Kobe played with that knee for awhile. If anything it limited his mobility. The draining of the fluid allowed his knee to be able to take the ball to the rim more.
If you watch Kobe carefully in the finals games of the season and the beginning of the Thunder series he resorted to alot of fadeaways.
Now we see him taking the ball to the rack more. He's gained some mobility and range of motion in his knee.
If you watch Kobe carefully in the finals games of the season and the beginning of the Thunder series he resorted to alot of fadeaways.
Now we see him taking the ball to the rack more. He's gained some mobility and range of motion in his knee.