The Bulls originally provided a six- to eight-week timeline for guard Lonzo Ball to return from his arthroscopic knee procedure, and just past the six-week mark, Billy Donovan provided an update.
head coach Billy Donovan said guard Lonzo Ball is progressing in his rehabilitation from his Jan. 28 arthroscopic knee procedure but also is still dealing with pain from a bone bruise in the area.
That was the team's initial diagnosis for Ball's left knee when the guard missed two games in mid-January. Ball eventually had the procedure done to also address a small meniscus tear, at which point the Bulls estimated a six- to eight-week timeline until his return. Friday will mark seven weeks since Ball underwent his procedure.
"I don't think there's any setbacks. I think the biggest thing he's dealing with right now is before he went in there, the one thing that definitely that came back on the MRI was a bone bruise. And I think that that bone bruise is definitely healing. It's getting better. But I do think that that's where there's probably been some pain," Donovan said."Now he's running. He's doing some lateral work. But he's not doing it full speed.
"He's progressing and getting better. It's probably been a little bit slower because of what he's dealing with with that . But he's not a guy that I have any idea of when he'd be back until he can get to a point where he can sprint." Donovan said he can't fully address a return-to-play timeline until Ball advances to full sprinting and cutting. March 25 would mark eight weeks since Ball's procedure, and Donovan downplayed a question on whether his return wouldn't come until April.
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