This Will Define Everything...

This will define everything for the

Lakers as we've got a major update on

the status of a Lakers superstar and his

progression on getting back on the court

with the team. As Lakers are getting

ready for game five and possibly to

close out this series, we have some info

on Luca trying to make his way back to

help his team when it matters most.

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Luca is not ready yet. So, we've got an

update from Sham Shny talking about how

Luca Donuch is not going to be ready

obviously for this series against the

Houston Rockets, but it looks like he's

not going to be ready for the beginning

of the next series against the Oklahoma

City Thunder there. And um it's kind of

been a longer healing process for a guy

like Lugan. And I know he did have that

procedure over there in Spain and things

of that nature, but it's still going in

a slower process for the Los Angeles

Lakers, but there has been no setbacks.

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story guys as Luca Donic has been making

some progress there on the court but he

hasn't been doing too much there as like

I said it's been more of a slower

process here as this was reported on

first by Shamzania but this was by uh

Brett Seagull here talking about how

Luca who has been ramping up some encore

activities this week which is a good

sign there but still things are still

making their way a little bit slower and

this was what Brett Seagull said in here

this article here as Don says yet to

resume one-on-one activities to this

point, he has been doing some light

individual work uh the Lakers practices

and shootarounds. And while it is

possible head coach or JJ Reic could

could provide an update on Don status

before the first round series against

Houston, sources say they won't um be

much clarity until the week five mark,

which is about May 7th. The good news

surrounding Don is that he's not

suffered any setbacks and he continues

to slowly nurture his hamstring back to

full health. Because of the severity of

his injury and the limitations involved,

Los Angeles has been in no rush to push

Dantic along this process. And that is a

big thing there talking about how the

the Lakers have not been in any rush to

push Donic back. And that really helps

though with the Los Angeles Lakers

playing good basketball here in this

first round series. uh being up 3-1 and

being up in this position uh do in large

part just to just good team principles,

very good play from your role players

like guys like Marcus Smart, Luke Canard

and obviously your superstar LeBron

James and just the whole team coalesing

at the right point to put the Lakers in

this position. Then also you got Austin

Reeves possibly making his um debut in

the playoffs here in this game. So

you're getting one guy back from your

two-headed monster from Luca and Austin

Ree. So now you're just waiting on Luka

to make his way back. And since his um

injury was a little bit more severe and

um in a more tender area there in the

hamstring where you're you know using it

a ton there um it's been a slower

process for Lugan and I know he did have

that procedure over there in Spain. It

still hasn't really sped things up to

maybe to some other fans liking, but the

Lakers have not seen any issue there. As

like I said, they he has suffered no

setbacks here, but they did give some

semblance of a timeline. Uh Brett

Seagull did in this article talking

about how um

closest situation told Cutboards that

the earliest would possibly return the

series against the Thunder, which would

be if the play shifts to LA for around

game three or four. However, this is

heavily dependent on the progress over

the next week and a half and that is

very very very big to note there and

just like it the processes and what's

going to happen here these next couple

of days for Luka because it's going to

be very imperative on how he really

attacks his rehab and can make his way

back to the Los Angeles Lakers because

he's not going to be available for them

at the end of the series for Houston or

the beginning of the series for the

Oklahoma City Thunder. So, it is just

very important for him to get back to

full health so the Lakers can really

vault their chances because I do think

they have really improved their standing

against the league because a lot of

people did not believe Lakers could be

in this sort of position being up 3-1

being able to possibly close out the

series on your home court in this

fashion without having your two best

scorers really. But now possibly with

getting Austin Reeves back and then Luca

Donic will be the final piece for the

Sanchos Lakers. And it gets me to my

next point here talking about his how

his return would elevate the Lakers. And

obviously that is clear as day. You get

back an MVP candidate, the leading

scorer in the league and your offensive

driver. You get him back in a lot of

obviously the team is going to be much

much better with him on it. And the

Lakers, they've, like I said, they've

been doing a very good job as a team,

you know, with their team principles

doing things different things of that

nature. And I think those moments

really, really help the team out in the

long run because now you can really see

what it looks like when you don't have

those guys on the floor. But when you

have those guys back in your lineup,

then you can see the real fruits of that

labor in those minutes at those huge

heavy playoff minutes that they've got

with say a smart and Canard back court

over there or you know LeBron James are

just one of the guys out there. So it

just really really really really does a

good job for the other portions of the

game and really helps Lakers I think

stabilize at different parts of the

season because Lucon is going to be a

huge force once he comes back for the

Los Angeles Lakers. But like I said it's

going to be very very important on what

he does in these next couple of days

here and that was laid on here by uh

Brett Seagull. is more about him in that

article talking about how at the same

time the team does not also understand

there is no way to speed things up at

Don's potential a liility for the

Western Conference semi-finals will come

down to how's progress is over the next

10 days although it is easy it's early

sources close to situations said the

earliest he would possibly return

possibly game three or four but there's

no guarantee that Dant will be available

for either game as the status over the

next two weeks will be dependent on how

his body heals and responds to treatment

the Lakers do anticipate Dant to

progress to the next stages of recovery

as long as he suffered no setbacks

between now and then and by the end of