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There's no exact date for his return but definitely he is not gonna come back this season.

Check the latest update here https://www.rotowire.com/basketball/player/lonzo-ball-4110


He will have more time to heal and get back on his old self if he will not force returning this season. Next season, we will see if Ball would return, and he will probably have to play with new some new teammate/s as Zach Lavine is likely to be traded.

Yes, the Lakers and Warriors are experienced teams, which have quality players and stars on the team and I have no doubt that they can surprise everyone in the playoffs (as I mentioned previously).

If LeBron James guide the LAL to the playoffs, AD stays healthy, D'Angelo Russell and Reaves help the rest of the team, the Lakers can easily advance in the playoffs or even reach the conference finals again.
On the other hand, unlike the Warriors, who with Draymond Green's bad situation and Thompson's terrible performance, unfortunately Curry will have to work miracles to get the Warriors back on their feet again and become that dynasty they were a few seasons ago (which I think this is difficult to happen)

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Changing the topic of this conversation...
Since the 2021-2022 season, Lonzo Ball has been out because of an injury... recently I read some news about his possible return to the basketball courts, I would like to know if anyone has any further updates on Lonzo Ball's situation ? Is there an exact date for his return? Or are these just rumors?

Speaking of Draymond, there are reports that his future with the Warriors is bleak. Rumors has it that with his suspension, he might not get back with the team and be traded. Of course this is just a rumor for now and there are a lot of things going on behind the Warriors, like also the news of Andrew Wiggins potential trade.

So we will see, although the Warriors has won in their last game, but we have seen that they have struggled.

Klay Thompson is on a shooting slump and the teams are barely winning against a good team.

One of the most fascinating in the NBA is watching the Lakers and the Warriors contending with a lot more youthful teams to get into the playoffs. Anyhow, given that we do not yet know when Draymond Green will return, the Lakers have a better chance of making the playoffs than the Warriors.

It is uncertain for the Lakers to depend on D'Angelo Russell after Anthony Davis and Lebron James. He is an important piece of the squad but we have seen him in many games and there is no consistency. But Russell can be developed and transform himself into a better teammate.

I see him as the 2nd GOAT, next to MJ due to his work ethic and he doesn't flop a lot unlike Lebron which sometimes called LeFlop (Sorry LA fans)

Life is short, that tells what happen so we have to enjoy our life. The death of Kobe wasn't expected but his legacy will forever remain. And if we talk about the LA Lakers, one player that will come out in our mind and that is only Kobe, he is the best in LA Lakers especially for those who were able to witness the 90's era up.

Damn, I really miss Kobe. He may have been a good coach in today's era if he is still with us. I mean, his work ethic is at a high level and he grinds like there's no tomorrow for him.

Here's how the trade went.
https://www.nba.com/news/kristaps-porzingis-trade-celtics-3-team-deal
It ain't that big but I think the Wizards just want to pile up more players so they can afford a star next year by using all these popular players in their roster. If they are planning to trade Kyle Kuzma, they might get more because that player had been way better than his Lakers years. He may be inconsistent but he is young and there's a lot of room for improvement.
I doubt the Wizards are aiming for the "win now" motto, they are just preparing for next year and actually, I see this as a good play. They might want a big player to pair with Jordan Poole and one way to get that is by piling more players and being ready for the trades next year. IMO, the Wizards are a selfish team right now, they need chemistry and I don't think it can be done with players who are used to isolation plays.

It's such a bad moment though for Udoka to missed those important free throws and then Kobe hitting one of his patented game winner. I know his game winner here, but I forgot the name of the player that missed that free throw and it turns out to be Udoka.

As for the trade rumors, another name that pop up recently is Kyle Kuzma, but the thing is that the Wizards wanted multiple picks for him?

When they just traded KP to the Celtics and I can't recall who's the player they got in this trade. And now they asking too much for a Kuzma trade.

If Shaq had been in Udoka's shoes, he would have made those two important free throws. Well, seriously, Udoka wasn't a particularly outstanding player, and his stats, including free throw percentage, were poor throughout his entire NBA career as a player.
As for Kobe, he had a lot of similar exciting moments in his career. It's a shame that the current generation of NBA players doesn't have at least one player who has the same on-court personality that Jordan and Kobe had.

I also agree with you!
Well, I believe the Lakers (I also include the GSW in this list) are teams that have a reasonable regular season, but that can surprise everyone in the playoffs.
LeBron James and Anthony Davis are great reference players for the LAL... D'Angelo Russell is a good player, but I don't know if he's capable of replacing AD or LJ in several games... I won't deny it, sometimes He manages to perform a good performance in some games, but I believe he still needs to improve a little bit, be more consistent to be able to improve his level as a player.
He has potential for this and i have no doubt, I believe he can improve his level in the future.

To be honest, most of the teams there in the NBA are legendary but every season there's a decline for each of theirs. I like what OKC is doing right now, they've got Chet and helped the team improved in the rankings.

