James Set to Miss Opening of NBA Season with Sciatic Issues.
James started his career with the Cavaliers in two thousand and three.
James has been ruled out for up to four weeks and is set to miss the opening of the league campaign because of sciatic nerve pain, Lakers announced.
James, aged 40, signed a new contract with the Lakers in June and is poised to be the first player to participate across 23 separate NBA seasons.
Sciatic pain refers to discomfort in the sciatic region that travels down the back and through the leg.
The athlete has not taken part in pre-season and did not play in the losses against the Golden State Warriors and the Phoenix earlier this month due to the sciatic problem.
The American will likely miss for each of the five of the team's games in October, including the season-opener against Golden State Warriors.
LeBron James, the league's top scorer, has not missed before the opening of the season in his two-decade-plus career.
The number of one thousand five hundred sixty-two games played is only 50 away than breaking former Boston Celtics star the legend's NBA record.
The champion appeared in 70 out of the Lakers' 82 games last season and played on 71 occasions in the previous year.
In the most recent campaign, the player averaged over 24 points, more than 8 assists and 7.8 rebounds per game per game and finished sixth in the MVP award vote.
The Lakers made it to the play-offs in last season but lost 4-1 against the Timberwolves in the first round.
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