LeBron James Set to Miss Opening of NBA Campaign because of Sciatic Nerve Pain.
The veteran player commenced his career with the Cleveland team in 2003.
The Lakers superstar has been ruled out for around four weeks and is confirmed to miss the opening of the NBA season with sciatic nerve pain, LA Lakers announced.
James, aged 40, signed a new contract with the Lakers in the month of June and will become the first athlete to participate across 23 individual campaigns.
Sciatic nerve issues involves pain in the nerve that travels down the spine and down the leg.
James did not participate in pre-season and missed the losses against the Golden State and the Phoenix Suns this month as a result of the sciatic problem.
The American is expected to be sidelined for all five of the LA Lakers' games in the month of October, featuring the season-opener against Golden State.
The star, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, has never previously missed the beginning of the NBA year in his two-decade-plus career.
His count of one thousand five hundred sixty-two games played is only 50 away than breaking former Boston star Parish's league record.
The title winner featured in 70 out of the LA Lakers' eighty-two games the previous campaign and competed in 71 occasions in the previous year.
In the most recent campaign, James posted over 24 points, more than 8 assists and nearly 8 rebounds per game and finished sixth in the MVP award vote.
The Lakers qualified for the postseason in last season but lost 4-1 against the Minnesota in the initial stage.
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