JJ Redick Makes LeBron James Injury Announcement as Lakers Star Misses Pelicans Game LeBron sits again, the Lakers tread carefully, and JJ Redick lays out the bigger plan as L.A. navigates his season.

Did that alley-oop dunk with Luka Doncic against Dallas end up aggravating LeBron James ’ injury? Fans lit up social media, insisting retirement is nowhere near for a 40-year-old who’s still throwing down lobs like it’s nothing. But that confidence might need a reset, because age finally knocks on LeBron’s door and the Lakers, along with head coach JJ Redick, are answering it with a strictly “cautious” approach.

As The Athletic’s Dan Woike notes, JJ Redick makes the team’s goal clear: the plan “is to get James to the point where he can play in back to backs.” That mission starts with sitting him on the first night of this latest back-to-back set.

Before the Lakers even take the floor against the Pelicans , the injury report dropped and LeBron James’ name is right there. Not for sci