Can a Healthy Kobe Bryant End Rumors of His Demise?

I've never been forced to play basketball with an avulsion fracture on the index finger of my shooting hand, but as with any type of finger injury, I'm sure the pain can be excruciating.

Even a jammed finger can change the way a player approaches the game, and for Los Angeles Lakers' guard Kobe Bryant, a fractured finger was only one of the ailments he was forced to endure last season.

The finger injury captured the public's attention because it was the type of injury that had a clear and visible effect on Bryant's game, but there were other subtle injuries that were less dramatic, but potentially more damaging.

Bones will heal, but Bryant's swollen knee and aching back were signs of 14 seasons of NBA play finally beginning to take their toll on the Lakers' star, a...

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