The Los Angeles Lakers announced last Thursday (March 2) that LeBron James would have his “right foot tendon injury” reevaluated in three weeks, a timeline that would put him on pace to return (at the earliest) on March 23, which is a little more than two weeks before the NBA regular season ends and the playoffs begin.
However, as Lakers fans should be more than familiar with after the last several years, the date a player is reevaluated is rarely the date that they actually return. This situation is probably no different, which may be why NBA insider Shams Charania said on FanDuel TV that he doesn’t expect James to be back on the court on that date, and that he doesn’t think the Lakers do, either (emphasis mine):
“They need LeBron James back in the lineup (but) we don’t know when that will be.