When Lakers fans last saw LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the rest of the purple and gold on the court in the Western Conference Finals, the team was banged up. Most notably, James had been playing on a torn tendon in his right foot that was reported to potentially require surgery, while Davis had been dealing with bone spurs and a stress reaction in his own right foot.
At Las Vegas Summer League in July, Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka said that “all the reports have been good around both those injuries, in terms of the guys being able to move past them,” and a few months later, head coach Darvin Ham confirmed that is what has played out.