LeBron James hasn’t missed a season opener since the beginning of his 23-year-long NBA career. And that streak? It’s about to end. The Lakers announced the 40-year-old will sit at least three weeks with right-side sciatica, keeping him out for the October 21 tip-off and sparking one big question about whether this really started on the golf course. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst addressed the suspicions head-on, speaking on NBA Today .

“Let me deal with the elephant in the room because I know I got a lot of text messages about this,” he said. “People were asking me, ‘Was this a golf-related injury?’ Because LeBron played golf all summer. And sciatica is something that happens to golfers.” Windhorst clarified it wasn’t. “ This is an injury that is related to basketball ,” he explained,

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