the major problem with recovery from an achillies is the atrophy that occurs in the leg and the over compensation for the other leg during the process of getting the strength back...

a guy like Stanley Roberts reputred both achillies on seperate occasions and I believe one of them twice...but he was not a lean in-shape athelete so thus there was added stress on his leg tendons and the like..

Kobe..if he rehabs this how I know he will as far as gaining equal leg strength and utilizing extreme stretching and yoga type of things in the process..along with weight training....if done properly...his legs will actually be STRONGER in the end then they were last year, and the risk of that same injury is drasticlly decreased...