12-21-2022, 02:03 AM
(12-21-2022, 01:31 AM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: Bulls gave Lavine that 215 million dollar deal. He still hasn't taken that next step to me to where he's one of the best SG's in the league, especially coming off knee surgery. He's talented, but something is missing from his game.
The problem is not whether he´s that good. He is. The question is how bad is his left knee is, and whether he´ll ever be close to 100% again.
He came back really fast after the torn ACL and showed no negative effects. This summer he had some unknown minor procedure on the same left knee. Technically microfracture surgery is probably considered a minor surgery, too. He´s averaging the worst numbers (total/shooting) across the board since 2018. The contract runs through his prime years age 27 to 32. It´s really not the contract. It´s the underlying health factor.
Is he just going through a (post injury) slump like the whole team, fallout with the coach (mental) or is there a much bigger physical problem.