Lonzo Ball has played 70 games since the start of the 2021-22 season. There is no precaution too extreme for the Cleveland Cavaliers this season with regard to Ball's health, and having Ball not play in back-to-backs at all this year seems like the first obvious choice to make.
At Cavs media day, Ball said he doesn't expect to play in back-to-backs to start the season, but could start as the season progresses, according to Tim Bontemps, who also mentioned that Ball said he and the Cavs haven't discussed that yet.
As for playing back-to-backs, Ball says he doesn’t expect to play in both halves early on — he didn’t last year in Chicago when healthy — but that he could potentially start to as the season progresses, though he said it hasn’t been something he’s discussed with the Cavs yet.