LeBron James will not travel with the Los Angeles Lakers on their 5-game trip.
Lakers fans, the King is staying home! You heard that right! LeBron James won’t be joining the Los Angeles Lakers on their upcoming five-game road trip, and fans have a lot of questions.
Let’s be honest, a Lakers road trip without LeBron is like a concert without the headliner. Sure, the openers will show up, but it’s never quite the same without the King leading the show.
James will not travel with the Lakers on their upcoming five-game trip through Atlanta, Charlotte, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and Milwaukee, sources told ESPN.
While the Lakers are on the road, their G League affiliate, the South Bay Lakers, will be practicing at the team’s practice facility in El Segundo, California. It is unclear whether James would join South Bay for practices or wait for the Lakers to return for a group session, sources told Charania.
This means the earliest James could return is Nov. 18, when L.A. hosts the Utah Jazz.
And you can’t blame LeBron too much, he’s been carrying the Lakers for years, and now he needs some time to recover from his injury.
Still, without him, the Lakers’ trip could get rough. Five games on the road, no LeBron leadership, and all the pressure in the world? Good luck to the team.
So as the Lakers pack their bags, LeBron packs his ice baths and remote control. The King is resting and recovering, the internet is roasting, and the Lakers are figuring out how to win without LeBron.
