Lonzo Ball will be shut down for the whole season

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Lonzo Ball will be shut down for the whole season 

Post#1 » by C3H6N6O6 » Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:05 pm

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Post#2 » by Pharmcat » Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:08 pm

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Re: Lonzo will most likely be shut down for the whole season 

Post#3 » by Pythagoras » Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:13 pm

This isn’t all that surprising. Hopefully he can get healthy. When he’s on the floor he’s a decently positive impact player. He’s just had so many health issues…
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Post#4 » by UcanUwill » Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:21 pm

This was self explanatory I thought. If they somehow land their own pick, that could potentially somewhat save Karnis behind.
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Re: Lonzo will most likely be shut down for the whole season 

Post#5 » by azcatz11 » Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:23 pm

Sounds like his career is over. Really sad. Hated him at UCLA but he's one of the best college players I've ever seen.
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Post#6 » by Memories » Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:26 pm

Man that is just sad. Dude is now a legit good player. Great defensively, and now a really good 3 point shooter and off-ball passer.

Really hope he can comeback from this somehow. He doesn’t deserve these kind of injuries (not that any player does, but you get what I mean).
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Post#7 » by UcanUwill » Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:27 pm

azcatz11 wrote:Sounds like his career is over. Really sad. Hated him at UCLA but he's one of the best college players I've ever seen.


Wow, you writting him off? I didnt even thought of that yet.
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Post#8 » by Mister Ze » Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:31 pm

very strange situation anyone know why his knees didn’t recover the way the bulls expected ?
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Post#9 » by Hangtime84 » Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:38 pm

Brandon Roy situation potentially incoming.

Bulls fans and players with knee issues isn't anything new.

First it was Derrick Rose, Zach, and now Ball.

We assume the worst now.
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Re: Lonzo will most likely be shut down for the whole season 

Post#10 » by Slacktard » Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:56 pm

His contract will have him set for life (if he's smart with his money) even if he doesn't come back... but I still feel bad for someone you can see WORKED at holes in their game and attempted to (and did) improve.
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Post#11 » by Rockazoids » Sat Feb 18, 2023 9:06 pm

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Shutting down? He hasn't even started up.
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Post#12 » by ImSlower » Sat Feb 18, 2023 9:50 pm

I feel like the majority of Bulls fans had no expectation of him playing this season as of, oh, November or so.

It's been an absolute baffling sequence of events, especially with the organization's blatant dissembling of the injury and rehab processes.
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Post#13 » by zshawn10 » Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:32 pm

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Post#14 » by Michael Jackson » Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:35 pm

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azcatz11 wrote:Sounds like his career is over. Really sad. Hated him at UCLA but he's one of the best college players I've ever seen.


Wow, you writting him off? I didnt even thought of that yet.



Pretty common thought around Chicago that he might be done for good.
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Post#15 » by Michael Jackson » Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:35 pm

Mister Ze wrote:very strange situation anyone know why his knees didn’t recover the way the bulls expected ?



No, in fact they still don’t know what the problem actually is.
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Post#16 » by Clay Davis » Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:37 pm

ImSlower wrote:I feel like the majority of Bulls fans had no expectation of him playing this season as of, oh, November or so.

It's been an absolute baffling sequence of events, especially with the organization's blatant dissembling of the injury and rehab processes.

How'd they dissemble their injury and rehab processes? Lonzo has his own doctors, I'm sure, but the Bulls could certainly be liable if what you're saying is the case...
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Re: Lonzo will most likely be shut down for the whole season 

Post#17 » by jasonxxx102 » Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:39 pm

Hasn't this been obvious?
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Re: Lonzo will most likely be shut down for the whole season 

Post#18 » by HMFFL » Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:41 pm

azcatz11 wrote:Sounds like his career is over. Really sad. Hated him at UCLA but he's one of the best college players I've ever seen.
Three years left of the 4yrs, $80 million he signed for. The final year is a player option. I doubt his career is over.

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Post#19 » by ThunderBolt » Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:48 pm

I remember earlier in the year Lowe saying his progress updates sounded like a person in a nursing home. " Lonzo walked down the hallway by himself today." "He's not yet ready for stairs." I hate careers cut short by injuries.
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Re: Lonzo will most likely be shut down for the whole season 

Post#20 » by God Squad » Tue Feb 21, 2023 4:04 pm

Bad investment.
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