James Set to Miss Beginning of National Basketball Association Season with Sciatic Issues.
James started his professional journey with the Cavaliers in two thousand and three.
The Lakers superstar will be absent for up to four weeks and is set to miss the opening of the basketball season due to sciatica, LA Lakers announced.
LeBron James, aged 40, inked a fresh deal with the Lakers in June of this year and is poised to be the initial competitor to play across 23 individual campaigns.
Sciatic nerve issues involves pain in the nerve that travels down the back and down the leg.
James did not participate in exhibition games and missed the games against the Golden State Warriors and the Phoenix Suns this month as a result of the sciatic problem.
James is expected to be sidelined for all five of the team's games in the month of October, featuring the season-opener against the Warriors.
James, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, has not missed before the beginning of the NBA year in his 22-year career.
The number of 1,562 games played is just 50 short than breaking former Celtics star Parish's NBA record.
The champion featured in 70 of the LA Lakers' 82 games last season and was active for 71 matches in the year before.
Last season, the player averaged 24.4 points, 8.2 assists and 7.8 rebounds per game per game and finished sixth in the Most Valuable Player vote.
The Lakers qualified for the playoffs in last season but were defeated four games to one against the Timberwolves in the first round.
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