Hope all the jerks who dogged me for saying he want returning from day 1, hope you're enjoying this.

If you really did say he's "want returning" then yes, I am enjoying this.

So in the end, LaMelo played half a season for an estimated $500,000 (or possibly more). Did the NBL get the same amount back in value? Will they get what they're hoping for from the NBA draft buy out? Will throwing the Hawks season into disarray be seen as worth it?

A lot of this will inform how they move forward with the program.

No shit he wasn't coming back, don't lesson to carey William or same time Liam Santamaria , if you want straight talk lesson to trash talk podcast with Hooley and Felix von hofe , Hooley is a suck up and Felix tells how it is

Koberulz, your initially believed he'd play again, so you’ve been off with this.

Ofcourse he is fit, but just by simply saying, I’m good to go but don’t want to risk it, looks shit for scouts. By any means possible. Nba fans won’t care about this, and that’s all that matters along with teams.

"if you want straight talk lesson to trash talk podcast with Hooley and Felix von hofe , Hooley is a suck up and Felix tells how it is"

Felix Von Hofe is a tool. Hooley is Shane Heal's waterboy. There, I just told you how it is.

"Completely healthy but six weeks away from being able to play?

Not buying it."

I think most people can see they are protecting him for the draft.

Wow, they have said bone bruising. That certainly doesn't happen over night and can be career ending in fact. Clearly it was pre existing and with the added workload of the NBL it just exacibated the injury.

Good luck in the NBA with that hanging over your head. Once again it confirms that management didn't give a shit and simply wasted their money on an injured player.

Ok thanks doctor

Thanks. It is something I have seen in professional sport and unlike you I know what I am talking about.

If Brooks hadn't gone down, would his stock have climbed so much since he was basically thrown in to play starters minutes when otherwise his minutes would have been way lower.

" and unlike you I know what I am talking about."

You actually dont.

Everyone knows more than you. Except stalking.

Which is why they chose bone bruising, as its ambiguous enough to justify keep him out for the season, but not serious enough to impact his draft stocks.

As I said previously bone bruising can .be a very serious injury. But apparently some regard says I don't know w hat I am talking about. All good.

That's good for you. Some not so lucky. LaMelo could be in the unlucky category.

"As I said previously bone bruising can .be a very serious injury. But apparently some regard says I don't know w hat I am talking about. All good."

You also said it was pre-existing, and playing in the NBL made it worse. How do you know this?

As I said previously bone bruising doesn't magically happen, it occurs over a considerable period of time. A training incident is very unlikely to cause bone bruising. If you had experience in this area you would know. Clearly you don't. Stop the trolling.
It also can be caused by a severe trauma and if that was the case at training they should have said so.

Wow, they have said bone bruising. That certainly doesn't happen over night...

You also said it was pre-existing, and playing in the NBL made it worse. How do you know this?

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=134&contentid=514

Asking someone to explain how they diagnosed his bone bruising as pre-existing without a shred of evidence, is not trolling. I'd suggest you're trolling, because you keep hammering the same point home when you haven't got a clue what you're talking about.

And as isaac said, the official announcement is bone bruising. The real situation could be something entirely different, so your comment about management wasting money on an injured player is probably off the mark too.

If LaMelo is happy to have bone bruising on his CV then great. Other than that I don't care what you think. Stop trolling Matt.

What??

did you spell "mate" wrong? haha

I heard LaMelo got a pizza burn on the roof of his mouth and he's probably going to die. I've seen it before and he probably came to the NBL with it. Good luck in the NBA with a pizza burn Matt

I heard he's got NFI (no foot injury).

Laughing at your own jokes. Oh dear.

"he has sneakers on?! Moon-boot nowhere to be seen!"

Because he has got over the injury, as per the article.

NBL Twitter
@NBL
LaMelo Ball (@MELOD1P) has returned home to the US today where he will continue his rehabilitation from injury and prepare for the 2020 NBA Draft

Thanks for the memories Lamelo it's been the best season of NBL ever, now go get that number 1 draft position.

I thought he was injury-free. He just needed six weeks to regain his match fitness.

Yeah that's what rehabilitation is.

I wouldn't call it rehab.

Mark's show the bone bruising.

Auocorrect is a butch. MRI's

Good luck to him, made the league better when he played. I'm tipping he’ll end up in the big smoke. He’ll be great for the knicks.

I've had extreme bone bruise on my shin bone from a motor bike accident, it showed up on X-ray, the bone was full of blood hence the name bone bruise, it is very painful and took at least 6 months to start to feel useable again, then the rehab began for a year to build strength in my muscles again before I could do any type of sport.
And rehab comes after the injury has healed.