The Los Angeles Lakers have gotten back on track recently, picking up wins over the New Orleans Pelicans and Milwaukee Bucks over the weekend to help shake off last week's blowout road loss vs the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Lakers currently sit at 10-4, good for fourth place in the Western Conference, and are awaiting the injury return of LeBron James , which could come as soon as this week.

On Monday, James spoke after participating in Lakers practice.

“My lungs feel like a newborn baby … I got to get my lungs back up to a grown man,” admitted James, per Dave McMenamin of ESPN on X, formerly Twitter.

McMenamin also reported that James “said he would have to see how his body responds to today before deciding to play tomorrow or not.”

The Lakers would certainly like to have James

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