By Alek Arend On Thursday morning, LeBron James woke up with knee soreness. Unfortunately, he won’t play tonight as a result. The Lakers will battle the Philadelphia 76ers without LeBron on the court tonight. Frank Vogel announced the news just ahead of Thursday night’s game. “Frank Vogel says LeBron James is out tonight,” reports ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. “He woke up with some soreness in his left knee. Vogel says James will be day to day so that keeps his availability for tomorrow’s back-to-back in Charlotte in question.” This is a disappointing development for a number of reasons. Most notably…