The veteran player commenced his career with the Cleveland team in the year 2003.
The Lakers superstar has been ruled out for approximately a month and is set to miss the beginning of the NBA season because of sciatica, Lakers have confirmed.
LeBron James, forty, signed a new contract with the Lakers in June and will become the first athlete to compete across 23 separate NBA seasons.
Sciatic pain involves pain in the sciatic region that goes down the back and through the leg.
LeBron James has not taken part in preseason and did not play in the losses against the Golden State Warriors and the Suns this month because of the nerve issue.
James will likely miss for all five of the team's games in October, featuring the opening match against Golden State Warriors.
The star, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, has never previously missed the opening of the season in his 22-season tenure.
His count of 1,562 regular-season appearances is only 50 away than breaking former Boston Celtics star the legend's all-time record.
The four-time NBA champion appeared in seventy of the LA Lakers' 82 games last season and played on 71 matches in the prior season.
Last season, the player averaged over 24 points, more than 8 assists and 7.8 rebounds per game and placed sixth in the MVP vote.
The Lakers reached the postseason in 2024-25 but lost 4-1 against the Minnesota in the initial stage.
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