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Kobe Bryant had successful arthroscopic surgery on his right knee last week and will be ready for the start of the Los Angeles Lakers' training camp on Sept. 25, the team announced Friday.
Bryant, the reigning NBA Finals MVP, is currently undergoing rehabilitation. It was the third time his knee was surgically repaired. The first time was in 2003, followed by a surgery in the summer of 2006, which caused Bryant to miss the FIBA World Championship in Japan.
The ailing knee caused Bryant to sit out four of the Lakers' final five regular-season games this spring before being hampered by the injury in the first-round of the playoffs against the Oklahoma City Thunder. He had the knee drained prior to Game 5 of that series, allowing him to help bring the Lakers to their second straight title.
"It's just an injury, and that's what drove me nuts and made this even sweeter was everybody kept talking about, he's old, he's old," Bryant said, according to ESPNLosAngeles.com. "I was hurt. I drained my knee, and all of a sudden reeling off 30-point games like they're 10-point games and everybody said how young I looked. I was hurt."
"The finger [was the problem]," Bryant told the website. "The knee was fine. Once we drained the knee it was fine or fine enough. The finger, though, was a constant problem. It was always around. I had to take the wrap around my entire finger and the hard splint underneath it so feeling the basketball was really tough. It was always a constant battle to adjust to it."
It's unclear whether Bryant will have surgery on the finger.
Along with Bryant's surgery, teammate Andrew Bynum will have a procedure on his right knee July 28 in New York.
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