And for some individual achievement, Jordan Clarkson got a triple double for the first time and again for the Utah Jazz since 2008 with Carlos Boozer.

While I think that if he's traded, there will be some teams that are interested to take him since he's from a champ team. I guess that's what will be remembered on him and not himself alone.

And from being a core which only GSW sees him like that, he might just go back to being a support player if traded.

I never said all 3 were great "exactly alike".  The point was sga is better than embid and jokic and while that might be true in 3-5 years right now both embid and jokic are just on another level.  That's not hate towards sga we are talking the last 2 mvps which were rightly won.  Right now today I don't know the odds but I'd have to say sga isn't in top 5 for mvp at this point, if we are being honest sga can't touch what Luca does.  I'd even go as far as saying haliburton is higher on that board than sga.

Let's try to go back in history and see this play from Kobe 01-01-2010, what's interesting is that it involved a active coach right now,



Ime Udoka was fouled, go to the free throw  , missed both, LA called a time out and then Kobe says, no OT for a game winner shot.

For the trade, it's beyond their control, but if they go with the team that could potentially give them a good role and score then it could be a blessing in disguise. Just like with D'Lo, when he join the Lakers there are a lot of expectations from him and he did good early. But the problem is that he is inconsistent and that's why the Lakers are looking to trade him.

And we can say that to other players that are in the trading, or at least they names popping up, like Wiggins. When he join the Warriors, he was instrumental in their 4th championship, then he has problem, came back again but he was different. So his journey might end with the Warriors and maybe he can find a new team that will ignite his passion again.

Well, it's their choice and they have options tbh but for the sake of the team I think it really matters if you'll get along with them for years. Players these days just want to be traded along superstars but ended up as a laughingstock whenever the playoffs come because most of them just gonna choke in the end.

Yeah, it is pure business and this how things work in the NBA. If you are not a franchise player, you'll get traded.
And he's just one of the main support of the team and yet, there's the rumor that the management is willing to trade him.

We can not disagree that 3 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Joel Embiid, and Nikola Jokic were great players in this time period but we can not compare all three that they have the same greatness as everyone knows that each and everyone has their own uniqueness, and each players have their style technique and position when playing basketball, for sure they will draw from that experience and for unlike Joel Embiib and Nikola Jokic Shai Gilgious-Alexander is still a growing athlete,


Even though Draymond Green was a core foundation for the Golden State Warriors he could be a potential trade in this upcoming trade window, but think about it do you think there are teams that needed the service of Draymond Green in his 33 years of age for sure Draymond Green was only useful in the Warrior Core and the Warriors is a different beast when Draymond is around, but because of the new young players of the Warriors with Trayce Jackson-Davis and Brandin Podziemski the Warriors had a new line of both offense and defense although Green Defense is essential for sure but if he is acting like that then I think the Warriors need to take a hard decision,


In my opinion, the Los Angeles Lakers are not deep enough, and if something like getting injured, LeBron James and Anthony Davis are currently happening then they don't have a backup for that this is not really something surprising as the Laker's Austin Reaves is not enough D'Angelo Russell, Rui Hachimura, and Cam Reddish is not consistent enough for the Lakers, I really don't know if they are consistent in training but for sure they are not enough deep for the Lakers,

I saw a post on Facebook regarding this one, and I think the Lakers are putting Lebron as their starting Point Guard for the Lakers.

Lebron is capable of passing like you said, and I agree with you that he needs to be more of a passer than a scorer. The problem sometimes with them is that there are times when no one can step up offensively that's why he's the one who's scoring as well aside from passing. I would love to see Lebron being a passer for the remaining of the season. I mean some of his passes are insane including the iconic no-look pass to Zubac when he's still on the Cavaliers.

If what I saw is true, I think he'll be their starting PG. I don't know if how this will affect the team, but he'll be more comfortable I guess being a passer than being a scorer.

To be fair, Lakers are not doing amazing because they are using Lebron as a scorer, not a passer. Lebron can score whenever he wants, doesn't mean that he will score 40 points per game, but he is a capable of scorer, that is not really an issue, he can have the ball, pass anytime he wants, and then score if he sees a chance for him to score.

However, he should be given the ball handling duty and he should be considering that as the most important part of this deal in the end. I believe that we are talking about a situation where it is not going to be all that easy, and we need to consider this as the most important part for him. I believe that the best thing to do right now would be making sure that they give Lebron the PG status.

The problem with all those trades is always the same, these players like Westbrook or Dangelo RUssel are gonna never find their places in teams who already have his stars, they dont feel good becoming the second guitar they only want to be the main one, and they dont like to be in the second roster, or sharing the ball in the games.

Good but not really good, he wasn't shooting well, he was just 6-15 and scored 13 points. Although in other factor which is the assist, he had 7 it's not so impressive coming from a player with good contract.

What's impressive in that game was Reaves   who scored 28 points, he was actually 2nd to Davis who is the top scorer that scored 41 points.


They made a good decision when they traded Westbrook, maybe this team they will still make a good one.