Lonzo Ball Claims He’s Playing 1st Game Of 2024-25 Season

Lonzo Ball Claims He’s Playing 1st Game Of 2024-25 Season

you found yourself in another episode of Locked on bulls in today’s episode we’re going to talk about Lonzo ball claiming he’s going to be ready day one of the 2024 25 season the 76ers are also interested in Zack LaVine per Yahoo sports and the Pistons have hired their president and it’s not uh Bulls GM Mark everle we’re GNA get into all that and more on today’s locked on bulls name name me that Andro yeah I don’t know what happen [Music] you are locked on bulls your daily Chicago Bulls podcast part of the locked on podcast Network your team every day button said yeah no not right now I’m start when I want you you found yourself with anothere thank you for tuning in to another episode lock on bulls uh member of the locked on podcast Network where it’s your team every single day that’s Pat the designer host and creator of the windy city Breeze and host of the Chicago Bears podcast over at ESPN 1000 I’m Hayes host creator of Chicago Bull Central and Chicago Bear Central YouTube pages and podcast and today’s episode is brought to you by LinkedIn LinkedIn jobs helps you find qualified candidates you want to talk to faster post your job for free at linkedin.com lockon NBA that’s linkedin.com lockon NBA to post your job for free terms and conditions do apply all right Pat Lonzo I love that they are on this pod he knows what he’s doing yeah uh they have the Lonzo injury update uh to open up every one of his podcasts new episode dropped and uh yeah Lonzo went to explain the fact that he had a miniscus replacement on top of the Cartage he got a lot of dead people in his knee lot of dead people in his knee apparently this person was alive I thought I thought that’s what he was saying in the Pod like I was like you got this from a live knee like who’s the Bulls fan that was like that donated their minus salono no I think it’s still a kav I think it’s still a kav um but then on top of that kadav cartilage also in his knee um so yeah when they say I see dead people they’re just talking about lonzo’s knee apparently shot theend um but he said that on top of talking about his surgery he says that he um is g to be ready to play day one how do you feel about that Pat um I’ll believe it when I see it and play in what capacity that’s that’s the biggest question right like don’t take this as will he be in a jersey they asked him okay will you be in a jersey for the Bulls we be suited up in the jersey for the Bulls by the first game of the regular season yes I’ll be suited up in the jersey for the Bulls by the first game of the regular season okay technically he was in the Bulls jersey before the first game of the regular season because he showed up to Media Day last year when nobody knew he was coming well I mean here’s my thing what is the capacity that he’s going to play in what what is the ability that he’s going to have has right like is this a is this a we’re going to see this in preseason and then going through the season we’ll know what’s happening or is he just showing up first day is it going to be a training camp the expectation last time I heard was that he’s not going through training camp so we’re not just throwing you out there on the floor to figure it out the the start of the season so I just think that temper all expectations around Lonzo ball it’s somebody we haven’t seen in two in 14 months yeah in 14 months we have not seen Lonzo ball and so for me I’m just than I’m not I’m not uh well no when when he went out with the well the second injury has been 14 months I think the the first injury was yeah yeah well it’s been a lot longer there it’s been two years since since been over 24 month it’ll be 30 months since the since the time Lonzo got on the court if he is even there uh day one here’s the thing that I’m going to say Lonzo ball at this point is like the dude who lied about getting girls in high school and did actually lose his virginity until his early 20s I believe it when I see it my boy like it’s just at this point stop lying why St lying on your knees bro stop lying on your knees stop lying on your knees man BR it’s it’s it’s so it’s so weird to me because it’s like I don’t know if he here’s the thing I don’t know if he’s lying I just don’t know if it’s if it’s an omission of truth right where yeah I’ll be back yes I’ll be able to play but but in what capacity are you playing what skill are you what skill level beying truth yeah I mean like he said he’s cleared he’s not cleared well he’s not cleared yet that’s a lie yeah yeah I don’t know you trying to find the silver line in somewhere pass sometimes you just got to call people out just say the man’s lying bro it’s okay he’s not gonna find what are he gonna do kick you well I’m not even trying to find a silver line in here to be honest with you it’s just I’m sick of talking about it because it’s like the the what’s the expectation of Lonzo there’s no silver lining in this to me my expectation is that he’s not going to be able to play basketball at a high level my expectation is that his days of being a a elite Defender and and a really good three-point shooter over my expectation