Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball won’t be ready to participate in five-on-five drills when training camp starts next week, coach Luke Walton said in an interview with Spectrum SportsNet.
The decision runs counter to the Lakers’ original plan for Ball. When he had knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus in July, the team said Ball would make a full recovery by the start of training camp.
“He won’t be doing full five-on-five contact at camp, at the start of camp, so we’re starting to ease him into it again, play some one-on-one, things like that, half-court stuff,” Walton said during the interview that will air at 8 p.