After missing all the Los Angeles Lakers’ preseason games this year, LeBron James has yet to make his regular-season debut. The Lakers superstar remains sidelined with a sciatica injury. Reports suggested that he could return to the lineup by mid-November.

However, not everyone is convinced by the official explanation for his absence, and that includes NBA legend Charles Barkley. Barkley recently claimed that LeBron doesn’t have sciatica.

In a recent episode of The Dan Patrick Show, Barkley again didn’t hold back his skepticism about LeBron’s reported injury. The Hall of Famer dismissed the sciatica claim and instead chalked up LeBron’s condition to simple aging.

“He’s just old… His back hurt. All old people’s back hurt, Dan. All old people’s back hurt. You can you can dress it up like

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