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NBA fans may have to wait slightly longer than expected to see LeBron James make his debut for his 23rd season.

On Thursday, the Los Angeles Lakers confirmed that James is experiencing sciatica. The team expects him to miss the next three to four weeks. Lakers head coach JJ Redick added that James is “on his own timeline.”

James had already missed both of this month’s preseason games with a lower-body injury. He has not fully participated in training camp practices due to what Redick described in late September as “a little bit of nerve irritation in the glute.”

Redick added that the NBA’s all-time leader in minutes “probably (needs) a little bit longer of a ramp-up leading into opening night.”

According to Johns Hopkins, sciatica, also know

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