Lonzo Ball injured his left knee in January and proceeded to miss the rest of the 2021-22 Chicago Bulls season. The diagnosis was a torn meniscus, and Ball had surgery on January 28th, with an initial prognosis of six to eight weeks for a return. Then in rehab it was revealed he also suffered a bone bruise in that knee, and due to that setbacks, the team and Ball agreed to shut him down for the rest of the year.
Lonzo is obviously a key member of Chicago’s core, supplying a lot of the perimeter defense, transition offense, and three point volume.