James Set to Miss Start of NBA Season with Sciatica.
The veteran player began his career with the Cleveland team in the year 2003.
James has been ruled out for approximately a month and is set to miss the start of the NBA season due to sciatica, the Los Angeles Lakers announced.
James, aged 40, inked a fresh deal with the Los Angeles Lakers in the month of June and is set to become the initial competitor to participate across 23 separate NBA seasons.
Sciatic pain involves pain in the sciatic region that extends through the back and through the leg.
LeBron James has not taken part in exhibition games and missed the losses against the Golden State and the Phoenix earlier this month because of the sciatic problem.
The veteran is projected to sit out for each of the five of the team's games in the month of October, including the season-opener against the Warriors.
James, the league's top scorer, has always been present for the beginning of the season in his 22-year career.
His tally of 1,562 regular-season appearances is merely 50 less than breaking former Boston star the legend's all-time record.
The title winner played in 70 of the team's eighty-two games last season and competed in 71 matches in the year before.
Last season, LeBron James recorded over 24 points, 8.2 assists and nearly 8 rebounds per game and finished sixth in the MVP vote.
The Lakers qualified for the play-offs in last season but lost four games to one against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the initial stage.
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