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LeBron James will miss his second straight game after being dropped from the squad earlier this week for “personal reasons”.
The Los Angeles Lakers star, 39, missed the team’s Sunday, Dec. 8 game against the Portland Trail Blazers with a left leg injury — the first game James has missed this season.
At the team’s practice on Wednesday, December 11, the head coach of the Lakers JJ Redick explained James’s noticeable absence.
“LeBron is not with the team right now,” Redick, 40, told reporters. “He left for personal reasons, an excused absence.”
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Redick said James is “taking some time” away from the team as the four-time MVP tries to get his body right for the rest of his 22nd NBA season.
On Thursday, December 12, the Lakers announced that James will not play in the team’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday, December 13.
Sources he told ESPN that James did not accompany the Lakers on their flight to Minnesota.
The Lakers are scheduled to return to action on Sunday, December 15th at home against the Memphis Grizzlies. James’ status for that game has not yet been announced.
First-year Lakers coach Redick told reporters on Wednesday that James has been tired lately. He last played in the Lakers’ overtime loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Friday, December 6.
“He called for a submarine a couple of times in the game because he was gassed,” Reddick said. “For us, we have to be aware as we play more games, just the cumulative effect of playing a lot of minutes, and Sunday, when he got kicked, felt like a good opportunity for him to get some rest.”
Things haven’t been smooth sailing for LeBron or the Lakers over the past month. Heading into Friday’s game against the Timberwolves, the team had lost seven of its last 10 games.
James, who will turn 40 on December 30, is averaging 23 points, 9.1 assists and 8.0 rebounds on the season.
After the Lakers’ loss to the Hawks, James talked about how injuries to the team’s depth players are making things difficult.
“The mismatch with the lineups, obviously we’re trying to find ways,” he said. “So it’s very challenging.” We don’t have much room for error. … Those are big, big, big, big pieces.”
James added: “I don’t know what’s going to get us over the hump. We just have to not drown. Don’t drown and we’ll be fine.”
