LeBron James Set to Miss Opening of National Basketball Association Season due to Sciatic Nerve Pain.
The veteran player started his professional journey with the Cavaliers in two thousand and three.
The Lakers superstar is sidelined for around four weeks and is confirmed to miss the beginning of the basketball season due to sciatic nerve pain, Lakers announced.
LeBron James, forty, signed a new contract with the LA team in June of this year and is set to become the first player to play across 23 distinct seasons.
Sciatica refers to discomfort in the sciatic nerve that extends through the spine and into the leg.
The athlete has not taken part in preseason and was out for the defeats against the Warriors and the Phoenix Suns this month as a result of the glute nerve irritation.
The veteran is projected to sit out for every one of the five of the Lakers' games in October, which includes the first game against Golden State.
The star, the highest points scorer in history, has not missed before the opening of the campaign in his 22-season tenure.
The number of 1,562 games played is just 50 short than overtaking former Boston Celtics star Parish's all-time record.
The four-time NBA champion played in 70 out of the Lakers' eighty-two games the previous campaign and played on 71 games in the previous year.
In the most recent campaign, the player recorded 24.4 points, 8.2 assists per game and nearly 8 rebounds per game and placed sixth in the MVP award vote.
Los Angeles Lakers reached the play-offs in the 2024-25 season but were defeated four games to one against the Timberwolves in the opening round.
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