{"id":112322,"date":"2025-10-19T13:20:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=112322"},"modified":"2025-10-19T13:20:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:20:29","slug":"breaking-news-the-lakers-and-lebron-james-have-just-made-a-historic-announcement-thats-shaking-the-entire-nba-world-as-details-unfold-fans-and-players-alike-are-flooding-social-media-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=112322","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: The Lakers and LeBron James have just made a historic announcement that\u2019s shaking the entire NBA world. 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James, who joined the Lakers in 2019, had several autographed cards with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat, his previous two teams.<\/p>\n<h2>LeBron James to Miss Season Opener<\/h2>\n<p>Even as LeBron James makes history off the court, he will snap a longstanding trend on October 21, missing the Lakers\u2019 2025-26 season opener against the\u00a0Golden State Warriors due to sciatica in his left leg.<\/p>\n<p>James had never missed any of his previous 22 season openers, dating from his 2003-04 rookie season with the Cavaliers, until his 22nd season in 2023-24 as part of the Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>James went 8-14 in his previous 22 season-openers and had not won the first game of a season in Lakers colors until the 2024-24 campaign when Los Angeles defeated the\u00a0Minnesota Timberwolves.<\/p>\n<p>Through the 22 games, James 25.0 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 6.1 assists on 50.1% shooting, numbers that are slightly lower than his career stats.<\/p>\n<h2>Lakers Begin Luka Doncic Era<\/h2>\n<p>With James sidelined until mid-November, the Lakers can fast-track the process of handing the keys to\u00a0Luka Doncic, their new franchise player. In James\u2019 absence, Doncic will get the opportunity to display leadership qualities and run the offense, unlike last season when he shared the workload with James and\u00a0Austin Reaves.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers are\u00a0expected to start Gabe Vincent in place of James, according to Lakers head coach JJ Redick.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t know anything about who I\u2019m going to be starting the rest of the season,\u201d\u00a0Redick said\u00a0after the team\u2019s final preseason game. \u201cThere are injuries, and things happen throughout the year. I have a pretty good idea who\u2019s going to start Game 1. After that, I don\u2019t know. But I do think in that lineup there\u2019s a lot of shooting around Luka and DA, and Gabe is another ball handler, another tough defender.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Articles \/ Paragraph Links\">Redick is focused on the personnel at hand, noting how James\u2019 injury could be \u201ctricky\u201d and his return timeline could be altered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lakers, LeBron James Make Historic Announcement, NBA Reacts The National Basketball Association (NBA) has hailed the\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0and\u00a0LeBron James for making \u201chistory\u201d with their new autograph cards&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112323,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING NEWS: The Lakers and LeBron James have just made a historic announcement that\u2019s shaking the entire NBA world. 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