EL SEGUNDO — When it come to LeBron James, the NBA’s all-time minutes leader who is entering an unprecedented 23rd season in the league , Lakers coach JJ Redick said the team is entering “uncharted territory.”

So when it comes to getting him prepared for the 2025-26 season, James and the Lakers plan to have a slow ramp-up period, which included the 40-year-old James not participating in the team’s first training camp practice on Tuesday.

“In talking with performance and in talking with Mike [Mancias, James’ his longtime athletic trainer and the Lakers’ athletic performance liaison] and LeBron, [James] probably did too much last year in camp,” Redick said on Tuesday. “Which was great for me as a first-year head coach to get buy-in from him. But it’ll be a slower process with him leading

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