MINNEAPOLIS — While the Lakers don’t have a specific target date for LeBron James to make his season debut, the team is hopeful the star forward will make his return in a few weeks.

Coach JJ Redick said ahead of the Lakers’ road game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday that the hope is for James, who wasn’t with the team during the trip that ends with Friday’s matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies, to be available to play by the second or third week of November.

James, who turns 41 in December, has been sidelined to start the season because of right side sciatica , with the team announcing on Oct. 9 that he would be reevaluated in about 3-4 weeks – with the three-week mark being Thursday.

“We’re probably somewhere right around that timeline to hopefully get him back in the

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