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Kobe wants to try exotic German blood treatment on wrist

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LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 27: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers gestures during the game against the Utah Jazz at Staples Center on December 27, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. The Lakers won 96-71. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

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Kobe Bryant’s knee has not been the problem this season. Which is a nice change of pace. Apparently flying all the way to Germany to have an experimental blood treatment done on his knee seems well worth the expense now.

Just don’t ask about the wrist. We’re not talking about the wrist.

Wait… what about trying that exotic version of platelet-rich plasma therapy Kobe had done in Germany on the torn ligaments in his wrist? It worked on his knee, it was good enough for Alex Rodriguez, and all joints are pretty much the same thing, right?

Kobe wants to try it on his wrist, he told Rick Riley of ESPN.

One solution he’s working on is finding somebody to come to L.A. and give him the same Orthokine therapy on his wrist that worked so well on his knee this offseason in Germany.

“I’m looking into that right now,” he says.


Would he have to miss games? It’s Kobe, so probably not.

Sounds painful. But more painful than having an injection before every game? Probably not.