James to Miss Beginning of National Basketball Association Season due to Sciatic Issues.
LeBron James began his career with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003.
James will be absent for up to four weeks and is confirmed to miss the beginning of the NBA season because of sciatic issues, the Los Angeles Lakers have confirmed.
James, 40, agreed to a new agreement with the Los Angeles Lakers in June of this year and is set to become the first player to compete across 23 distinct seasons.
Sciatic pain involves pain in the nerve that extends through the back and down the leg.
The athlete was absent in preseason and did not play in the defeats against the Golden State Warriors and the Phoenix this month as a result of the glute nerve irritation.
The American will likely miss for every one of the five of the LA Lakers' games in the month of October, which includes the season-opener against Golden State Warriors.
James, the highest points scorer in history, has always been present for the opening of the campaign in his 22-year career.
His count of over 1,500 games played is only 50 away than surpassing former Boston star Robert Parish's all-time record.
The champion appeared in seventy of the LA Lakers' 82 games the previous campaign and competed in 71 games in the year before.
The previous season, the player recorded 24.4 points, 8.2 assists per game and 7.8 rebounds per game and finished sixth in the Most Valuable Player vote.
Los Angeles Lakers reached the play-offs in 2024-25 but fell in five games against the Minnesota in the opening round.
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