LeBron James to Miss Start of NBA Season due to Sciatic Issues.
James began his professional journey with the Cavaliers in the year 2003.
The Lakers superstar has been ruled out for approximately a month and will miss the opening of the league campaign due to sciatic nerve pain, Lakers have confirmed.
James, forty, signed a new contract with the LA team in June and is set to become the first player to participate across 23 individual campaigns.
Sciatic pain refers to discomfort in the sciatic region that travels down the lower back and down the leg.
James has not taken part in preseason and was out for the losses against the Warriors and the Phoenix Suns this month because of the glute nerve irritation.
The American is expected to be sidelined for all five of the team's games in the month of October, which includes the first game against Golden State.
LeBron James, the highest points scorer in history, has never previously missed the opening of the season in his 22-year career.
The number of one thousand five hundred sixty-two regular-season appearances is just 50 short than surpassing former Celtics star Robert Parish's NBA record.
The champion appeared in 70 out of the LA Lakers' eighty-two games last season and competed in 71 occasions in the year before.
The previous season, LeBron James posted 24.4 points, 8.2 assists and nearly 8 rebounds per game and placed sixth in the MVP award vote.
Los Angeles Lakers reached the postseason in the 2024-25 season but were defeated 4-1 against the Timberwolves in the first round.
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