It sounds like the Lakers and LeBron James are just being careful and letting him fully recover from his abdominal strain, rather than this being a serious injury.
The Lakers have yet to provide an official injury timeline for LeBron James — who has missed the team’s last three games with an abdominal strain, and will miss a fourth when they play against the Miami Heat on Wednesday — but it has been six days since Shams Charania of The Athletic reported that James was expected to miss approximately 1-2 weeks with the setback.
Nearly a week later, Brian Windhorst of ESPN has given us the latest update on James’ status, and for Lakers fans, it’s certainly a positive one (emphasis mine):
“Yeah, this is not a severe injury. He is rehabbing this, and from what I am told, the rehab is going well. He may have to do some reconditioning a little bit, but this is not going to keep him out an extended period… This is not something that is going to dramatically impact his ability. And it’s coming at a portion of the schedule with the Lakers where it’s not that difficult. They haven’t done great, I agree, but this is a time where if you’re going to nurse an injury, this is that time of the season, and that’s what LeBron is doing.”
