Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is inching closer to returning to the court after missing the start of the 2025-26 NBA season due to sciatica. Speaking to reporters on Monday after his first full practice with the team this season, James admitted, “My lungs feel like a newborn baby … I got to get my lungs back up to a grown man.”

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Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has yet to debut this season as he was dealing with sciatica in his lower back. James was with the Lakers' G League affiliate, the South Bay Lakers, and has since been reassigned back to the NBA squad ahead of his first game this season.

The Los Angeles Lakers have posted an encouraging 10-4 record on the young 2025-26 NBA season — and they've done so without one of the best players of all time

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The Los Angeles Lakers and a couple LeBron James associates are cooperating with NBA investigators as the league expands its ongoing probe of illegal gambling a