James to Miss Opening of NBA Campaign due to Sciatic Issues.

The Lakers star during a game — The veteran player started his professional journey with the Cleveland team in 2003.

LeBron James will be absent for up to four weeks and is set to miss the start of the basketball season due to sciatica, LA Lakers stated.

James, forty, inked a fresh deal with the LA team in June of this year and is set to become the initial competitor to play across 23 separate NBA seasons.

Sciatic nerve issues involves pain in the sciatic region that extends through the lower back and down the leg.

James was absent in pre-season and missed the losses against the Golden State and the Suns recently as a result of the nerve issue.

James is expected to be sidelined for all five of the LA Lakers' games in October, which includes the first game against Golden State.

The star, the NBA's all-time leading scorer, has always been present for the opening of the campaign in his two-decade-plus career.

The number of one thousand five hundred sixty-two regular-season appearances is only 50 away than surpassing former Celtics star Robert Parish's all-time record.

The title winner played in seventy of the Lakers' 82 games the previous campaign and competed in 71 matches in the previous year.

The previous season, LeBron James posted over 24 points, 8.2 assists and nearly 8 rebounds per game and finished sixth in the MVP vote.

Los Angeles Lakers qualified for the postseason in the 2024-25 season but fell in five games against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the opening round.