Kobe Bryant has made it clear this summer that he has progressed rapidly from his torn Achillies.

Bryant said recently that he has "shattered" the normal recovery time of the injury.

“The surgical procedure was different ... and because of that the recovery has been different,” Bryant said. “The normal timetable for recovery from an Achilles, we’ve shattered that. Three-and-a-half months I can already walk just fine, I’m lifting weights with the Achilles just fine and that’s different.

"So we don’t know what that timetable is going to be. It’s kind of new territory for us all.”