is that when he gets back on the basketball court we’re g to go that’s all right like I I it sometimes it’s just time to move on and the fact that we’re we continue to talk about Lonzo ball because Lonzo ball and I know it’s because it’s the off season there’s not a ton for us to do we we can sit here break down draft picks until we’re blew in the face maybe it’s time to break down Kao again so that we can get called all kind of monkeys and all that I mean well he’s not eligible for drafts anymore so we don’t have to worry about him we’ll just talk about him as a free agent option and then laugh at the fact that it’s not true um but no I I just I to me like the the Lonzo ball ship is sailed just like many of the pieces on this team has are there pieces that could still be on this team next season that uh that we believe could be gone for sure but let’s be 100% clear this team as it is currently constructed is done no matter if they bring it back or not it is not going to be a successful team we’ve seen three seasons of it it’s okay to move on it depends on how you view success because if the success is keeping your your lottery pick maybe they will be success in that since next year and keep if you’re if you’re sitting there trying to tank and all of that yeah that’s a whole different conversation no you don’t even have to try to tank like this team you’re talking about three three three less wins and this team is a top 10 draft pick this year yeah so so it’s not like we we’re that far off I wish we could say that we were further off from a top 10 draft pick but we’re not so um listen the thing is I hope and I said this over on Central when I talked about it I hope that zo comes back and Wows and everybody and every but at some point like I I I love and hate at the same time that they’re going to talk about this every week on their podcast it’s going to be something that keeps giving Bulls fans hope and we already know that we’re a fan base that our ownership is already trying to sld us on hope we don’t need you to try to do it as well so just shut up and prove it that’s the thing that zo like I get it I know that he wants to talk about it I get it that if Zo did have a podcast that released an episode every week and he didn’t say nothing about the injury it’ll lead to more speculation that he’s not ready I understand all of it but I really wish Lonzo would just shut the hell up and just let let get on the like I would love for training camp to open up and they say hey zo’s out here practicing that’s it I just yeah and it’s that what does it change that’s my thing what does it change what does it what does it do for the team even in the short run what does it do for the team next season what is adding one-legged Lonzo ball back to the team do exactly exactly what like like what are we hoping what is this magic for some reason I’m talking about and I love big homie so this isn’t nothing against ant but aunt said I seen uh KD come back from injury that murdered Dominique wilkin’s career I may be full but here’s the difference though in this and 30 years that yeah there’s a large the difference is that zo is the Dominique Wilkins in this situation because there’s this has never been done before so in your comparison zo is on the wrong end of that yeah I just like I don’t know what this this I get it sometimes hope is all we have to hold on to but at a some point at some point you like if you’re still expecting the first 35 games to come back because Lonzo ball walks back on the basketball court wrap it up like I I don’t know what to tell you like get get off the streets shouldn’t be driving you you shouldn’t be that drunk and still living and this is again wrong no this is not the surgery that Brandon Roy had at all Brendan Roy had a micr fracture surgery which is not the same and he never came back either right this is not the same Lonzo ball is the first professional athlete to have this type of surgery that would be trying well in come to try to come back so no there is no comparison there’s no preced for this there’s no Dominique had it Greg Odin had they had microact surgery you know what the difference is in that that was them trying the micr fracture surgery was they used to literally go in and stab into the into the bone and hope that that was going to stimulate growth to Shinken the cartilage this is taking a whole another person’s healthy cartilage and sticking it in an unhealthy knee and wishing and hoping something was going to happen I this might be a wild question to ask but how you never mind too I say who’s checking the cartilage of dead guys like who’s like we got a good cartilage here we can we can utilize this later whose job is that bro healthier than lonzo’s cartilage like it doesn’t even matter bro like I’m just saying like where did we get this cartilage from was this at least from like a a athlete or something or was this from like a grandfather you know what I mean like who’s whose knee is this well I hope they don’t like come that’s crazy bro like like like like we said before hopefully it’s African knes that’s all you can hope for um yeah next Jamaican the Jamaican KN bro we’re g hope that uh well that’s the case I hope