LeBron James Gives His Personal Stance On Load Management

Lakers superstar LeBron James discussed load management after a wave of rest awaits some of the greatest basketball players this season. King James will turn 35 before the end of the year. We have a few good reasons to think that the Lakers will rest him for a few games to keep him healthy and in a good condition for the rest of the season and the expected postseason.

LeBron said if he was hurt and unable to play and fells like he would hurt the Lakers, then he wouldn’t play. He discussed this topic with the coaching staff. If you ask the coaches LeBron has had throughout his season, each of them would say that the king doesn’t like sitting down. Clippers assistant coach Tyronn Lue says so. Every coach the king has had would say the same thing.

Coaches get pretty mad with LeBron because he doesn’t sit down.

Well, he likes the game, that’s all. King James was happy enough to take a really good care of his body. He invests million in his machine, and it pays off.

“Me, personally, if I’m hurt and if I’m not able to play and I feel like I’ll hurt my team, then I won’t play. That’s the [arrangement] me and my coaching staff have always had,” LeBron told Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. “You can talk to any of my coaches throughout the course of my career. They get mad at me because I don’t like sitting down. You can ask [Clippers assistant coach] Tyronn Lue. You can ask anybody. They be mad as hell at me because I won’t sit down.

“I just love to hoop, but I’ve also been fortunate enough to take care of my body, except for last year and a couple of years where I maybe had a couple of bumps and bruises or the last game before the season and we’re getting ready for the postseason and you’ll take that game off, but you’re doing that because you don’t want to risk anything going into the postseason. I just love to hoop, personally.”

Unfortunately, things changed last season. LeBron suffered a groin strain on Christmas Day and played just 55 games. He didn’t come to Los Angeles to miss that many games, but suffering the injury was never his choice. It happened.

Coaches don’t even mention the bumps and bruises LeBron had in the past few years. LeBron is pretty serious about the postseason, and we all know that the Lakers have a good chance to make the playoffs. The king had enough time this offseason to rest and relax. But, he didn’t do that. He was shooting Space Jam 2, and spent a lot of hours in the gym getting ready for the regular season.

LeBron and Anthony Davis play a really good game together, and that’s what matters the most. This gives the team a perfect chance to try even harder. The Lakers haven’t won a title since Kobe Bryant’s retirement. Hopefully, they will get their championship this season. It will be a long season, but LeBron s ready for that and much more.