Official Lonzo Ball Rookie Thread No. 1

[iamworthy]

Trouble walking..... Yikes

[Showtime:Part2]

uh... trouble walking?? wtf... this new lakers trainer has no idea how to do physicals on incoming rookies or what? dlo now this?

[stan francisco]

Yesterday's game:

Lonzo Ball

Minutes played:
43.1

Feet traveled:
16026.0 feet

Miles:
3.04

Yeah, I'm sure he's a little sore...

Sure, sit him. It's a loss because our defense is gone without him, but there's no point running him into the wall Thibedeaux style for no good reason.

[Michael Lucky]

Yesterday's game:

Lonzo Ball

Minutes played:
43.1

Feet traveled:
16026.0 feet

Miles:
3.04

Yeah, I'm sure he's a little sore...

Sure, sit him. It's a loss because our defense is gone without him, but there's no point running him into the wall Thibedeaux style for no good reason.

A 20 year old athlete should have no problem handling that type of conditioning. I seriously doubt the injury has anything to do with the 43 minutes. He's also missed quite a few games so he's hardly been put into a position where he has been runned into the ground.

[TwoStarz]

My concern with ball has been that he doesn’t seem very durable. Trouble walking after a game of basketball, that is seriously worrisome


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[stan francisco]

Trade could be brewing with Memphis, there could be a ton of reasons why they sat the two. Too early to question his durability, lol.

[iamworthy]

Trade could be brewing with Memphis, there could be a ton of reasons why they sat the two. Too early to question his durability, lol.

So we're trading ball and Ingram?

[stan francisco]

No, keeping them out of sight is what I meant, sorry.

[iamworthy]

Where's our part time trainer and what is he doing to help lonzo stay on the court?

[wco81]

Yesterday's game:

Lonzo Ball

Minutes played:
43.1

Feet traveled:
16026.0 feet

Miles:
3.04

Yeah, I'm sure he's a little sore...

3 miles should be nothing for a 19 or 20 year old pro athlete.

I remember back in the day, Havlicek wore a pedometer and it logged like 17 miles in a game.

[TyCobb]

Yeah, I'll need to see proof of that. 17 miles?

[dockingsched]

when you consider that the world record for a half marathon of 13 miles is 58:00, and an NBA regulation game is 48:00 min, 17 miles is quite the feat lol.

[TyCobb]

I still love old people.

[wco81]

I don't have the fancy sensors that teams use but I had a sensor in my shoe that I used for tracking distance and other metrics when I played hoops during the lunch hour and I easily got over 2 miles regularly, even when not playing for the full hour.

[Michael Lucky]

Maybe he was taking full court sprints during timeouts.

[TyCobb]

BI and Zo are the only 20 year olds averaging over 2.5 miles a game. Both have had to deal with minor issues. Only 12 other NBA players cover as much distance this year.

[Kilroy]

It's still a problem.
It may be understandable that Ball and Ingram are banged up, but WTF is the FO and Walton thinking putting that many miles on them, when we're in a lost season?
They need the experience, but we need them healthy all season too.

[iamworthy]

BI and Zo are the only 20 year olds averaging over 2.5 miles a game. Both have had to deal with minor issues. Only 12 other NBA players cover as much distance this year.

Which makes me wonder what are they doing. It's not like they're leading the league in minutes. LeBron is third in minutes yet averages 2.35 miles... Weird. Possible inefficient movement?

[wco81]

Where are these distance stats posted?

[iamworthy]

Where are these distance stats posted?

https://stats.nba.com/players/speed-distance/?sort=MIN&dir=1