Lakers’ Rajon Rondo suffers damaged right thumb in apply

Los Angeles Lakers guard Rajon Rondo suffered a broken suitable thumb in follow Sunday evening in Orlando, Florida, and is envisioned to return to entire basketball activities in 6 to 8 weeks, the group declared.

Rondo will go through surgery to fix the fracture this week, the team mentioned.

The Lakers traveled to Orlando on Thursday evening for the resumption of the 2019-20 NBA season and practiced for the first time on Saturday.

Rondo, who signed with the Lakers in 2018, 2 times missed time through the 2018-19 year after going through independent surgeries to fix a fractured 3rd metacarpal in his ideal hand and a torn ligament in his right ring finger.

The 34-yr-outdated is averaging 7.1 details, 5 assists and 3 rebounds per game this period. He has appeared in 48 game titles for Los Angeles and has began in a few.

L.A. is already with out starting off guard Avery Bradley, who opted out of the year restart because of coronavirus worries for his spouse and children. The Lakers signed JR Smith as Bradley’s substitution for the remainder of the time.

ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk contributed to this report.