{"id":66956,"date":"2025-06-04T06:38:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T06:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=66956"},"modified":"2025-06-04T06:39:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T06:39:47","slug":"bulls-lonzo-ball-shares-encouraging-update-on-injury-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=66956","title":{"rendered":"Bulls&#8217; Lonzo Ball Shares Encouraging Update on Injury Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2178792529-e1748958049847.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2178792529-e1748958049847.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2178792529-e1748958049847.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2178792529-e1748958049847.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Bulls' Lonzo Ball Shares Encouraging Update on Injury Recovery\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Photo by Michael Reaves\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Lonzo Ball, Chicago Bulls<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite returning from a long-term knee injury last season, Lonzo Ball suited up just 35 times for the Chicago Bulls. The pass-first point guard struggled with some unrelated injury issues throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ball is still set to return to Chicago next season. The front office signed him to a two-year $20 million contract extension, with the second year being a team option. Ball, who missed the final 22 games of the Bulls\u2019 season, recently provided an update on his recovery.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 [&quot;section&quot;,{}]\"><span data-end=\"86080\" data-start=\"85940\">\u201cI\u2019m<\/span><span data-end=\"86260\" data-start=\"86080\"> feeling<\/span><span data-end=\"86600\" data-start=\"86260\"> great,<\/span><span data-end=\"86900\" data-start=\"86740\"> man.<\/span><span data-end=\"87200\" data-start=\"86980\"> Back<\/span><span data-end=\"87320\" data-start=\"87200\"> on<\/span><span data-end=\"87400\" data-start=\"87320\"> the<\/span><span data-end=\"87600\" data-start=\"87400\"> court<\/span><span data-end=\"87820\" data-start=\"87600\"> this<\/span><span data-end=\"88060\" data-start=\"87820\"> week,<\/span><span data-end=\"88240\" data-start=\"88140\"> man,\u201d Ball said via his \u2018What An Experience with Lonzo Ball\u2019 podcast.<\/span><span data-end=\"88680\" data-start=\"88380\"> \u201cSo,<\/span><span data-end=\"89300\" data-start=\"88680\"> moving<\/span><span data-end=\"89600\" data-start=\"89300\"> around.<\/span><span data-end=\"90100\" data-start=\"89860\"> Got<\/span><span data-end=\"90240\" data-start=\"90100\"> a<\/span><span data-end=\"90380\" data-start=\"90240\"> long<\/span><span data-end=\"90700\" data-start=\"90380\"> summer.<\/span><span data-end=\"91460\" data-start=\"91140\"> Gearing<\/span><span data-end=\"91560\" data-start=\"91460\"> up<\/span><span data-end=\"91660\" data-start=\"91560\"> for<\/span><span data-end=\"91780\" data-start=\"91660\"> next<\/span><span data-end=\"92000\" data-start=\"91780\"> year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 [&quot;section&quot;,{}]\">Ball will likely come off the bench for Billy Donovan\u2019s team. His playmaking would ensure the second unit is capable of anchoring the offense when Josh Giddey is off the floor. Furthermore, Ball\u2019s perimeter defense, specifically on-ball, has been a missing piece to the Bulls\u2019 puzzle in recent years. Having Ball available to pick up elite scorers will be a significant boost to the team\u2019s chances.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 [&quot;section&quot;,{}]\">Of course, Bulls fans will hope that Ball doesn\u2019t push things too hard this early in the summer. It\u2019s clear he needs time to work himself back into shape. Otherwise, he runs the risk of succumbing to another injury.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 [&quot;section&quot;,{}]\">Ball Reportedly Drawing Interest From Mavericks<\/h2>\n<p>According to NBA insider Marc Stein, Ball is a \u201cfar more reasonable\u201d trade target for the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeague sources say Dallas is expected to at least explore whether there are any feasible trade pathways to Boston\u2019s\u00a0Jrue Holiday\u00a0\u2014 complicated as that would likely be given the three years and $104 million still left on Holiday\u2019s contract \u2014 while also maintaining an interest in a far more reasonable trade target as we\u2019ve discussed\u00a0on the DLLS Mavs podcast:\u00a0Lonzo Ball,\u201d\u00a0Stein reported.<\/p>\n<p>Ball is very much a \u201cbuy low\u201d prospect. His value around the league is at its floor. He must prove that he can stay healthy and produce at a high level. Moving to Dallas may be the fresh start both he and the Bulls need.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Ball Shows Gratititude For Bulls\u2019 Patience<\/h2>\n<p>In a recent episode of \u00a0Cameron Brink\u2019s \u201cStraight to Cam\u201d podcast, Ball shared his gratitude for the patience the Bulls have shown him throughout his injury hell.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_lx66u5chj\">\u201cIf you have a good organization that is behind you and letting you heal, that\u2019s huge,\u201d Ball said. \u201cShoutout to the Bulls for that because when I was going through it, a lot of teams could have pushed me to the side and said that was whatever. But they stuck with me through the whole way\u2026It\u2019s never going to be like a super smooth process coming back. The work that you put in as a kid and all the repetition, I think that\u2019s a pretty big thing. People who don\u2019t know how to, it\u2019s kind of like you\u2019re just going through limbo land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_lx66u5chj\">If Ball can get (and stay) healthy, he will undoubtedly have a role to play next season. Whether that role will be on the Bulls remains to be seen. But for now, Chicago fans will likely be paying close attention to any footage that comes out of Ball\u2019s workouts in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Taylor is a basketball reporter covering the Boston Celtics and Phoenix Suns for Heavy. He has also written for CelticsBlog, USA Today, Yardbarker and FanSided. Adam has a bachelor\u2019s degree in creative writing from Open University. More about Adam Taylor<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Bulls<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Bulls point guard provided the update on his injury recovery during a recent episode of his &#8220;What an experience&#8221; podcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":66957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bulls&#039; Lonzo Ball Shares Encouraging Update on Injury Recovery - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=66956\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bulls&#039; 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