LeBron James suffered a left knee injury after colliding with the Minnesota Timberwolves' Donte Dincenzo during the Los Angeles Lakers' season-ending Game 5 loss on Wednesday, according to ESPN's Dave McMenamin. The injury is a Grade 2 MCL sprain with an anticipated recovery time of between three and five weeks, per McMenamin.

Central to these arguments, alongside one Michael Jeffrey Jordan, is LeBron James, the quadragenarian “kid from Akron” who is on his way, in all likelihood, to a record 21st All-NBA appearance this year.

LeBron James’s 22nd NBA season opened with a historic father-son moment and took a sharp turn thanks to a midseason blockbuster trade for Luka Doncic, but it ended abruptly Wednesday when the Los Angeles Lakers were eliminated from the playoffs by the Minnesota Timberwolves.