The Los Angeles Lakers recently got some tough injury news when it was revealed that LeBron James would miss 3-4 weeks to open up the season, as reported by ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania. The news came just days after James conned the sports world into thinking he was announcing his retirement, only to instead promote Hennessy.
The Lakers' preseason slate will continue this weekend with their second straight game against the Golden State Warriors, and recently, head coach JJ Redick gave an update on his starting backcourt heading into that matchup.
“ Luka Doncic is TBD for tomorrow’s game vs. GSW, per JJ Redick. Redick said Doncic will play in two preseason games. Doncic was a full participant in today’s practice,” reported Lakers insider Jovan Buha on X, formerly Twitter.
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