A lingering ankle injury will cost LeBron James a meeting with the Warriors on Saturday after the Lakers superstar was listed as out for the second time since becoming the NBA’s all-time leading scorer. But, according to TNT’s Chris Haynes, a different nagging injury is threatening to impact James as the season continues.
James has been on the Lakers’s injury report due to left ankle soreness throughout the season, and was even listed as questionable with the injury prior to his record-breaking performance against the Thunder on Tuesday. However, according to Haynes, the more pressing concern surrounding James, who did not finish the 133–130 loss, is a foot injury that he was “severely struggling” with during the game.
“It’s something that’s been nagging him for a few weeks already, but it gets to points where it just gets unbearable and he plays through it. And people that talked to me said he was really struggling with that foot,” Haynes said on his podcast, #thisleague UNCUT, with fellow NBA insider Marc Stein.
