LeBron James to Miss Opening of National Basketball Association Season with Sciatic Issues.
James started his NBA path with the Cleveland team in the year 2003.
LeBron James is sidelined for approximately a month and is confirmed to miss the beginning of the league campaign with sciatic nerve pain, the Los Angeles Lakers have confirmed.
James, aged 40, agreed to a new agreement with the Lakers in June and is poised to be the first athlete to participate across 23 distinct seasons.
Sciatic pain involves pain in the nerve that extends through the spine and into the leg.
LeBron James was absent in pre-season and did not play in the defeats against the Golden State and the Suns this month because of the glute nerve irritation.
James is projected to sit out for each of the five of the Lakers' games in October, featuring the season-opener against the Warriors.
James, the league's top scorer, has never previously missed the opening of the season in his 22-season tenure.
His tally of 1,562 matches participated in is merely 50 less than surpassing former Boston Celtics star the legend's NBA record.
The title winner appeared in 70 of the Lakers' eighty-two games last season and competed in 71 occasions in the prior season.
In the most recent campaign, LeBron James averaged 24.4 points per game, 8.2 assists and 7.8 rebounds per game and finished sixth in the MVP award vote.
Los Angeles Lakers made it to the playoffs in last season but lost 4-1 against the Minnesota in the opening round.
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