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Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

LeBron James Nursing Injury, Lakers Season Opener in Jeopardy

Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

After a really fun first day of school (Media Day) the Lakers got down to work on Tuesday, and some of the shine came off the apple fairly quickly. Why? Health. First, LeBron James sat out with what JJ Redick described as "a little bit of nerve irritation in the glute." It's something the Lakers are obviously going to be careful with, and that could keep James on the sidelines for the full slate of preseason games as the Lakers work him through a "little bit longer" ramp up to the regular season opener on October 21st. The Lakers were likely to treat James carefully anyway through training camp, given his always high level of fitness and the fact he's entering his 23rd season. There is no indication yet he's in danger of missing the start of the regular season. Nevertheless, Lakers fans are going to be nervous about this, and it's totally reasonable. The vibes with Marcus Smart aren't too much better. He isn't practicing yet because of tendinopathy in his left Achilles, an ailment that if nothing else sounds kinda scary. Gabe Vincent is nursing knee soreness, and likely won't be cleared until next week. So are the Lakers in the danger zone yet? Hardly. But it's always better to start with everyone on the floor, and they can't do that. One guy who is playing? Deandre Ayton, who was frank and highly self-aware in his time talking to the media Monday. HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: LeBron dinged up to start camp. SEGMENT 2: Smart sore, as well. SEGMENT 3: Deandre Ayton knows the stakes. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! 5-Hour ENERGY Enough with boring, flavorless caffeine, it’s time to give your caffeine a flavor upgrade with 5-hour ENERGY®️ shots. Get the favorites you love or be bold and try something new in-store and online at https://www.5hourENERGY.com or Amazon today.  Peloton Let yourself run, lift, flex, and push forward. Explore the new Peloton Cross Training Tread+ today at https://www.onepeloton.com. Monarch Money Take control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code LOCKEDONNBA at https://monarchmoney.com/lockedonnba for 50% off your first year FanDuel Right now, new customers can bet just FIVE dollars and if your bet wins—you’ll get THREE HUNDRED dollars in bonus bets to use across the app. Download the FanDuel app now by visiting https://FanDuel.comto get started FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)

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0:00.0

Hey everyone. Welcome to Lock on Lakers for Wednesday. Brian Kaminetsky, Andy Kaminetsky,

0:04.2

LeBron James sits out the first day of practice and is on a slow ramp up to opening day.

0:10.8

Any reason for concern? That's next.

0:19.3

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0:58.4

And today, Andy, I imagine they are talking about LeBron James, who sat out practice on

1:04.5

Monday and may sit out a few more practices between now and the beginning of the season,

1:09.1

may not even play any preseason games.

1:11.9

Andy, we don't know for sure if he's going to be in the regular season opener.

1:16.4

We'll get to all that in a second.

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