(FILES) USA's #06 LeBron James challenges South Sudan's #05 Nuni Omot in the men's preliminary round group C basketball match between USA and South Sudan during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, northern France, on July 31, 2024. Los Angeles superstar LeBron James is set to miss the Lakers' NBA season-opener after the team said he will be sidelined three to four weeks with sciatica, multiple US media outlets reported on October 9, 2025. The Lakers revealed the diagnosis of right-side sciatica after the team's practice, where the 40-year-old James again was not a full participant. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images)