James to Miss Beginning of NBA Campaign due to Sciatic Issues.
The veteran player commenced his NBA path with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003.
James has been ruled out for around four weeks and is confirmed to miss the beginning of the basketball season with sciatic issues, the Los Angeles Lakers announced.
James, 40, agreed to a new agreement with the LA team in June of this year and is set to become the first player to compete across 23 individual campaigns.
Sciatica is a pain in the sciatic nerve that travels down the back and into the leg.
James was absent in preseason and was out for the games against the Golden State Warriors and the Suns recently due to the nerve issue.
James is expected to be sidelined for every one of the five of the Lakers' games in October, featuring the opening match against Golden State Warriors.
James, the highest points scorer in history, has never previously missed the beginning of the NBA year in his 22-season tenure.
His count of one thousand five hundred sixty-two games played is merely 50 less than breaking former Celtics star the legend's NBA record.
The four-time NBA champion played in 70 out of the team's 82 games last term and competed in 71 games in the previous year.
Last season, James averaged over 24 points, 8.2 assists per game and nearly 8 rebounds per game and came in sixth in the Most Valuable Player vote.
The Lakers made it to the playoffs in last season but lost 4-1 against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round.
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