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Sports are filled with might-have-been stories, the bittersweet tales about what could have happened but didn’t. Bulls point guard Lonzo Ball fits in here, sadly. But before we get too down, let’s note his story is unfinished. Hope survives for his complete comeback, even if only by a thread.
Ball injured his left knee Jan. 14, 2022, against the Warriors, and it seemed at first to be the kind of thing that would be fixed pretty fast. Originally diagnosed as a bone bruise, it soon was discovered he also had torn the meniscus in the knee.