CEvery second that Lonzo Ball spends on a basketball court will be a gift for him. Because during the last two seasons the shadow of retirement has loomed over him. The Bulls point guard has not played a game since January 14, 2022. After numerous interventions on the left knee, it seems ready to come back. I could do it in the first preseason game, next October 9 in Cleveland. If he finally participates, he will have been out for 999 days.
This is something no one has really recovered from, so I’ll be the first.
“I feel good. I’m happy and blessed to be here. It’s been a while but I’m excited and ready to start the year. We can’t predict the future, but that’s the goal, that’s the plan I have. “I think I’ll be ready,” he said during the media day. 26 year base. The first game of the regular season for the Bulls will be October 24 at the Pelicans’ home.
Lonzo Ball, at a Bulls game.
His return would be considered nothing short of a medical miracle.. Has been subjected to three operations on his battered left knee and he even had a meniscus transplant and a cartilage transplantreplacing the damaged one with an osteochondral allograft. “This is something no one has ever really recovered from, so I’ll be the first.”says with optimism a Ball who was even said to be unable to run again.
extreme surveillance
From the start, the point guard will have minute limitation. He’s also not going to play the second games on consecutive nights. You will be treated with the care required by someone who has gone through such a complex and prolonged ordeal. “It’s going to be constant communication throughout the year, because it’s a new project, so to speak. “I have a practically new knee that will always be a little different from the one God gave me.”states the No. 2 pick in the 2017 draft.
His choice for the Lakers It was the beginning of a career in the NBA that seemed promising, but due to injuries it has been put on hold. 252 matches out of a possible 554, a sad 45.4%. From Los Angeles he was sent to New Orleans in June 2019 within the transfer of Anthony Davis and then ended up in the Bulls. Before getting injured, he was a key piece for Chicago, averaging 13.0 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.8 recoveries. Criterion in management, great defensive level… The team sank without him and has not gotten back up.
I have a practically new knee that will always be a little different than the one God gave me
After almost 1,000 days offit would be too much to ask Lonzo to refloat him. He has enough to play again. “You have to deal with the obstacles that appear in your life and overcome them in the best way you know how. “That’s what I’ve been trying to do, stay focused, stay grounded and just put in as much effort as I can,” he concludes.
