LeBron is the real coach of the Cavs.
He is also the GM and part-owner, so Lue was refreshingly honest in explaining why he can’t control what LeBron does. Lue wanted to take him out of the Raptors game, but LeBron simply refused and went “crazy” on him.
“He didn’t want to come out,” Lue said. “He didn’t want to come out. I should’ve got him out, but he didn’t want to come out. As the game started down the stretch getting close, I said I’m going to get you out for a couple minutes. He said, ‘No!’ He went crazy. That kind of has something to do with sitting him today, an early game at 1 o’clock.”
So, the reason LeBron had to take a PTO day was because he wouldn’t listen to his coach who was trying to monitor his minutes.
That all sounds about right.