The Los Angeles Lakers could receive a boost to their line-up sooner rather than later after Rajon Rondo was cleared for full-contact practices. Rondo has missed several weeks with a finger injury but the veteran guard is nearing a return, the Lakers announced on Friday. Lakers star Rondo had surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right hand three days after suffering the injury against the Golden State Warriors on Christmas Day, marking his second surgery on that hand in 2018.