While it sounds more and more like LeBron James will be back this season — including straight from Darvin Ham himself on Sunday — there is no guarantee as to how healthy he’ll be when he does return.
Similar to the 2020-21 season, LeBron returning does not mean he is 100% healthy but also doesn’t mean he wouldn’t be helpful. When LeBron returned from his high ankle sprain in that season, he very clearly wasn’t himself and even had to take some extra time off after initially returning to further heal.
Ultimately, he reached a point where he was healthy enough to be a productive player but clearly was not all the way back to original LeBron.