it’s them dance hall girls you know them need anyway all right go ahead do your see now now we if that search history was actually you anyway next talk about reported interest in Zack LaVine before we get into that got to talk to you guys about one of our sponsors and that is LinkedIn jobs when you’re hiring for your small business you want to find quality professionals that are right for the role that’s why you have to check out LinkedIn jobs LinkedIn jobs has the tools to help you find the right Professionals for your team faster and for free LinkedIn isn’t just another job board LinkedIn has a vast 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players on their roster heading into next year everybody else is a free agent and while while reportedly they do have Paul George amongst others high on the draft board it came out via Yahoo sports yesterday that Klay Thompson and Zack LaVine are both also targets uh by the Philadelphia 76ers Klay Thompson who’s an outright free agent Zack LaVine uh who would have to be traded for the thing in this report that worried me is that they said that the Philadelphia 76ers are interested in Zack LaVine if the Bulls would include draft Capital no no no I’m I’m here for it I’m here for it I’ll tell you why who’s the last person we heard this with who’s the last person Philly wanted to trade for that we heard this one remember it started off that Brooklyn was sending all this draft capital for them James Harden off his hands yeah how’d that trade end up going yeah that’s that’s Philly traded half the team had like six pcks get James Harden it was like how do we get here no I’m all in on this darl Mo do it yes go after the pick because we need draft Capital back so I know that you’ll somehow just argue with yourself in your own mirror and be I will send you a first round pick thank you no um as far as this as far as Zack LaVine ended up on Philly I mean who are the free agents that they’re going to resign to put out there that you want be honest with you like there’s not a lot in Philly that I’m looking for now if it’s just to get out of Z LaVine contract that’s fine I’ve said this many times I think that you may have to take an L on trying to move Zack LaVine out of Chicago but you would need a a plethora of uh of one-year deals uh that you’re signing guys to for this to work and I just don’t think that that’s going to be a likely scenario which means you’re probably gonna sign Tobias Harris to some stupid contract to try and match money and I don’t want him either well I don’t think Tobias Harris necessarily has anything to do with it um but the thing with the 76 it depends on how desperate they get because I can see the the 76 is getting extremely desperate where at some point if they strike out on all their top five targets I can completely see them be like all right hey hey Bulls okay what if what what if it’s like a top 29 protected first round pick and they say no you send me pick and then they just go ahead and do it that voice I don’t know what was that that’s how AK sounds in my head send me the pick Ian Drago in your mind is that is that what AK is he’s just yeah yeah I just I I think here’s here’s my big thing with all of this right if you’re if you’re sitting there looking to bring in the guy who’s dealt with some injury I guess if you want somebody younger maybe go with a guy like Zack LaVine but I keep looking at this from the aspect of what are you sending back what are you trying to get back in the deal the Bulls aren’t sending him a pick I would hurt I would hope not you know what I mean it would sound sensible to not do that right I I would hope that they’re not sending them a pick but it like I I just when you look at a Philadelphia team like are you sending me back what Batum and like you don’t have have contract they’re not under contract no that’s what I’m saying so like you you what are you trading like the guys that are under contract they’re not sending you I mean they could trade their their their picks this season I mean they do have three uh picks in this draft coming up that they own so they could it could be built around that uh they could attach Paul Reed maybe as well as kind of filler I suppose so I don’t know what the value of each of those picks is right now but I I I feel like so they have a pick uh number 16th overall pick then they have two second round picks at 41 and 48 yeah I I I guess so you know what I mean I I guess that that could be something that I could see the the the bull doing it if if they’d be willing to make that deal um but again I do think it comes with a a desperation um like you said I I think that that is the the Bulls being a uh or or Philadelphia saying we don’t want to bring back any of what we had and we need to add something and we got none of the players that we were looking for it’ be interesting to see bro like the last call on the list like like guarantee that the Bulls are the last call on the list for a lot of people I can’t wait to see how and outside of whatever happens with LaVine this is even if it has nothing to do with LaVine I just I just can’t wait to see darl Mory desperate we see that all the time no no no no no we see him in desperation