LeBron James revealed just a few hours earlier than the NBA All-Star Recreation on Sunday that he is not going to play resulting from ankle and foot ache.
“You received’t see something from me tonight, sadly. I can’t be in uniform tonight,” James mentioned at a pregame press convention. “Nonetheless coping with ankle and foot discomfort, so I can’t be taking part in tonight, sadly. You realize, I hate that.”
James was chosen to his record-extending twenty first All-Star Recreation. He was set to play for Workforce Shaq within the new four-team mini-tournament format.
The 40-year-old missed one current recreation, February 8 towards the Indiana Pacers, resulting from left ankle soreness.
James is averaging 24.3 factors, 9.0 assists and seven.7 rebounds per recreation in 48 video games for the Los Angeles Lakers, lacking simply 4 video games with damage or sickness.
The brand new All-Star format will see two semifinal video games, the primary pitting Workforce Kenny (captained by Kenny “The Jet” Smith) towards Workforce Chuck (Charles Barkley) and the second pitting Workforce Shaq (Shaquille O’Neal) towards Workforce Candace, a group made up of Rising Stars choices captained by Candace Parker.