Lonzo Ball had part of his meniscus removed rather than repairing it. Let’s break down what that means for the Lakers guard.

As this site covered yesterday, Los Angeles Lakers guard Lonzo Ball openly addressed his meniscus procedure on the latest episode of “Ball in the Family” when he told Lavar:

“They’ve got to take it out..they said they could repair it but it would take me six months to get back. But, if they just take it out it will only be six weeks.”

What Lonzo is saying is that they opted for a partial meniscus removal to cut out the damaged piece of the meniscus (“a partial meniscectomy”) rather than stitching the meniscus back together (“a meniscal repair”):

Doctor’s note: This procedure is NOT what Dwyane Wade had in college, resulting in numerous knee problems down the line.