Updated timeline as Lakers’ Luka Doncic begins return-to-play protocol

Source: New York Post

Luka Doncic is now more than four weeks removed from the Grade 2 hamstring strain he suffered April 2 against the Thunder.   The original unforgiving recovery timeline was four to eight weeks. A biological boundary to return to sports, and for athletes like Doncic, whose game is defined by quick and sudden stops and starts, recovery can take even longer.