The Los Angeles Lakers are currently struggling early in the season winning just five of their first ten games.
The team were dealing with a lot of injuries as Trevor Ariza, Kendrick Nunn and Talen Horton-Tucker remain to be out and yet to play their first game this season.
Even their superstar LeBron James already missed four games this season due to injuries and was initially reported to be out for one to two weeks due to abdominal strain.
But things were getting worse as new update about James’ realistic timetable was revealed by a former Lakers strengthening coach.
According to Tim DiFranceso, the Lakers’ superstar could even miss months due to his injury.
In an article published by ‘The Athletics‘:
“The most insight into James’ injury so far came in the form of an Instagram post from the Lakers’ former head strength and conditioning coach, Tim DiFrancesco. Now the owner of TD Athlete’s Edge, a training and rehab operation near Boston, DiFrancesco explained in a post Saturday morning that the injury is one that can occur with the overextension of the torso combined with extreme force — such as a powerful serve in tennis or a tomahawk dunk in basketball.”
“Recovery time? Four to eight weeks for even a minor strain, according to DiFrancesco.”
DiFranceso also said that his claims could be proven wrong as he cited he’s not pivy to the grade of LeBron’s case.
Absolutely! I’m expecting to be proven wrong here. As I stated in the article, I’m not privy to the grade of this case. I’m speaking across grades and what to expect depending on what grade it is. My hope is that he is dealing w/ a basic grade 1 and he’s back in action soon.
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