James to Miss Start of NBA Campaign with Sciatica.
James started his career with the Cavaliers in two thousand and three.
The Lakers superstar is sidelined for approximately a month and is confirmed to miss the opening of the basketball season due to sciatic nerve pain, the Los Angeles Lakers stated.
LeBron James, 40, signed a new contract with the Lakers in June and is set to become the first player to compete across 23 individual campaigns.
Sciatic nerve issues is a pain in the sciatic nerve that travels down the spine and through the leg.
LeBron James did not participate in exhibition games and missed the defeats against the Golden State and the Suns earlier this month due to the sciatic problem.
James is projected to sit out for every one of the five of the team's games in October, including the opening match against Golden State Warriors.
The star, the highest points scorer in history, has never previously missed the start of the campaign in his two-decade-plus career.
His count of over 1,500 matches participated in is just 50 short than breaking former Boston star Parish's NBA record.
The title winner appeared in seventy of the Lakers' 82 games last term and was active for 71 occasions in the year before.
The previous season, James recorded 24.4 points, 8.2 assists per game and 7.8 rebounds per game per game and came in sixth in the MVP award vote.
Los Angeles 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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