James to Miss Opening of National Basketball Association Campaign with Sciatic Nerve Pain.
LeBron James began his career with the Cleveland team in 2003.
James is sidelined for around four weeks and will miss the opening of the NBA season due to sciatic issues, LA Lakers have confirmed.
LeBron James, forty, agreed to a new agreement with the Lakers in June of this year and is set to become the initial competitor to participate across 23 distinct seasons.
Sciatica is a pain in the sciatic region that goes down the spine and through the leg.
LeBron James has not taken part in preseason and was out for the losses against the Warriors and the Phoenix Suns earlier this month as a result of the glute nerve irritation.
The American is expected to be sidelined for every one of the five of the team's games in October, which includes the first game against the Warriors.
James, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, has not missed before the opening of the campaign in his 22-year career.
His count of 1,562 matches participated in is merely 50 less than breaking former Boston Celtics star the legend's NBA record.
The title winner played in 70 out of the LA Lakers' 82 games last term and competed in 71 games in the previous year.
Last season, James posted 24.4 points, 8.2 assists and nearly 8 rebounds per game and came in sixth in the MVP award vote.
LA qualified for the playoffs in last season but fell four games to one against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round.
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