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Kobe Bryant on Nick Young's injury: 'You reach, and you're gonna get hurt'

Jayne Kamin-Oncea / USA Today Sports

The Los Angeles Lakers could struggle without Nick Young for the next four-to-eight weeks after Swaggy P tore a ligament in his right thumb. That's not going to stop superstar Kobe Bryant from having some fun with the situation.

In a moment of tragic comedy, Young injured the thumb attempting to steal the ball from Bryant in practice. It's terribly unfortunate, but Bryant thinks that Young can probably take a lesson away from the incident:

"He's gotta move his feet on defense," Bryant said. "That's the lesson to be learned: you reach, and you're gonna get hurt."

That's cold.

Mike Prada's post on Vine

(Dap SBNation)

For his part, Young is playing along, posting the following photo with #ThisIsWhatHappenWhenYouGuardKobe in the caption:

#It's time #PrayForMe #ThisIsWhatHappenWhenYouGuardKobe #DefenseHurt

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