but I’m talking about truly desperate in the sense where he’s just like somebody send me something like what are we doing please because keep mind even even with Harden I think that if if they if if Harden would have woke up one day and like you know what I realized it I didn’t really have my snack I took his Snickers I wanted to stay in Philly daram Mo would been like bet thank God this is like they have to do something Tobias Harris don’t want to come back so even if they do strike out on everybody else Tobias Harris ain’t coming back for that team I don’t see like all right well let’s say you can bring back Kyle Mari and Nicholas Batum all right what what what are you doing other than that uh not nothing exactly yeah I mean like and and that’s that’s really my point with all of it right there has to be a desperation around around this Philadelphia 76ers team for them to even to me look to have this conversation you I mean like the I I don’t think they’re calling the Bulls I think there’s so many teams that they’re on the phone with before they get to the Bulls so many teams yeah and and that’s that’s the biggest problem with all be because of the Zack LaVine injury history because of now I will say this they have no problem paying big money contracts like that so they could be in on it for that for that uh that reasoning there but I think that especially if you’re building this around draft Capital you’re gonna have to give up quite a few picks uh just to give it up around just to uh uh build this around draft capital I like you said maybe some some small money players in there but I don’t know they can’t trade they can’t trade another pick until 2031 so there not a whole bunch of draft Capital to giving up either bro like they need to I’m not gonna lie to you interest means that you looked at a Chicago Bulls game you like Zack LaVine would be nice here because I don’t see a way you get this deal done I mean they have the space so they it’s not a problem with them getting MoneyWise they can pay him yeah but he here’s what we got to understand we have a owner who operates with a 1980s mentality we have a GM who’s not going to pull the trigger on any deal that basically doesn’t get him back a player um yeah I mean like there’s not a lot of there’s not a lot of confidence in me that you’re just gonna move on from this guy in Zack LaVine and just say yeah I’mma do it for draft picks and and Paul Reit um have you uh hello Patrick uh the designer um our front office is uh ran by arturis carova and um Mark eversley yeah so I I everything that you said is very sensible but do you realize but but but but that’s that’s my point though they’re not a front office that’s just going to give up Zack LaVine we seen that already I I think that at this point with how close they are to the luxury tax I think they may have pivoted on that to be honest with you well we’ll see I would I would love for it to be right at this point because again like I said there to me there’s no success with this team um that you have to start to find the Next Generation you have to find the new you have to find what’s going to be the future of this Bulls team but I listen I believe in when I see it when AK said we want to change the core of this up to to me that meant you know we’re we’re getting rid of maybe one piece and I don’t know if it’s going to be Zack LaVine because I think he’s going to be the toughest of the three to move we’ll see man I guess we’ll see all will be revealed at some point I mean or or we just start the season with all the players here uh passion Drive patience got to tell you guys all about that before we get into this next topic talking about the Pistons hiring their president of basketball operations and it not being mark everle but first I got to tell you guys all about eBay Motors passion drive and patience the formula for winning a championship is also what keeps your Rider die alive eBay Motors has everything you need to maintain your vehicle and level it up to Peak Performance supercharges roof racks exhaust kits LED headlights and more whether you’re into speed power or style eBay Motors has you covered with over 122 million parts for your number one ride or die you’ll always find exactly what you’re looking for and with the eBay’s guaranteed fits your part guaranteed to fit your ride every time or your money back 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you know close enough you can count when you want to close um before we get out of here Pat Uh so Mark everle who was a finalist for the uh president of basketball operations role with the Detroit Pistons uh misses out on that role this is the I think now third time he’s been interviewed for a uh president role he doesn’t end up getting it so he more than likely will be here next season unless something crazy happens to and I don’t say that to say like they’re they’re not going to fire him but you just never know what else is going to happen this offseason so unless something crazy happens Mark everley will be here again um but how do you feel do you think it’s only a matter of time before everle uh gets one of these jobs bro I’m starting to wonder bro like I I don’t like is who they