Donovan had been flirting with the idea of teaming two bigs together on the floor for weeks, and now that Nikola Vucevic is healthy he teamed the veteran with Zach Collins on Saturday, as well as getting a look from the duo of Collins and Jalen Smith.

The Chicago Bulls have been without Lonzo Ball for the past seven games. The veteran playmaker is seadling with an injury to his right wrist. It’s the same wrist that hampered Ball’s start to the season,

The Chicago Bulls have been a bit of a roller coaster as of late, winners of four straight games before Saturday evening’s narrow road loss to the Houston Rockets. Lonzo Ball has been out of the lineup since late February with a wrist injury,

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Coach Billy Donovan said Ball stayed in Chicago with a member of the medical staff to keep his conditioning up, but the injury to his right wrist remains an issue.

Bulls coach Billy Donovan says even though Lonzo Ball missed his seventh game with a right wrist injury there’s no plan to shut him down for the rest of the season.

Lonzo Ball missed his seventh game with a right wrist injury on Saturday night but there's no plan to shut him down for the rest of the season.

Donovan doesn't write the checks, but it sounds like he'd love to keep Jones around. Considering the backcourt turnover that could take place within the next two years, it just might be feasible.