The most recent update we got on LeBron James and his foot tendon injury was on Thursday, when Jovan Buha of The Athletic reported that the star is unlikely to return to the floor for the Lakers until the final week or so of the regular season. On Friday, the word from Brian Windhorst of ESPN echoed that tone.
On the latest episode of his “Hoop Collective” podcast, Windhorst repeated multiple times that James is “not close” to getting back on the floor, despite an originally planned reevaluation of his foot slated for next week (emphasis mine):
“What I’ve heard on LeBron is that he is not close.