Kobe Bryant, Greatest Rehabber Alive

2 sports posts in a row? Yep!

I was at the Laker game on Friday night, and watched as Kobe shredded his achilles. It was depressing. In fact, as I moped off to my car, I almost got run over by Ice Cube. Seriously, he was driving a white Bentley with his family and almost got me. I could've been a millionaire! That woulda been a good day.

Anyway, back to Kobe. They are saying 6 to 9 months. But he's 34. He's been in the NBA since he was 18. He's logged crazy minutes, scored a million points, played extra games for the playoffs and Olympics, raped a chick...that's a lot of wear and tear.

Can he do it? Probably. He's Kobe. He's got a lot of motivation - matching Jordan's 6 titles, becoming the all time scoring leader, and most importantly, getting out of that house and away from that annoying ass wife of his.

But here's my question: why is it wrong for Kobe to take HGH and steroids during his rehab?

He is due to make $30 million dollars next year. He has a very small, and rapidly closing window of playing years left. When that window ends, the thing that he is greatest at, is over. For good. So who would blame him for doing whatever he could to get back as fast as possible? Moreover, isn't it the right thing to do?

Who is against this? These drugs WORK. Isn't that what drugs are for? To, you know, help people. Would you tell Magic not to take his AIDS drugs? Hey, Kobe tore his achilles, Magic has AIDS, taking drugs gives them an unfair advantage over people who didn't do that stuff. It makes no sense.

For those saying "but the side effects!" Do you know what the side effects are for playing in the NFL? Or boxing? Or UFC? Hell, I watched a story on Inside Sports the other night about guys who compete in the X Games jumping snowmobiles. One guy died, another is paralyzed, a third literally broke his face.

There are side effects to doing everything! Steroids are a million times more safe than doing flips on snowmobiles. You have to ask if it's worth the price. And I think $30 million dollars and the last years of playing at the highest level of sports is more than worth it.

So I hope he uses everything at his disposable. If he doesn't, then he just doesn't want it bad enough.