it, and your contributions will only enhance the forums.
So if you get a few minutes, come stop by the new board, take 30 seconds and register a username, and start participating in our discussions.
Link: LakerStat.com’s Message Forums
LakerStats.com’s Position on Kobe
07.30.03
We just wanted to take a second to address the Kobe legal situation, and this site’s responsibility to report news about it. Since we’ve received several e-mails asking why we haven’t mentioned it, we thought now would be a good time to address that.
While we definitely have an opinion on the subject, there are hundreds if not thousands of web sites already providing their comments and constant news about Kobe’s legal battle, ad nauseum.
While the news is definitely of huge importance to the Laker community, we feel it is in our best interest to focus our site on game-related and direct team-related information, as that is really what this site is all about. Providing daily updates on Kobe and his off-court problems is not something we want to be doing right now.
If something comes up of incredible significance with regards to the Kobe case that we feel we should comment on, we definitely will here. But for now, we intend to continue to bring you Laker stats and latest team information, as that is what we do best. Thanks for all the support!
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