EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — “You’ll see.”
That was what Kobe Bryant said after he felt the initial benefits of his 2011 blood-spinning knee procedure in Germany but hadn’t put them out for public display yet.
It was classic Kobe—reveling in the drama, savoring the told-you-so aspect of his success and eventually striking the pose of triumphant warrior.
He loved the German procedure enough to go back for a boost in his left ankle, and now he’s ready for another round of cutting-edge care for that right knee. Somewhere between immediately and several weeks, Bryant trusts, he’ll find remarkably greater range of motion and less pain in that balky knee.
What’s important to understand is why he’s always cutting on that edge.
Time after time in his career, the maniacal ambition in Bryant’s character has challenged his body to work with him—whether in overcoming injury or experimenting with novel treatment.
(He has hinted that the surgery on his left Achilles tendon was creative, too. In interview footage posted by NTD TV in China, ...
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Kobe Bryant’s Maniacal Ambition a Challenge to His Aging Body
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