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He looks 20-30 pounds too heavy out there......it's why he's putting so much arc on his jumpshot, he's not getting enough elevation.

I don't know, he looked leaner than usual to me.

I'm sorry, but 20-30 lbs too heavy? You realize his playing weight fluctuated between 205-215 throughout his career, right? Meaning, according to you, he's 225-245 lbs right now - seems a bit ridiculous doesn't it? Imagine how noticeable that would be. You'd have pundits and posters decrying his weight gain left and right...

He's 36 coming off Achilles/knee injuries. He's just old, not fat.

Maybe you saw this picture of Kobe before

ya you know kobe and his game better than he does

Kobe started the weight losing trend, but it didn't get this much attention. Now that Lebron has lost weight everybody and their momma is saying they should lose weight geez!

He's just old and not as athletic. That's it. He won't be dunking on two defenders anymore.

I agree with most of the replies. Kobe looks like he always has to me. If anything he might be 5-8 lbs heavier but he'll shed that before or during the early part of the season. Kobe's weight or conditioning has never been an issue as he has taken care of his body better or as well as anyone in the league. He looks exactly like I thought he would. That injury last year was probably a blessing in disguise as his Achilles, knees and body for an extra year of rest which was much needed. Looks fresh!

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he looks aight to me. he doesnt have his usal elevation because his old and he just suffered a major injury.

kobe could afford to lose another 10 lbs and lose some of that waist fat

I don't think you have a good understanding of what +/- 20-30lbs would look like on someone with Kobe's frame.


He'd be border line anorexic if he lost 30 pounds right now. OP are you crazy?

If he can somehow get his ego surgically removed, that's 50 pounds right there.

Hahaha.

Sorry, sorry... total 'hater' comment, I know. But it was just too easy.

After watching a bit of tonights Jazz game, Kobe is in turrrrrible shape, conditioning wise. Not that that's unexpected, just evident.

Jakay wrote:After watching a bit of tonights Jazz game, Kobe is in turrrrrible shape, conditioning wise. Not that that's unexpected, just evident.

he missed a crap load of ft's and ended up with 27/5/4 in 28 mins vs top conditioned guys younger than him and ppl complain?

Complaining? Hardly. The man was winded, and obviously so. It's an observation, not condemnation.

It's not like even at the advanced age of 36 he can't fight off alzheimers and get in running shape again.

he was more conditioned than any other laker in camp...not saying that means much.

TBH Kobe looks very tired out there. His conditioning still on progress.