The Latest Breaking News from Lonzo Ball

KC Johnson: Billy Donovan said Alex Caruso will need to be checked out by doctor again before he's cleared for contact. That date is not set. Caruso, Lonzo Ball and Patrick Williams did individual, non-contact work today. Source: Twitter @KCJHoop ...

CHICAGO — With each step they take toward the playoffs, the Chicago Bulls provide less confidence to the most important postseason question: Can they beat the best teams in the NBA?

Both players continued testing their surgically-repaired wrists on Monday, getting in some extra work after the morning shootaround. Coach Billy Donovan said they both will be re-evaluated in about two weeks, and then he expects to have a better timetable for a return.

CHICAGO — After the stars exited Cleveland, the dunk contest controversy died down and NBA All-Star Weekend officially drew to a close, plenty of questions remain about the final stretch of the Chicago Bulls season.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The starting point guard job has become a revolving door for the Chicago Bulls as injuries continue to wrack the roster.

Regardless of whether the Bulls front office can pull off a trade before Thursday’s deadline, this current roster needs to start picking up the pieces and covering the holes rather than leaning on them as a crutch. Relying on being rescued remains a bad look for a contending team.

It wasn’t just hope for the Bulls coach, as Donovan confirmed a Sun-Times report that Williams was progressing ahead of schedule from wrist surgery and could see some regular-season action on his current timetable. Donovan also said that the timetables haven’t changed for Lonzo Ball, Alex Caruso or Derrick Jones…

KC Johnson: Lonzo Ball surgery had no surprises, went well. Per Billy Donovan. Source: Twitter @KCJHoop What's the buzz on Twitter? Julia Poe @ byjuliapoe Lonzo Ball's meniscus surgery went well this morning, per Billy Donovan ahead of tonight's ...

The versatile forward joins Alex Caruso (wrist) and Lonzo Ball (knee) on the six-to-eight week shelf, fracturing his right index finger on Tuesday.

Even with backcourt players in and out of the lineup for most of the season, the Bulls were still operating from a position of strength with their guards. But with Alex Caruso having wrist surgery Monday and Lonzo Ball expected to have knee surgery this week, that’s no longer the…

Coach Billy Donovan said the six- to eight-week recovery timeline will start once Ball has the surgery, but doctors wanted him to take a week to strengthen and rehab the left knee first.