Lonzo Ball expected to be shut down for the season

Shams Charania: Sources: Bulls guard Lonzo Ball is expected to be shut down for the remainder of the season. Ball has been rehabbing from meniscus surgery in late January, but continues to feel discomfort amid several recovery methods to return to action and a bone bruise in his knee.
Source: Twitter @ShamsCharania

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
ESPN story on Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball (left knee) likely out for the rest of the season: es.pn/3uaO6IN – 6:53 PM Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
Sources: Bulls guard Lonzo Ball is expected to be shut down for the remainder of the season. Ball has been rehabbing from meniscus surgery in late January, but continues to feel discomfort amid several recovery methods to return to action and a bone bruise in his knee. – 6:46 PM Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Feel terrible for Lonzo. 3 of his 5 NBA seasons have been derailed by multi-week season-ending injuries – 6:37 PM Joe Cowley @JCowleyHoops
The time off did not help Lonzo Ball like the Bulls were hoping. They should have a definitive decision in the next few days, but I’ll help the team along: He’s done for the rest of the season. – 6:24 PM Chuck Swirsky @ctsbulls
Coach Donovan : Disappointing. Says Lonzo wants to play. Has tried everything to get back to play. – 6:22 PM Joe Cowley @JCowleyHoops
Billy Donovan said the doctors will again get together and figure out the next step for Lonzo Ball. Sounds like a rest-of-the-season shutdown is the reality of this situation. Cya in 2022-23. – 6:22 PM Jamal Collier @JamalCollier
Lonzo Ball experienced some discomfort when the Bulls tried to ramp up his knee rehab again, Billy Donovan says
He says they’ll meet in the next day or two to determine the next steps – 6:21 PM Chuck Swirsky @ctsbulls
Lonzo having some discomfort in his knee. – 6:21 PM Joe Cowley @JCowleyHoops
They tried to ramp Lonzo Ball up today. He had discomfort. – 6:20 PM

More on this storyline

Adrian Wojnarowski: There is still a final decision to be made, but there’s less and less optimism that Lonzo Ball will return this season, sources tell ESPN. As Billy Donovan said, there’s a conversation among the Bulls and Ball’s reps in the coming days. -via Twitter @wojespn / April 5, 2022 KC Johnson: Billy Donovan said Lonzo Ball is experiencing discomfort after another try at the ramp-up process. -via Twitter @KCJHoop / April 5, 2022 Rob Schaefer: Billy Donovan said Bulls are in process of “slowly building” Lonzo Ball toward sprinting/cutting. Not to full speed yet. Said he expects to know more middle of next week — Tuesday or Wednesday -via Twitter @rob_schaef / April 2, 2022