5:05pm: The left shoulder surgery White underwent on Thursday addressed a labrum injury, tweets K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago. Although the Bulls plan to reassess White’s recovery in four months, his anticipated recovery timeline could range from four-to-six months, Johnson adds.
3:45pm: Bulls guard Coby White underwent surgery on his left shoulder on Thursday, the team announced today in a press release.
White had a relatively healthy season in 2020/21, appearing in 69 of 72 contests and not missing a game during the final month of the season. However, he injured his shoulder this past weekend while “engaged in basketball activities away from the team,” according to the Bulls.
The club’s statement indicates that White will be re-evaluated in four months, which means he may not be available for the start of the 2021/22 season.
As Shams Charania of The Athletic reported today, the NBA sent a memo to teams announcing that training camps will begin on September 28 and the regular season will tip off on October 19. Four months from today would be October 10.
White’s injury shouldn’t have much of an impact on the Bulls’ offseason plans, however. Even if the former lottery pick were healthy, Chicago was still expected to make it a priority this summer to add a point guard via trade or free agency.
Hmmm ‘basketball activities away from the team’ could be a lot of things but it sounds like he was playing a rough pickup game. Management should be pissed, “love of the game” or not.
To me, “basketball activities away from the team” sounds like he was riding a bike or climbing or whatever. Probably he is not allowed to do such things, so “basketball activities” it is. I had exactly the same impression, for instance, when John Wall ruptured his Achilles after falling in the shower (??).
Not cool …. that’s for sure.
I’m down on Ball. But him at his best is what Bulls need. They should just sign him and go for it. Coby is best as third guard. A PG with vision who passes helps Zach and Vucevic, and Williams. Just do it.
at least it wasn’t a motorcycle – jay williams, that really sucked.
“You” have no idea what this means. Players are allowed to have a life.
Actually, contractually they are not allowed to do certain things. Thus, MJ famously had the “love of the game” clause written into his contract so he could play ‘any time any where any way’ he choose…
It could be worse, he could have been riding motorcycles with Jay Williams.