LeBron James Set to Miss Opening of National Basketball Association Campaign because of Sciatic Nerve Pain.
The veteran player commenced his professional journey with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the year 2003.
LeBron James is sidelined for around four weeks and will miss the opening of the basketball season because of sciatic issues, the Los Angeles Lakers announced.
LeBron James, aged 40, signed a new contract with the Los Angeles Lakers in June of this year and is set to become the initial competitor to play across 23 individual campaigns.
Sciatica refers to discomfort in the nerve that goes down the lower back and down the leg.
LeBron James did not participate in exhibition games and was out for the losses against the Warriors and the Suns recently because of the nerve issue.
The American is expected to be sidelined for each of the five of the Lakers' games in October, including the first game against Golden State.
LeBron James, the highest points scorer in history, has always been present for the beginning of the campaign in his 22-season tenure.
His count of one thousand five hundred sixty-two matches participated in is just 50 short than overtaking former Celtics star Robert Parish's league record.
The four-time NBA champion appeared in 70 of the LA Lakers' eighty-two games last term and was active for 71 matches in the year before.
In the most recent campaign, LeBron James posted 24.4 points, more than 8 assists and 7.8 rebounds per game and placed sixth in the MVP vote.
LA made it to the playoffs in the 2024-25 season but were defeated four games to one against the Minnesota in the initial stage.
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