In a move that was bound to happen eventually, the Los Angeles Lakers ended LeBron James’ season on Saturday, the team announced.
The Lakers have been trending downwards for the last few weeks and recently were officially eliminated from playoff contention. That meant James sitting out some games pretty much was inevitable, especially given the star’s battle with a lingering groin injury, which the team made note of in their announcement, per ESPN’s Dave McMenamin.
That groin injury came on Christmas Day, and forced LeBron to miss a month, which proved to be a major turning point in a once semi-promising season for the Lakers.
James has played in the NBA Finals each of the last eight seasons, and has not missed the playoffs since 2005, so this probably is not how he pictured his first season in LA turning out.