hire like is Mark evle the black the black interview I know I think they actually did hire a black guy did they hire a black guy okay never mind I was going to say I’m starting to wonder bro because like listen and I I guess the job the job he’s done with the bulls does not speak to yeah I want this guy running my next team he’s blackish Jay adande is that what he is close he’s whatever that clown is that’s calling the white socks games now he’s that guy well he’s you I mean it’s kind of looks like you actually does kind of look like your brother though does he put on a dag yes you can tell heally he do finally bro I I don’t understand this issue with famous black dudes in sports and no do-rags like who what’s going on bro listen we can’t say nothing with who our quarterback is because I don’t even know if he I don’t know if he owns a brush or a doag bro but Caleb has had waves Caleb would bro but that’s just because he’s mixed and his hair is just naturally I think just with a little a little Spritz of water just curls up yeah yeah it’s different though it’s different but yeah cayb Williams bro like he just Caleb Williams always looks like he like he literally goes to the Barb and he be like just line me up don’t even worry everybody like what uh yeah that he’s he’s definitely going with the uh with the what is that called it’s not a nap the natural he’s going with the natural um but but I’m not mad at that who was it it was Gilbert Reena said this he was like every every player in the NBA that that has waves uh or any play every player in sport that has waves you don’t have to worry about that guy being successful because he more worried about brushing his hair than he is about being Gil Arena had waves so what is he talking about gilber Arenas was that his he fits his point what he was saying was that guy doesn’t usually win because he’s more worried about having waves than listen I can’t I can’t believe that because because to the to the length that AI went to get his braids done like Gilbert AR just be saying stuff I didn’t win true but like it’s not like he didn’t put in the effort though [Laughter] like Shane pader had won a title Shane Bader wasn’t the reason behind it though y see no now you just trying to add different layers on bro no I’m just he was talking about the star player ain’t nobody talking about Shane B Shane bad did have some waves though he wasan waves Shane B was drippy uh but no man uh he was talking about the star player again the star player no see you add different levels hey hey hey Rick Fox Rick Fox had waves but Kobe had that nappy that didn’t connect to nothing hey Mike just said a it no hair that’s a fact hey it’s funny though Armstrong Hair Waves here we go I’m just saying hey it is funny though when you start going down like the star list for like you like he no BJ Armstrong we won the title had the flat tops we didn’t have got that flat top you start going you be like yo don’t none of these M got ways bro like Pat Mahomes I don’t know what he got got like it don’t matter that’s football either that’s different though it don’t matter when it’s football like they got a helmet on you can’t see it yeah you can’t see it hey but but but but again to that point Russ won a championship no waves that mug was straight to the mug boy Russ bro R do we claim Russ I don’t know if we can really claim Russ bro Russ get a two all the way around bro Russ get a god ain’t no fade in that mug a no he only started getting a lining after he was married Bro he used to literally just sit down buzz cut bro he a start getting no he didn’t start getting a line until Siera that’s what I said till he got married he was married to that to the chick that was screaming in the video that don’t count he he married had divorced yeah I mean when you get when you get when you get left and he immediately follows it up with getting married and winning winning championships that you don’t count that’s that was a trial marriage that don’t count we going to try this out let’s see how we’re going to try this out yeah know you know it’s for marriage is for me just not with you so I’m G get on out out of here yeah the point is uh it’s good to see a brother get uh get hired with waves man you you you keep doing what you’re doing up in Detroit had waves I just say you could tell he wore a doag it’s very okay oh okay okay never so he’s just wearing he not brushing it down he’s just wearing it he brushing it down but he using a soft br brush he’s not really getting waves on that one bro using the soft bristle on that one bro oh god oh right let’s get up out of here I don’t even know where locked on waves there you guys go waves well I hope David lock listen to this one uh follow us on everything at locko Bulls you can follow me on everything at path the designer and uh brush your hair you can follow me at CEO Hayes man we appreciate you guys for tuning in locked on bulls is free and available on every podcasting app and platform of your uh choices as well as YouTube and the Odyssey app and also on Fire TV so make sure you guys check us out on that as well for path the designer this has been locked on bulls man 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