emergencies!
According to Lakers reporter Mike Trudell, the team's defender Rondo suffered a fracture of his right thumb and will undergo surgery. Subsequently, Shams and other reporters tweeted to confirm the news.
Mike Trudell said Rondo is expected to resume basketball activities in 6-8 weeks.
According to the schedule after the rematch of NBA, it lasts about 10 weeks from the regular season to the finals tiebreak. Judging from the rhythm of
, Rondo will have to return to the division finals at the earliest. If it is slow, he will have to wait until the finals to return.
This is still good. If the Lakers fail to reach the end, does that mean that Rondo will be reimbursed directly this season? Even if you make a comeback, what will happen if you encounter the intensity of the playoff level?
Rondo's injury was a real accident. After all, Rondo was still practicing boxing two days ago. Judging from his figure, he maintained a good time during the shutdown.
Could it be that he practiced the Seven Injury Fist?
This season, Rondo played 48 regular season games for the Lakers, averaging 7.1 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists per game. He is an important combat power of the Lakers' bench and partnered with Kuzma to form the core lineup of the Lakers' second team.
Pelicans player Josh Hart forwarded the report of Rondo's injury and wrote: "D***...I hope he returns as soon as possible. He is one of the best veterans I have ever partnered with." Even Hart, who is no longer a Lakers player, said this, which shows the importance of Rondo.
plus Bradley , which the Lakers had withdrawn before, Lakers 's substitute lineup is already very thin, especially on the back line. The schedule after the rematch was originally more intensive, and coupled with the shortage of lineups, this will put more pressure on the Lakers' rotation.
Lakers reporter Ryan Ward lists the backcourt lineups that the Lakers can play: Caruso, Cook, Pope, Witts, JR-Smith , Holden Tucker.
eyes closed and opened, and the Lakers' backcourt lineup changed from Bradley + Rondo to Pope + JR, which was quite exciting. It is almost expected that James will definitely increase the ball holding time in subsequent games.
Of course, some people have also put forward data to indicate that Rondo may not have such poor results. NBA reporter Micah Adams tweeted a list of the Lakers' statistics this season when Rondo was not present.
" LeBron James + Anthony Davis and Rondo are in the same game: net effect value -5.2, cumulative 117 minutes; LeBron James + Anthony Davis is not in the same game as Rondo: net effect value +11.9, cumulative 1200 minutes. Therefore, having the opportunity to give Caruso more playing time may be a blessing in disguise."
Of course, these data do not mean that losing Rondo is a good thing for the Lakers, but it can indeed give young people like Caruso more opportunities.
is quite bald, so Kahuang, are you ready?
But we all know that the strongest part of Rondo is his mind. Taking off the jersey, the Lakers lost one center, but one assistant coach.
But I still hope that coach Long can recover as soon as possible, and other players will not suffer from injuries.