Lonzo Ball Reflects on Knee Injury’s Impact, Dismisses Retirement

Fresh off signing a four-year, $85 million deal with the Chicago Bulls, Lonzo Ball was living up to his lofty expectations in his first season with the team. Through the team’s first 40 games, Ball was the team’s jack of all trades, and was a major reason the Bulls had a 27-13 record. Then, disaster struck. Ball sustained a knee injury initially expected to keep the guard out six weeks. But Ball dealt with complications in his recovery, leading to at least two additional surgeries on his left knee. All told, the guard missed over 1,000 days — and two…