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LeBron out 3-4 Weeks, Injury concerns for Luka. Are the Lakers Falling Behind?
The news out of El Segundo Thursday wasn't good. LeBron James, who hadn't participated in full speed drills yet this preseason, will miss the next 3-4 weeks with sciatica. At that point, he'll be re-evaluated. So there's really no guarantee all of this will be cleared up in a month.
That means the Lakers will be without James almost surely for the first 9 or 10 games this season, and very (very, very) possibly for more.
So what happens now? How much does this hurt the Lakers going forward? There is a tremendous amount to unpack, here.
And to make it worse, Luka Dončić, who was a full…
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