Ayo Dosunmu calls Lonzo Ball one of his good friends on the Chicago Bulls, a key figure in his rookie transition from college to the NBA. "A lot of the times on road trips he was always the person I sat next to," Dosunmu said of Ball after the team's Tuesday morning shootaround in advance of its preseason finale against the Milwaukee Bucks. "After practice, we always shot together. He's always been kind of that guy, that older veteran that always gave me advice." Now, Ball is sidelined indefinitely after a second surgery to address a mysterious left knee injury in late September. And momentum is on Dosunmu's side to replace him in the starting lineup. The second-year guard has started each of the Bulls' first three preseason games and supplied his typical brand of steady, two-way play. read https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/bulls/bulls-lonzo-balls-advice-ayo-dosunmu-starting-pg-role