{"id":255481,"date":"2025-11-01T22:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T22:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/255481\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T22:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T22:55:07","slug":"analyst-makes-straightforward-three-word-claim-on-whats-really-wrong-with-lakers-lebron-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/255481\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyst makes straightforward three-word claim on what’s really wrong with Lakers’ LeBron James"},"content":{"rendered":"

Analyst makes straightforward three-word claim on what’s really wrong with Lakers’ LeBron James<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> don\u2019t look the same without LeBron James on the hardwood.<\/p>\n

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The franchise boasts a 4-3 record through seven games, largely thanks to Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic\u2019s heroic contributions.<\/p>\n

However, James, who\u2019s been glued to the Lakers\u2019 bench with sciatica, will give the franchise the offensive boost they\u2019ve been missing to start the year when he finally makes his season debut.<\/p>\n

However, a popular analyst believes that James\u2019 sciatica isn\u2019t the reason he\u2019s been sidelined in Los Angeles, as he recently made a straightforward three-word take <\/a>on what he thinks is actually wrong with the 40-year-old forward.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s just old,\u201d Charles Barkley said on the Dan Patrick Show on Friday. \u201cEverybody gets old. He says it’s sciatica. You know what that means, Dan? Yeah, I know his back hurts. All old people’s backs hurt, Dan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two things can be true at once. Sciatica is no joke, as the unfortunate injury results in tingling and\/or numbness in the lower back and leg. NBA regular seasons are always lengthy, making Los Angeles\u2019 decision to rest him at the start of the year logical.<\/p>\n

At the same time, James is old, by basketball standards, and likely would agree that he isn\u2019t the same player he used to be.<\/p>\n

Simply put, the 21-time All-Star is old and injured, which isn\u2019t an ideal combination in the big leagues.<\/p>\n

More NBA:\u00a0Insider’s latest LeBron James report isn’t good news for Lakers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Analyst makes straightforward three-word claim on what’s really wrong with Lakers’ LeBron James originally appeared on The Sporting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[45842,49,48,24791,2327,1522,8231,459,118756,82],"class_list":["post-255481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-austin-reaves","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-charles-barkley","tag-lebron-james","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-nba","tag-sciatica","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}