🔗 Share this article James to Miss Start of NBA Season with Sciatic Nerve Pain. James started his professional journey with the Cavaliers in 2003. James is sidelined for approximately a month and will miss the opening of the basketball season because of sciatic nerve pain, Lakers announced. James, aged 40, inked a fresh deal with the Lakers in June and will become the first athlete to play across 23 separate NBA seasons. Sciatic pain refers to discomfort in the sciatic nerve that goes down the spine and into the leg. LeBron James was absent in exhibition games and missed the losses against the Golden State Warriors and the Phoenix Suns this month as a result of the nerve issue. The American is expected to be sidelined for all five of the LA Lakers' games in October, featuring the first game against Golden State Warriors. LeBron James, the highest points scorer in history, has not missed before the start of the campaign in his 22-season tenure. The number of over 1,500 matches participated in is merely 50 less than surpassing former Celtics star Parish's all-time record. The title winner appeared in seventy of the LA Lakers' eighty-two games last term and played on 71 matches in the prior season. The previous season, the player averaged 24.4 points per game, 8.2 assists per game and 7.8 rebounds per game and finished sixth in the Most Valuable Player vote. Los Angeles Lakers reached the play-offs in the 2024-25 season but lost 4-1 against the Timberwolves in the opening round. Connected Areas Basketball