The sad thing is that every Lakers fan on the planet would have bet their house that he won't return in 4-6 weeks. Either our doctors do intentionally wrong or they are by far the dumbest medical department from any sports team in any country. In no sport have I seen anything close to this in my 35 years of age.
They do it intentionally, for whatever reason. I mean, we all knew it, just check everyone's posts here.
I'm just going to leave this right here.... I'm a goddamn prophet...but then again...so is everyone else when his injury timeline came out...lol
Hope we get something valuable in return for him this summer. All this drama, his pops, him not shooting not even average, all that stuff ... and in the end we rave about him being good defensively. For that we can have a Beverly type of guy. To me it feels like he has played 20 games in two seasons that I see of value. Hopefully someone gambles on him and we get something useful in return.
Zo's defensive impact simply can't be overstated. The dude is a DPOY level player, without any doubt.
My favorite game of the year was 10/25/18 win against Denver. Zo's defense in the 4th was unreal -walling off Murray's drives -fighting through screens to contest murray's shots -doubling millsap in the post stripping him -switched off on Jokic 5 ft from the hoop, bodied him up forcing him to miss, then boxing him out -quick hands steal on a perimeter PnR His offense was clutch too. . -Several quick lead ahead passes off of steals and rebounds. -Remember that stepback 3 in Jokic's face
and his lower extremities held out the whole time! i keed. sort of. i'd agree with zen's enthusiasm if ball weren't always hurt. steph curry's an exception, not a rule.
I heavily edited my post after rewatching the highlights. I combined a few plays in my head. But you're right. I really hope he can stay healthy.
That's a bit of revisionist history though. When Steph was starting out and constantly spraining his ankles most people were questioning if he was made of glass, a wasted pick, injury prone, etc. I mentioned Embiid as another similar example earlier. Lonzo may never become a durable player, but no one knows that now. All we know is that he has missed significant time in his first two seasons. It's too small a sample size to accurately extrapolate to the conclusion that he will always be injured.
