James to Miss Start of National Basketball Association Campaign due to Sciatic Issues.
LeBron James started his professional journey with the Cavaliers in 2003.
LeBron James is sidelined for approximately a month and is confirmed to miss the start of the NBA season because of sciatic issues, Lakers stated.
James, aged 40, inked a fresh deal with the Los Angeles Lakers in June and is set to become the initial competitor to play across 23 separate NBA seasons.
Sciatica involves pain in the sciatic region that goes down the spine and through the leg.
LeBron James has not taken part in exhibition games and did not play in the defeats against the Golden State and the Phoenix Suns earlier this month because of the glute nerve irritation.
The veteran will likely miss for every one of the five of the Lakers' games in October, including the season-opener against the Warriors.
The star, the league's top scorer, has not missed before the beginning of the season in his two-decade-plus career.
His count of over 1,500 matches participated in is just 50 short than breaking former Boston Celtics star Robert Parish's league record.
The four-time NBA champion appeared in 70 out of the LA Lakers' eighty-two games last season and was active for 71 occasions in the prior season.
Last season, James averaged over 24 points, 8.2 assists and 7.8 rebounds per game and placed sixth in the MVP vote.
The Lakers made it to the playoffs in the 2024-25 season but fell in five games against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the initial stage.
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