LeBron James returned to the Lakers’ lineup Sunday evening after lacking their final two video games as a result of private causes and a left foot damage, and whereas he informed reporters he felt “pretty good,” the 40-year-old celebrity additionally revealed that his foot damage hasn’t light but.
“It’s not behind me,” James informed reporters after the Lakers’ 116-110 win over the Grizzlies, in accordance with The Athletic. “It’s an everyday thing.”
James added that he has handled the foot damage for a number of years, the outlet reported.
Head coach JJ Redick had beforehand described his “personal reasons” absence as an excused one.
Redick informed reporters Wednesday that James — who missed his first recreation of the season Dec. 8 towards the Path Blazers — wasn’t with the workforce and would “take some time” earlier than returning, and that included a second missed recreation Friday towards the Timberwolves.
However he returned Sunday and completed with 18 factors on 7-for-17 capturing, although that didn’t assist a scoring common (23.0 factors per recreation getting into the evening) on tempo to be James’ lowest mark since his rookie season (20.9).
At one level throughout this current hunch, James missed 20 consecutive 3-pointers, although he related on 6-of-11 photographs from past the arc throughout his last recreation earlier than the two-game absence and added one other three 3s on Sunday.
“I felt my foot, felt my body … I did my pregame workout on that Sunday for the Portland game and decided it was probably best if I took that day off,” James informed reporters, in accordance with the AP. “I had the opportunity to take more days and get my mind, body and just everything where I wanted to be for tonight, and it worked out.”
James, whose son Bronny was drafted by Los Angeles within the second spherical of the 2024 NBA Draft and has shuttled between the NBA and G League, and the Lakers (14-12) don’t play once more till Thursday, once they journey to face the Kings.
“It’s very rare throughout the course of the season where you can take advantage of the schedule,” James informed reporters Sunday, “and I was able to do that the past week.”
