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James taking it easy to start Year 23
Los Angeles Times
|October 01, 2025
LeBron James did not participate in the Lakers' first day of training camp Tuesday because of "nerve irritation in the glute.
ROBERT GAUTHIER Los Angeles Times LEBRON JAMES shares a laugh with James Worthy on media day as James prepares for a 23rd season.
James' teammates Marcus Smart, Gabe Vincent and Adou Thiero were "under either return to play protocols or modified protocols" during the team's first sessions.
James is entering his NBA-record 23rd season and the goal is to ramp him up to be ready for the regular-season opener Oct. 21 against the Golden State Warriors at Crypto.com Arena.
"Yeah, I think it's probably a little bit longer of a ramp-up leading into opening night for him just obviously in Year 23, it's uncharted territory here," Lakers coach JJ Redick said.
"So, I felt, and in talking with performance and in talking with Mike (Mancias, James' personal trainer) and LeBron, like probably did too much last year in camp, which was great for me as a first-year head coach to get buy-in from him.
This story is from the October 01, 2025 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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