Lakers’ LeBron James’ Return Date From Injury Revealed

LeBron James is struggling with yet another injury and the Lakers are on a bit of a downward spiral. Fans are worried and many are speculating about James’ return date to the court.

According to head coach Frank Vogel, the injury is not too bad. Apparently, LeBron’s benching is out of caution more than anything else.

Vogel talked about this decision previously.

“The plan right now is to play those guys,” Vogel said. “We still have a lot of areas to continue to improve before we feel like we’re ready to win games in the playoffs and to be at the level that we want to reach. So for us, we’re still in habit-building mode and continuing to just iron some things out. We’re not quite where we were, in my opinion, when the hiatus hit. So our mindset is to continue to play our guys and to get there.”

LeBron has been battling injuries throughout his career. He talked about what the restart has been for his body.

“When you’ve been building six months of conditioning and preparation and then (it’s gone), the narrative that I don’t like (is), ‘Well, now guys get so much rest.’ Or, like, ‘LeBron, he’s 35, he’s got so many minutes on his body, now he gets so much rest,’” James said. “It’s actually the opposite for me because my body, when we stopped playing, was asking me, like, ‘What the hell are you doing?’

“My body was like, ‘Hey man, what the hell is going on? It’s March 13, you’re getting ready for the playoffs, why are you shutting down right now?’ And I was right there turning the corner, like, I felt like I was rounding third base, getting ready for the postseason.”

James’ Return Date To The Court

Fortunately, James’ return date will be Saturday’s tilt against the Pacers.

The Lakers exercised caution with James by holding him out of Thursday’s loss to the Rockets. However, his time on the sidelines will be short lived, as he has been cleared to suit up Saturday. The future Hall-of-Famer has averaged 19.3 points, 10.0 rebounds, 6.3 assists 1.0 steals and 0.8 blocks in four games since the NBA’s restart.