The Injury Diagnosis Is Reportedly In For LeBron James

Things don’t look really well for the Los Angeles Lakers at the moment. LeBron James suffered an injury in the game against the Atlanta Hawks and had to leave the floor. The Lakers have ruled him out indefinitely. This is the worst scenario we could’ve ever imagined. Playing with LeBron is hard, and it looks like Lakers players will have to do this for a while. Now we know the injury diagnosis doctors set for LeBron.

The 36-year-old suffered a high ankle sprain on Saturday. Experts believe that LeBron won’t return to the floor in the near future. The Lakers were getting ready to replicate the success, but it won’t be easy with LeBron out of the game. Anthony Davis has been sidelined since mid-February.

A concerning injury diagnosis of LeBron

The four-time NBA champion took to Twitter to deliver a message for his teammates.

“Nothing angers and saddens me more than not being available to and for my teammates,” LeBron said about the injury. “I’m hurt inside and out right now. The road back from recovery begins now.”

NBA insider Shams Charania said LeBron would miss at least a few weeks.

A sports doctor made a prediction too. According to this prediction, LeBron won’t return in the next three weeks.

“These take at least three weeks [to heal]. That is the best-case scenario,” Dr. Jesse Morse said. “LeBron is a genetic freak in a good way, but this is not an injury you can come back from too quickly.”

Developing – LeBron James is initially expected to miss several weeks due to his high right ankle sprain, sources tell @ShamsCharania.

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The Lakers stand on top of the West. Playing without LeBron and AD would push them down.

“A high ankle sprain likely means a minimum of two weeks, but depending on the severity of the sprain it could be six weeks or more,” Bill Oram explained. “The nature of the sprain — the fact it was an eversion sprain, opposite of a standard sprain when the ankle rolls to the outside of the foot — complicates things. Because James ankle buckled the other way, there is the possibility of a bone bruise developing on the tip of the fibula when it rammed into the ankle bone. That would be even tougher to come back from.”