Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball, spoke Friday of his way back from knee issues over the past two years and said part of the recovery involved undergoing a meniscus transplant from a donor.
Speaking on his podcast, "The WAE Show," Ball said his issues dated to the first time he tore his meniscus in 2018, when he was a member of the Los Angeles Lakers. After suffering recurring injuries to his left knee, Ball said he eventually had no more cartilage left in it and needed a transplant meniscus procedure performed last year. It was done at the same time he had a cartilage transplant performed in the same knee.
"Educated people make the world a better place, they mercilessly attack misery and cruelty, and eventually they win."
--Henry Rollins
DMO: "Will you be in a Bulls jersey at the start of the 24 season?"
Ball: "Yes. I firmly believe that. That's the plan that I'm on and I haven't had any setbacks. I expect to play the first game."
This is probably what happens when you grow up hooping 24/7 playing like 6 AAU games on the weekends. Hope he makes at least a modest comeback like Shaun Livingston did.
Speaking of Coby... he was robbed of Most Improved Player:
PPG: +9.5 (on 7.3 more FGA)
REB: +1.6
AST: +2.3
STL: No change
BLK: +0.1
FG%: +0.4%
3PT%: +0.4% (increased % while 3PT Attempts increased by 2.4 per game)
FT%: -3.3%
Coby's production (vs. last season) >>> the player who won MIP this year, Tyrese Maxey:
PPG: +5.6 (on 5.1 more FGA per game)
REB: +0.6
AST: +2.7
STL: +0.2
BLK: +0.4
FG%: -3.1%
3PT%: -6.1% (huge % decline while Attempts increased by just 1.9 per game)
Most "Improved" does not = "better stats", it means production relative to" the previous season... and it's pretty clease Coby White should have won the award (although Maxey had a solid season as well).
"Today's NBA is soft, the Defense is weak, and the rules 'really' favor the Offense."
"Lebron doesn’t guard for a full game and our game plan was to get him to play defense and he left me open all game."
