Chicago Bulls Injury News: Incredible Progress in Star Guard’s Rehabilitation
For the 2024–2025 campaign, the Chicago Bulls may have some significant reinforcements back. For the last two seasons, the Bulls have been without their talented point player, Lonzo Ball. Ball has not walked in between those lines since undergoing surgery on his left knee in 2022.
Ball has had a hard journey, but things may be different the next season. NBS Sports Chicago’s K.C. Johnson reports that there is increasing talk that Ball may “at least try to attempt to play next season.” Though not a certainty, this is nonetheless progress.
The previous 2017 second-round selection was predicted to be the league’s next great point guard. Though injuries and absurdly high and unreasonable expectations haven’t helped in the slightest, he was laying the groundwork for a successful career in Chicago.
The 26-year-old endured two operations in 2022: an arthroscopic debridement of his left knee in September and a repair of a damaged meniscus in his left meniscus in January. But because of his persistent injury, the Bulls benched him for the entire 2022–2023 campaign.
In March of last year, he underwent his third surgery—a more involved cartilage transplant. Ball declared he will sit out the whole 2023–2024 campaign. It’s terrible that the Bulls have missed Ball for the last two seasons. The previous All-Rookie team member for 2017–18 was starting to emerge, but injuries have hampered him.
Thankfully, he is still young enough to recover from these wounds and continue to be an important member of the Bulls’ team. His strongest positions are on defense and in making plays. His ability to make plays should still be there, but we are unsure about his defense because it needs quick cuts and lateral movement to stay up with the NBA’s finest.
Ball stated to reporters on media day in October 2023 that he intends to play basketball and go above these obstacles, demonstrating his perseverance in pursuing his goal.
“I definitely plan on playing again,” Ball said. “Like I said I’m only 25, and I feel like the rehab process has been going well so far, no setbacks. So for me it’s just keep my head up and just keep doing the work.”
In his last season of playing basketball, Ball scored 13 points per game on 42% shooting from the field and behind the arc, 5.4 rebounds, 5.1 assists, and 1,8 steals. He is determined to get back to where he was, and so are the Chicago Bulls.
