Last season, the Cavs were struggling and LeBron was tired, so he decided to take a couple of weeks off to recharge.
He made that decision on his own and it isn’t like anyone within the Cavs organization could stop him, so they just let him go.
He was asked if he would take a similar sabbatical this year and here is what he had to say.
“I just think it happened that way last year,” James said after Cavs practice Friday. “I don’t think that’s something I look to do every year. I don’t like sitting those games out, but I went through a course last year where I had to physically, mentally [rest] for those two weeks I sat out. Those were the majority of the games [he missed]. I think it was 8 or 9 games throughout that two-week process. So, I don’t like sitting out games. I’m not a big fan of it. I like being out on the floor, but we’ll see what happens.”
“I’ve always tried to manage my body and like I said, I’m hard-headed at times but I got to do a better job of understanding how many minutes I’ve played, how many miles I’ve logged and things of that nature over my career,” James said. “You know, I want to be there when it counts most so I got to be very smart about it. I think our coaching and our training staff will also be smart about it as well and we have a game plan going into this season.”
So, in short, he isn’t ruling it out, but the message is clear, play him less minutes or he might take another vacation.